Edward Herrmann

Person

Edward Herrmann

Born 21 July 1943 Died 31 December 2014, aged 71 Washington, District of Columbia, USA TMDB ↗

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.

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The numbers

Computed from the record
8age in their first credit on record (1951)
65years on screen and counting
7credits in 1982, their busiest year
133dated credits on record
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Movie credits

Newest first
Coach of the Year poster Age: 73

Coach of the Year

2016
as Bill Ford
The Town that Dreaded Sundown poster Age: 71

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

2014
as Reverend Cartwright
The Wolf of Wall Street poster Age: 70

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
Are You Here poster Age: 70

Are You Here

2013
as Dr. Vincent
Heaven's Door poster Age: 69

Heaven's Door

2012
as Nate Christensen
Price Check poster Age: 69

Price Check

2012
as Jack Bennington
Christmas Oranges poster Age: 68

Christmas Oranges

2012
as Mr. Crampton
Treasure Buddies poster Age: 68

Treasure Buddies

2012
as Philip Wellington
The Christmas Pageant poster Age: 68

The Christmas Pageant

2011
as Garrett Clark
A Christmas Wish poster Age: 68

A Christmas Wish

2011
as Les McCallum
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead poster Age: 68

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

2011
as Governor Dawson
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star poster Age: 68

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

2011
as Jeremiah Larson
Son of Morning poster Age: 67

Son of Morning

2011
as Thomas
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay poster Age: 65

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

2009
as John Goodenough
The Skeptic poster Age: 65

The Skeptic

2009
as Shepard
Hatching Pete poster Age: 65

Hatching Pete

2009
as The Principal
I Think I Love My Wife poster Age: 63

I Think I Love My Wife

2007
as Mr. Landis
Factory Girl poster Age: 63

Factory Girl

2006
as James Townsend
Wedding Daze poster Age: 63

Wedding Daze

2006
as Lyle
Relative Strangers poster Age: 62

Relative Strangers

2006
as Doug Clayton
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces poster Age: 62

Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces

2006
as Narrator (voice)
Bible Battles poster Age: 62

Bible Battles

2005
as Narrator (voice)
The Aviator poster Age: 61

The Aviator

2004
as Joseph Breen
Bereft poster Age: 61

Bereft

2004
as Lloyd
Welcome to Mooseport poster Age: 60

Welcome to Mooseport

2004
as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
Intolerable Cruelty poster Age: 60

Intolerable Cruelty

2003
as Rex Rexroth
Stalin: Man of Steel poster Age: 59

Stalin: Man of Steel

2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Emperor's Club poster Age: 59

The Emperor's Club

2002
as Headmaster Woodbridge
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed poster Age: 59

Dinosaur Secrets Revealed

2002
as Narrator (voice)
The Cat's Meow poster Age: 58

The Cat's Meow

2001
as W. R. Hearst
Down poster Age: 58

Down

2001
as Milligan
James Dean poster Age: 58

James Dean

2001
as Raymond Massey
No poster
Age: 57

The Face: Jesus in Art

2001
as Narrator (voice)
Double Take poster Age: 57

Double Take

2001
as Charles Allsworth
Walking Across Egypt poster Age: 56

Walking Across Egypt

1999
as Reverend Vernon
Vendetta poster Age: 56

Vendetta

1999
as D.A. Luzenberg
Saint Maybe poster Age: 55

Saint Maybe

1998
as Doug Bedloe
Better Living poster Age: 55

Better Living

1998
as Jack
Critical Care poster Age: 54

Critical Care

1997
as Robert Payne
What Love Sees poster Age: 53

What Love Sees

1996
as Morton Treadway
A Season in Purgatory poster Age: 52

A Season in Purgatory

1996
as Dr. Shugrue
Soul of the Game poster Age: 52

Soul of the Game

1996
as Branch Rickey
Nixon poster Age: 52

Nixon

1995
as Nelson Rockefeller
The Face on the Milk Carton poster Age: 51

The Face on the Milk Carton

1995
as Frank Jessmon
Here Come the Munsters poster Age: 51

Here Come the Munsters

1995
as Herman Munster
Ri¢hie Ri¢h poster Age: 51

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

1994
as Richard Rich
Don't Drink the Water poster Age: 51

Don't Drink the Water

1994
as Mr. Kilroy
Foreign Student poster Age: 50

Foreign Student

1994
as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
A Foreign Field poster Age: 50

A Foreign Field

1993
as Ralph
My Boyfriend's Back poster Age: 50

My Boyfriend's Back

1993
as Mr. Dingle
Born Yesterday poster Age: 49

Born Yesterday

1993
as Ed Deverey
Hero poster Age: 49

Hero

1992
as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
Fire in the Dark poster Age: 47

Fire in the Dark

1991
as Robert
Sweet Poison poster Age: 47

Sweet Poison

1991
as Henry
So Proudly We Hail poster Age: 46

So Proudly We Hail

1990
as James Wagner
Big Business poster Age: 44

Big Business

1988
as Graham Sherbourne
Overboard poster Age: 44

Overboard

1987
as Grant Stayton III
The Lost Boys poster Age: 44

The Lost Boys

1987
as Max
Murrow poster Age: 42

Murrow

1986
as Fred Friendly
Compromising Positions poster Age: 42

Compromising Positions

1985
as Bob Singer
The Man with One Red Shoe poster Age: 41

The Man with One Red Shoe

1985
as Brown
The Purple Rose of Cairo poster Age: 41

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985
as Henry
Mrs. Soffel poster Age: 41

