Birthday:
Jul 21, 1943
Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Edward Herrmann
Edward Kirk Herrmann (July 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014) in Washington, D.C., was an American television and film actor. He is best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt on television, to younger generations for his role as Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, as a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on the History Channel, and as the spokesperson for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Lost Boys | Max | 1987 |
| James Dean | Raymond Massey | 2001 |
| Don't Drink the Water | Mr. Kilroy | 1994 |
| Overboard | Grant Stayton III | 1987 |
| The Man with One Red Shoe | Brown | 1985 |
| Ri¢hie Ri¢h | Richard Rich | 1994 |
| My Boyfriend's Back | Mr. Dingle | 1993 |
| Intolerable Cruelty | Rex Rexroth | 2003 |
| The Skeptic | Shepard | 2009 |
| Wedding Daze | Lyle | 2006 |
| Mrs. Soffel | Warden Peter Soffel | 1984 |
| Factory Girl | James Townsend | 2006 |
| Big Business | Graham Sherbourne | 1988 |
| The Cat's Meow | W. R. Hearst | 2001 |
| I Think I Love My Wife | Mr. Landis | 2007 |
| Banned from the Bible II | Narrator | 2007 |
| The Paper Chase | Thomas Craig Anderson | 1973 |
| The Six Wives of Henry Lefay | John Goodenough | 2009 |
| Ape to Man | Narrator | 2005 |
| Annie | FDR | 1982 |
| Bereft | Lloyd | 2004 |
| Isaac's Storm | Narrator | 2004 |
| The North Avenue Irregulars | Michael Hill | 1979 |
| Reds | Max Eastman | 1981 |
| Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2006 |
| Down | Milligan | 2001 |
| The Great Waldo Pepper | Ezra Stiles | 1975 |
| Brass Target | Col. Walter Gilchrist | 1978 |
| Death Valley | Paul Stanton | 1982 |
| Soul of the Game | Branch Rickey | 1996 |
| Saint Maybe | Doug Bedloe | 1998 |
| Foreign Student | Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore | 1994 |
| It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') | Self | 2002 |
| The Electric Grandmother | Father | 1982 |
| Harry's War | Harry Johnson | 1981 |
| Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces | Narrator (voice) | 2006 |
| Treasure Buddies | Philip Wellington | 2012 |
| The Face on the Milk Carton | Frank Jessmon | 1995 |
| Compromising Positions | Bob Singer | 1985 |
| Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion | Narrator | 2003 |
| Columbus The Lost Voyage | Narrator | 2007 |
| A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | Lou Gehrig | 1978 |
| The French Revolution | Narrator | 2005 |
| The World Trade Center -Rise and Fall of an American Icon | Narrator | 2002 |
| Portrait of a Stripper | Frank Andrews | 1979 |
| The Face: Jesus in Art | Narrator (voice) | 2001 |
| Lady Liberty | Policeman (uncredited) | 1971 |
| Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1977 |
| The Private History of a Campaign That Failed | The Stranger | 1981 |
| The Emperor's Club | Headmaster Woodbridge | 2002 |
| The Day of the Dolphin | Mike | 1973 |
| The Betsy | Dan Weyman | 1978 |
| Are You Here | Dr. Vincent | 2013 |
| Niagara: A History of the Falls | Narrator | 1999 |
| The Purple Rose of Cairo | Henry | 1985 |
| Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990 |
| So Proudly We Hail | James Wagner | 1990 |
| The Town that Dreaded Sundown | Reverend Cartwright | 2014 |
| Here Come the Munsters | Herman Munster | 1995 |
| Christmas Oranges | Mr. Crampton | 2012 |
| The Great Gatsby | Klipspringer | 1974 |
| Better Living | Jack | 1998 |
| Ring Christmas Bells | Self | 2009 |
| Critical Care | Robert Payne | 1997 |
| Fire in the Dark | Robert | 1991 |
| In Search of Christmas | Narrator | 2001 |
| Sherman's March | Narrator | 2007 |
| Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran | Narrator | 2006 |
| Russia, Land of the Tsars | Narrator | 2003 |
| The Gift of Life | Dr. Quinn | 1982 |
| A Christmas Wish | Les McCallum | 2011 |
| The Wolf of Wall Street | Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice) | 2013 |
| A Little Sex | Tommy | 1982 |
| Take Down | Ed Branish | 1979 |
| The Aviator | Joseph Breen | 2004 |
| The Sorrows of Gin | Kip Lawton | 1979 |
