Edward Herrmann

Personal Info

Birthday

July 21, 1943

Day of Death

2014-12-31

(71 years old)

Place of Birth

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Also Known As

Ed Hermann

Edward Herman

Edward Kirk Herrmann

اد هرمان

اِد هرمان

Edward Herrmann

Biography

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.

Known For

Grey's Anatomy

Law & Order

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

American Dad!

How I Met Your Mother

Nature

Gilmore Girls

30 Rock

Filmography

2016
Coach of the Year
as Bill Ford
2014
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
as Reverend Cartwright
2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
Are You Here
as Dr. Vincent
2012
Heaven's Door
as Nate Christensen
Price Check
as Jack Bennington
Christmas Oranges
as Mr. Crampton
Treasure Buddies
as Philip Wellington
2011
The Christmas Pageant
as Garrett Clark
A Christmas Wish
as Les McCallum
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Governor Dawson
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
as Jeremiah Larson
Son of Morning
as Thomas
2009
Ring Christmas Bells
as Self
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
as John Goodenough
The Skeptic
as Shepard
Hatching Pete
as The Principal
Morristown: Where America Survived
as Narrator
2007
Andrew Jackson
as Narrator
Columbus The Lost Voyage
as Narrator
Titanic's Achilles Heel
as Narrator
Sherman's March
as Narrator
Banned from the Bible II
as Narrator
I Think I Love My Wife
as Mr. Landis
2006
Factory Girl
as James Townsend
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Witness to 'Reds'
as Self
Wedding Daze
as Lyle
Relative Strangers
as Doug Clayton
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
as Narrator
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
as Narrator (voice)
2005
Ape to Man
as Narrator
Bible Battles
as Narrator (voice)
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
as Narrator
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
as Narrator
The French Revolution
as Narrator
2004
The Aviator
as Joseph Breen
Bereft
as Lloyd
First Invasion: The War of 1812
as Narrator
Isaac's Storm
as Narrator
Welcome to Mooseport
as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
2003
Intolerable Cruelty
as Rex Rexroth
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
as Narrator
The Louisiana Purchase
as Narrator
Russia, Land of the Tsars
as Narrator
Stalin: Man of Steel
as Narrator (voice)
The Samurai
as self (voice)
2002
The Emperor's Club
as Headmaster Woodbridge
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
as Narrator (voice)
The World Trade Center -Rise and Fall of an American Icon
as Narrator
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
as Self
Antarctica: A Frozen History
as Narrator
2001
In Search of Christmas
as Narrator
The Cat's Meow
as W. R. Hearst
Down
as Milligan
James Dean
as Raymond Massey
The Face: Jesus in Art
as Narrator (voice)
Double Take
as Charles Allsworth
1999
Vendetta
as D.A. Luzenberg
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
as Narrator
Niagara: A History of the Falls
as Narrator
Walking Across Egypt
as Reverend Vernon
1998
Saint Maybe
as Doug Bedloe
Better Living
as Jack
1997
Critical Care
as Robert Payne
1996
What Love Sees
as Morton Treadway
A Season in Purgatory
as Dr. Shugrue
Soul of the Game
as Branch Rickey
1995
Nixon
as Nelson Rockefeller
The Face on the Milk Carton
as Frank Jessmon
Here Come the Munsters
as Herman Munster
1994
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
as Richard Rich
Don't Drink the Water
as Mr. Kilroy
Foreign Student
as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
1993
A Foreign Field
as Ralph
My Boyfriend's Back
as Mr. Dingle
Born Yesterday
as Ed Deverey
1992
Hero
as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
1991
Fire in the Dark
as Robert
Sweet Poison
as Henry
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
So Proudly We Hail
as James Wagner
1988
Big Business
as Graham Sherbourne
1987
Overboard
as Grant Stayton III
The Lost Boys
as Max
1986
Murrow
as Fred Friendly
1985
Compromising Positions
as Bob Singer
The Man with One Red Shoe
as Brown
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Henry
1984
Mrs. Soffel
as Warden Peter Soffel
1983
Memorial Day
as Ned Larwin
1982
Annie
as FDR
Death Valley
as Paul Stanton
A Little Sex
as Tommy
The Gift of Life
as Dr. Quinn
The Electric Grandmother
as Father
1981
Reds
as Max Eastman
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
as The Stranger
Harry's War
as Harry Johnson
1979
O Youth and Beauty!
as Kip Lawton
Freedom Road
as Stephen Holmes
The Sorrows of Gin
as Kip Lawton
Portrait of a Stripper
as Frank Andrews
The North Avenue Irregulars
as Michael Hill
Take Down
as Ed Branish
1978
Brass Target
as Col. Walter Gilchrist
The Betsy
as Dan Weyman
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
as Lou Gehrig
1977
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
1975
The Great Waldo Pepper
as Ezra Stiles
1974
The Great Gatsby
as Klipspringer
1973
The Day of the Dolphin
as Mike
The Paper Chase
as Thomas Craig Anderson
1971
Lady Liberty
as Policeman (uncredited)