
Edward Herrmann
Known for Acting · 165 credits
- Born
- 1943-07-21
- Died
- 2014-12-31
- Place of birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Also known as
- Ed Hermann · Edward Herman · Edward Kirk Herrmann · اد هرمان · اِد هرمان
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

Law & Order
1990
as Frederic Matson / Drew Seeley / Defense Attorney Mosbeck

Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Norman Shales

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Mr. Vogel

American Dad!
2005
as Councilman (voice) / Old Man (voice)

How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Reverend Lowell

The Good Wife
2009
as Lionel Deerfield
TV Shows (50)

Law & Order
1990
as Frederic Matson / Drew Seeley / Defense Attorney Mosbeck

Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Norman Shales

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Mr. Vogel

American Dad!
2005
as Councilman (voice) / Old Man (voice)

How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Reverend Lowell

The Good Wife
2009
as Lionel Deerfield

Gilmore Girls
2000
as Richard Gilmore

Crossing Jordan
2001
as Thomas Malden

30 Rock
2006
as Walter

M*A*S*H
1972

The Practice
1997
as Anderson Pearson

Great Performances
1971
as Self

Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)

Wings
1990
as Y.M. Burg

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Thomas Pandolfi

St. Elsewhere
1982
as Father Joseph McCabe

Drop Dead Diva
2009
as Reverend Phillips

Perception
2012
as Jack Pierce

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton

Harry's Law
2011
as Lester Babcock

Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
as Benjamin Kaplan (voice)

Screen One
1989
as Ralph

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016
as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)

Better With You
2010
as Judge

Liberty!
1997
as Narrator

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Folsom / Doug Bedloe

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014
as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)

The Ten Commandments
2006
as Narrator

Wonder Woman
as Senator Warren

Beacon Hill
1975
as Richard Palmer

Hothouse
1988
as Woods

Pandora's Clock
1996
as President

Eleanor and Franklin
1976
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50

Atomic Train
1999
as The President

The Lawrenceville Stories
1987
as Head Master

Founding Fathers
2000
as Narrator

A Season in Purgatory
1996
as Dr. Shugrue

The Presidents
2005
as Narrator

The States
2007

Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)

Frank Lloyd Wright
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)

French Revolution
2005
as Narrator

Rise and Fall of the Spartans
2002
as Narrator (voice)

Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
2015
as Narrator (voice)

The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution
2001
as Narrator

The Revolution
2007

The Korean War: Fire and Ice
1999
as Narrator
History's Lost & Found
Ultimate autos
1999
as host
Movies (115)

The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)

The Aviator
2004
as Joseph Breen

The Lost Boys
1987
as Max

Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994
as Richard Rich

Overboard
1987
as Grant Stayton III

Nixon
1995
as Nelson Rockefeller

Annie
1982
as FDR

The Great Gatsby
1974
as Klipspringer

Hero
1992
as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide

Intolerable Cruelty
2003
as Rex Rexroth

Wedding Daze
2006
as Lyle

Reds
1981
as Max Eastman

The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
as Henry

Factory Girl
2006
as James Townsend

The Emperor's Club
2002
as Headmaster Woodbridge

Big Business
1988
as Graham Sherbourne

The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
as Brown

The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014
as Reverend Cartwright

Treasure Buddies
2012
as Philip Wellington

James Dean
2001
as Raymond Massey

Are You Here
2013
as Dr. Vincent

Double Take
2001
as Charles Allsworth

Down
2001
as Milligan

Brass Target
1978
as Col. Walter Gilchrist

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
2011
as Jeremiah Larson

I Think I Love My Wife
2007
as Mr. Landis

Mrs. Soffel
1984
as Warden Peter Soffel

Death Valley
1982
as Paul Stanton

Critical Care
1997
as Robert Payne

Relative Strangers
2006
as Doug Clayton

The Cat's Meow
2001
as W. R. Hearst

The Betsy
1978
as Dan Weyman

The Skeptic
2009
as Shepard

Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self

The Day of the Dolphin
1973
as Mike

The Great Waldo Pepper
1975
as Ezra Stiles

My Boyfriend's Back
1993
as Mr. Dingle

Vendetta
1999
as D.A. Luzenberg

Welcome to Mooseport
2004
as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)