| Andrew Jackson | Narrator | 2007 |
| O Youth and Beauty! | Kip Lawton | 1979 |
| Nixon | Nelson Rockefeller | 1995 |
| Murrow | Fred Friendly | 1986 |
| Welcome to Mooseport | Debate Moderator | 2004 |
| Memorial Day | Ned Larwin | 1983 |
| First Invasion: The War of 1812 | Narrator | 2004 |
| Freedom Road | Stephen Holmes | 1979 |
| Morristown: Where America Survived | Narrator | 2009 |
| Double Take | Charles Allsworth | 2001 |
| Price Check | Jack Bennington | 2012 |
| Heaven's Door | Nate Christensen | 2012 |
| A Foreign Field | Ralph | 1993 |
| What Love Sees | Morton Treadway | 1996 |
| The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy | Narrator | 2005 |
| Hero | Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide | 1992 |
| Vendetta | D.A. Luzenberg | 1999 |
| Coach of the Year | Bill Ford | 2016 |
| Walking Across Egypt | Reverend Vernon | 1999 |
| The Christmas Pageant | Garrett Clark | 2011 |
| A Season in Purgatory | Dr. Shugrue | 1996 |
| Relative Strangers | Doug Clayton | 2006 |
| Valley Forge | 1975 | |
| Bible Battles | Narrator (voice) | 2005 |
| Hatching Pete | The Principal | 2009 |
| Son of Morning | Thomas | 2011 |
| Titanic's Achilles Heel | Narrator | 2007 |
| Stalin: Man of Steel | Narrator (voice) | 2003 |
| Born Yesterday | Ed Deverey | 1993 |
| The Samurai | self (voice) | 2003 |
| Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | Jeremiah Larson | 2011 |
| Redemption: For Robbing the Dead | Governor Dawson | 2011 |
| Norman Rockwell: Painting America | Narrator | 1999 |
| Antarctica: A Frozen History | Narrator | 2002 |
| Dinosaur Secrets Revealed | Narrator (voice) | 2002 |
| FDR: A Presidency Revealed | Narrator | 2005 |
| Witness to 'Reds' | Self | 2006 |
| Sweet Poison | Henry | 1991 |
| The Louisiana Purchase | Narrator | 2003 | Series | Cast | Year |
| St. Elsewhere | 1982 | |
| M*A*S*H | 1972 | |
| Crossing Jordan | Thomas Malden | 2001 |
| How I Met Your Mother | Reverend Lowell | 2005 |
| Wings | Y.M. Burg | 1990 |
| Tom Goes to the Mayor | Benjamin Kaplan (voice) | 2004 |
| The Practice | Anderson Pearson | 1997 |
| 30 Rock | Walter | 2006 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | 1993 | |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Folsom | 1951 |
| Gilmore Girls | Richard Gilmore | 2000 |
| The States | 2007 | |
| History's Lost & Found | 1970 | |
| Nature | Narrator (voice) | 1982 |
| Beacon Hill | Richard Palmer | 1975 |
| The Revolution | 2007 | |
| Russia, Land of the Tsars | 2003 | |
| Law & Order | Frederic Matson | 1990 |
| Screen One | Ralph | 1989 |
| French Revolution | Narrator | 2005 |
| Perception | Jack Pierce | 2012 |
| The Presidents | Narrator | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Councilman (voice) | 2005 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Norman Shales | 2005 |
| The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Franklin Roosevelt (voice) | 2014 |
| Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain | Thomas Jefferson (voice) | 1995 |
| The Good Wife | Lionel Deerfield | 2009 |
| Liberty! | Narrator | 1997 |
| Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited) | 2016 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mr. Vogel | 2000 |
| Drop Dead Diva | Reverend Phillips | 2009 |
| Law & Order | Drew Seeley | 1990 |
| Atomic Train | The President | 1999 |
| Eleanor and Franklin | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50 | 1976 |
| Law & Order | Defense Attorney Mosbeck | 1990 |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | 1951 | |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Doug Bedloe | 1951 |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 1998 |
| Pandora's Clock | President | 1996 |
| Rise and Fall of the Spartans | Narrator (voice) | 2002 |
| Founding Fathers | Narrator | 2000 |
| American Dad! | Old Man (voice) | 2005 |
| The Lawrenceville Stories | Head Master | 1987 |
| Better With You | Judge | 2010 |
| The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton | 1985 |
| Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
| Wonder Woman | Senator Warren | 1970 |
| The Ten Commandments | Narrator | 2006 |
