
Richard Herd
Known for Acting · 120 credits
- Born
- 1932-09-26
- Died
- 2020-05-26
- Place of birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Richard Thomas Herd Jr. (September 26, 1932 – May 26, 2020) was an American actor appearing in numerous supporting, recurring, and guest roles in television series and occasional film roles from the 1970s to the 2010s. He was well known in the science fiction community for his role in the 1983 NBC miniseries V and 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, as John, the Visitors' Supreme Commander. Other major roles in his career included recurring parts on the NBC series seaQuest DSV as Admiral William Noyce; on Star Trek: Voyager as Admiral Owen Paris, the father of helmsman Tom Paris; and as George Costanza's boss Matt Wilhelm on Seinfeld. In two guest appearances on Quantum Leap, he played children's show host "Captain Galaxy", a would-be time traveler, and a miner named Ziggy Ziganovich. He also voiced Father Elijah in the Dead Money expansion for Fallout: New Vegas. Herd appeared at several fan conventions for his science fiction roles.
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Known For
TV Shows (60)

Shameless
2011
as Gerald

Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Old Milton

Desperate Housewives
2004
as Harry Gaunt

CSI: Miami
2002
as Judge Paul Landsman

Seinfeld
1989
as Wilhelm

ER
1994
as Dr. Murphy

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as L'Kor

JAG
1995
as Charlie Hoskins

Falcon Crest
1981
as Calvin Kleeger

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Harvey McKittrick / Arnett Cobb

Dallas
1978
as John Mackey

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
as Dr. Stanley Backer

Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Adm. Owen Paris

Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Archie Mullen

Everwood
2002
as Herb Roberts

Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Stephen Devine

The A-Team
1983
as Jonathan Durcell

Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as Patrick Doyle, Sr.

M*A*S*H
1972

Knots Landing
1979
as Dr. Aaron Stahl

Knight Rider
1982
as Lyle Jastrow

Cold Case
2003
as Gene Karnow (2008)

The O.C.
2003
as Uncle Shaun

Hill Street Blues
1981
as Mike

Quantum Leap
1989
as Moe Stein / Ziggy Ziganovich / Moe Stein

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
as Dr. John Hansen

Matlock
1986
as Police Capt. Edward Hanna / The Mad Hatter

The Rockford Files
1974
as Cliff Gladish

T. J. Hooker
1982
as Captain Dennis Sheridan

The Golden Girls
1985
as Ernie

Simon & Simon
1981
as Consul Dearborn

Renegade
1992
as Sheriff Frank Brown

Starsky & Hutch
1975
as FBI Agent Smithers

Hart to Hart
1979
as Lieutenant Fredricks

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as General Garrity

Pacific Blue
1996
as Ethan Callaway

Jake and the Fatman
1987

The District
2000
as Sam SheridanAndi

Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Phil Stone

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
as Jake Williamson

seaQuest DSV
1993
as Admiral Noyce / Secretary General Noyce

Kojak
1973
as Bob

Caroline in the City
1995
as Barney Baxter

Family Law
1999
as Judge Neil Walker

Matt Houston
1982

Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
as Arthur Huntley / Lonnie Vanatta

The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Greene

China Beach
1988
as Bartender (uncredited)

Eight Is Enough
1977

The Greatest American Hero
1981

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
as President Cleveland

V
1983
as John

Cassie & Co.
1982
as John Beringer

Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989

V: The Final Battle
1984
as John

The Devlin Connection
1982
as Lt. Harvey Bukowski

Ike
1979
as Gen. Omar Bradley

Favorite Son
1988

Winnetka Road
1994
as Mike

Beauty and the Beast
1987
as Richard Barnes
Movies (60)

Get Out
2017
as Roman Armitage

The Mule
2018
as Tim Kennedy

Joseph: King of Dreams
2000
as Jacob (voice)

All the President's Men
1976
as James W. McCord, Jr.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
as Walt

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as Henry Skerridge

Trancers
1984
as Chairman Spencer

Hercules in New York
1970
as Television Presenter

Private Benjamin
1980
as General Foley

Sgt. Bilko
1996
as Gen Tennyson

The China Syndrome
1979
as Evan McCormack

F.I.S.T.
1978
as Mike Monahan

Summer Rental
1985
as Angus MacLachlan

Pueblo
1973
as Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark

Dr. Scorpion
1978
as Bill Worthington

Ike
1979
as Gen. Omar N. Bradley

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980
as Gen. Groves

The Gift of Love
1994

The Onion Field
1979
as Beat Cop

Deal of the Century
1983
as Lyle

Gleaming the Cube
1989
as Ed Lawndale

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990
as Ray Goodrich

My First Love
1988
as Chet Townsend

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
as Dr. Halle

Yesterday's Target
1996
as Aaron Winfield

Lovely But Deadly
1981
as Charley Gilmarten

Camp Cucamonga
1990
as Thornton Bradley

Terror Out of the Sky
1978
as Col. Mangus
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
2019
as Self

Fall From Grace
1990
as Richard Dortch

Majority Rule
1992
as Rep. Harold Reynolds

SeaQuest DSV
1993
as Admiral Noyce

The Anna Nicole Smith Story
2007
as J. Howard Marshall

InAlienable
2008
as Professor Randolph Barnett

The Survivor
1998
as Bradford

A Fare to Remember
1999
as Mr. Jennings

Schizoid
1980
as Donahue

Star Trek: Renegades
2015
as Admiral Paris

Journey of the Heart
1997
as Principal Martin

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978
as Donovan

Wolf Lake
1980
as George

Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
1980
as Chuck Knoll

The Secretary
1995
as Chuck Bosnell

The Silent Natural
2019
as Mr. Beagle

Cosmic Slop
1994
as Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment')

Dog Days of Summer
2007
as Frank Cooper
A Case for Life
1996
as Bud Cromwell

Roddenberry on Patrol
2003
as Captain Kirkus

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
2005
as Commissioner Hans Raab

Elvis and the Beauty Queen
1981
as Sanford Thompson

A Christmas in New York
2017
as Bob Burgess

Marciano
1979
as John Furst

Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'
1992
as Charles Hackley

Farrell: For the People
1982
as Randolph Gardner

Corporate Affairs
1990
as Cyrus Kinkaid

The Judas Project
1993
as Arthur Cunningham

The Hunted Lady
1977
as Capt. Wilson

Nashville Beat
1989
as Chief Kincaid

I Married a Monster
1998
as Dr. Paul Drummond

Libertad para la juventud
1971
About Richard Herd
Richard Thomas Herd Jr. (September 26, 1932 – May 26, 2020) was an American actor appearing in numerous supporting, recurring, and guest roles in television series and occasional film roles from the 1970s to the 2010s. He was well known in the science fiction community for his role in the 1983 NBC miniseries V and 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, as John, the Visitors' Supreme Commander. Other major roles in his career included recurring parts on the NBC series seaQuest DSV as Admiral William Noyce; on Star Trek: Voyager as Admiral Owen Paris,… With 120 credits spanning from 1970 to 2019, Richard Herd has appeared in 60 films and 60 TV shows.
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- Get Out (2017) — as Roman Armitage
- The Mule (2018) — as Tim Kennedy
- Joseph: King of Dreams (2000) — as Jacob (voice)
- All the President's Men (1976) — as James W. McCord, Jr.
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) — as Walt
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