Mrs. Soffel

1984
as Warden Peter Soffel
No poster
Age: 40

Memorial Day

1983
as Ned Larwin
Annie poster Age: 38

Annie

1982
as FDR
Death Valley poster Age: 38

Death Valley

1982
as Paul Stanton
A Little Sex poster Age: 38

A Little Sex

1982
as Tommy
The Gift of Life poster Age: 38

The Gift of Life

1982
as Dr. Quinn
The Electric Grandmother poster Age: 38

The Electric Grandmother

1982
as Father
Reds poster Age: 38

Reds

1981
as Max Eastman
No poster
Age: 37

Dear Liar

1981
as George Bernard Shaw
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed poster Age: 37

The Private History of a Campaign That Failed

1981
as The Stranger
Harry's War poster Age: 37

Harry's War

1981
as Harry Johnson
O Youth and Beauty! poster Age: 36

O Youth and Beauty!

1979
as Kip Lawton
Freedom Road poster Age: 36

Freedom Road

1979
as Stephen Holmes
The Sorrows of Gin poster Age: 36

The Sorrows of Gin

1979
as Kip Lawton
Portrait of a Stripper poster Age: 36

Portrait of a Stripper

1979
as Frank Andrews
Take Down poster Age: 35

Take Down

1979
as Ed Branish
The North Avenue Irregulars poster Age: 35

The North Avenue Irregulars

1979
as Michael Hill
Brass Target poster Age: 35

Brass Target

1978
as Col. Walter Gilchrist
The Betsy poster Age: 34

The Betsy

1978
as Dan Weyman
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story poster Age: 34

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

1978
as Lou Gehrig
No poster
Age: 33

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

1977
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Valley Forge poster Age: 32

Valley Forge

1975
as Folsom
The Great Waldo Pepper poster Age: 31

The Great Waldo Pepper

1975
as Ezra Stiles
The Great Gatsby poster Age: 30

The Great Gatsby

1974
as Klipspringer
The Day of the Dolphin poster Age: 30

The Day of the Dolphin

1973
as Mike
The Paper Chase poster Age: 30

The Paper Chase

1973
as Thomas Craig Anderson
Lady Liberty poster Age: 28

Lady Liberty

1971
as Policeman (uncredited)
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TV credits

Newest first
No poster

History's Lost & Found
Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman

as Senator Warren
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life poster Age: 73

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

2016
as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies poster Age: 71

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies

2015
as Narrator (voice)
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History poster Age: 71

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

2014
as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
Perception poster Age: 68

Perception

2012
as Jack Pierce
Harry's Law poster Age: 67

Harry's Law

2011
as Lester Babcock
Better With You poster Age: 67

Better With You

2010
as Judge
The Good Wife poster Age: 66

The Good Wife

2009
as Lionel Deerfield
Drop Dead Diva poster Age: 65

Drop Dead Diva

2009
as Reverend Phillips
The Revolution poster Age: 63

The Revolution

2007
The States poster Age: 63

The States

2007
30 Rock poster Age: 63

30 Rock

2006
as Walter
How I Met Your Mother poster Age: 62

How I Met Your Mother

2005
as Reverend Lowell
Grey's Anatomy poster Age: 61

Grey's Anatomy

2005
as Norman Shales
American Dad! poster Age: 61

American Dad!

2005
as Councilman (voice)
American Dad! poster Age: 61

American Dad!

2005
as Old Man (voice)
Tom Goes to the Mayor poster Age: 61

Tom Goes to the Mayor

2004
as Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
Russia, Land of the Tsars poster Age: 59

Russia, Land of the Tsars

2003
Rise and Fall of the Spartans poster Age: 59

Rise and Fall of the Spartans

2002
as Narrator (voice)
Crossing Jordan poster Age: 58

Crossing Jordan

2001
as Thomas Malden
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster Age: 57

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000
as Mr. Vogel
Gilmore Girls poster Age: 57

Gilmore Girls

2000
as Richard Gilmore
Atomic Train poster Age: 55

Atomic Train

1999
as The President
The Practice poster Age: 53

The Practice

1997
as Anderson Pearson
Pandora's Clock poster Age: 53

Pandora's Clock

1996
as President
A Season in Purgatory poster Age: 52

A Season in Purgatory

1996
as Dr. Shugrue
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain poster Age: 51

Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain

1995
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street poster Age: 49

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993
as Thomas Pandolfi
No poster
Age: 47

The General Motors Playwrights Theater

1991
as Ben Cunningham
Law & Order poster Age: 47

Law & Order

1990
as Frederic Matson
Law & Order poster Age: 47

Law & Order

1990
as Drew Seeley
Law & Order poster Age: 47

Law & Order

1990
as Defense Attorney Mosbeck
Wings poster Age: 46

Wings

1990
as Y.M. Burg
Screen One poster Age: 46

Screen One

1989
as Ralph
Hothouse poster Age: 44

Hothouse

1988
as Woods
The Lawrenceville Stories poster Age: 43

The Lawrenceville Stories

1987
as Head Master
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster Age: 42

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985
as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
St. Elsewhere poster Age: 39

St. Elsewhere

1982
as Father Joseph McCabe
Nature poster Age: 39

Nature

1982
as Narrator (voice)
Eleanor and Franklin poster Age: 32

Eleanor and Franklin

1976
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
Beacon Hill poster Age: 32

Beacon Hill

1975
as Richard Palmer
M*A*S*H poster Age: 29

M*A*S*H

1972
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster Age: 8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951
as Folsom
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster Age: 8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster Age: 8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951
as Doug Bedloe
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