A Little Sex
1982
as Tommy

The Paper Chase
1973
as Thomas Craig Anderson

Born Yesterday
1993
as Ed Deverey

Don't Drink the Water
1994
as Mr. Kilroy

Compromising Positions
1985
as Bob Singer

Saint Maybe
1998
as Doug Bedloe

Sweet Poison
1991
as Henry

The Face on the Milk Carton
1995
as Frank Jessmon

Hatching Pete
2009
as The Principal

Soul of the Game
1996
as Branch Rickey

Lady Liberty
1971
as Policeman (uncredited)

Here Come the Munsters
1995
as Herman Munster

The Christmas Pageant
2011
as Garrett Clark
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009
as John Goodenough

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978
as Lou Gehrig

Freedom Road
1979
as Stephen Holmes

A Christmas Wish
2011
as Les McCallum

The North Avenue Irregulars
1979
as Michael Hill

Bereft
2004
as Lloyd

Price Check
2012
as Jack Bennington

Take Down
1979
as Ed Branish

Valley Forge
1975
as Folsom

Foreign Student
1994
as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore

A Season in Purgatory
1996
as Dr. Shugrue

Son of Morning
2011
as Thomas

Ape to Man
2005
as Narrator

Fire in the Dark
1991
as Robert

Walking Across Egypt
1999
as Reverend Vernon

A Foreign Field
1993
as Ralph
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
2005
as Narrator

Christmas Oranges
2012
as Mr. Crampton

Better Living
1998
as Jack

The Sorrows of Gin
1979
as Kip Lawton

Heaven's Door
2012
as Nate Christensen

The Gift of Life
1982
as Dr. Quinn

The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
1981
as The Stranger

O Youth and Beauty!
1979
as Kip Lawton

Memorial Day
1983
as Ned Larwin

Stalin: Man of Steel
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Samurai
2003
as self (voice)

Portrait of a Stripper
1979
as Frank Andrews

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
as Governor Dawson

So Proudly We Hail
1990
as James Wagner

Harry's War
1981
as Harry Johnson

Andrew Jackson
2007
as Narrator

Murrow
1986
as Fred Friendly

The French Revolution
2005
as Narrator

Columbus The Lost Voyage
2007
as Narrator

What Love Sees
1996
as Morton Treadway

The Electric Grandmother
1982
as Father

Sherman's March
2007
as Narrator
The Face: Jesus in Art
2001
as Narrator (voice)

Witness to 'Reds'
2006
as Self

Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
2002
as Narrator (voice)

Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003
as Narrator

Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Bible Battles
2005
as Narrator (voice)

It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
2002
as Self

Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
2006
as Narrator

The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
2005
as Narrator

Titanic's Achilles Heel
2007
as Narrator

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003
as Narrator

Isaac's Storm
2004
as Narrator

Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
2006
as Narrator (voice)

Coach of the Year
2016
as Bill Ford

In Search of Christmas
2001
as Narrator

Ring Christmas Bells
2009
as Self

Antarctica: A Frozen History
2002
as Narrator

Morristown: Where America Survived
2009
as Narrator

First Invasion: The War of 1812
2004
as Narrator

Norman Rockwell: Painting America
1999
as Narrator

Niagara: A History of the Falls
1999
as Narrator

Banned from the Bible II
2007
as Narrator
Dear Liar
1981
as George Bernard Shaw

The Louisiana Purchase
2003
as Narrator
About 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. With 165 credits spanning from 1951 to 2016, Edward Herrmann has appeared in 115 films and 50 TV shows.
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- The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) — as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
- The Aviator (2004) — as Joseph Breen
- The Lost Boys (1987) — as Max
- Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994) — as Richard Rich
- Overboard (1987) — as Grant Stayton III
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