
Actor
Born September 26, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Herd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

The Silent Natural
Mr. Beagle

The Mule
Tim Kennedy

A Christmas in New York
Bob Burgess

Get Out
Roman Armitage

Star Trek: Renegades
Admiral Paris

Shameless
Gerald

Hawaii Five-0
Old Milton

Rizzoli & Isles
Patrick Doyle, Sr.

InAlienable
Professor Randolph Barnett

Dog Days of Summer
Frank Cooper

The Anna Nicole Smith Story
J. Howard Marshall

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Commissioner Hans Raab

Ghost Whisperer
Stephen Devine

Desperate Housewives
Harry Gaunt

Roddenberry on Patrol
Captain Kirkus

Cold Case
Gene Karnow (2008)

The O.C.
Uncle Shaun

CSI: Miami
Judge Paul Landsman

Everwood
Herb Roberts

Joseph: King of Dreams
Jacob (voice)

The District
Sam SheridanAndi

Family Law
Judge Neil Walker

A Fare to Remember
Mr. Jennings

I Married a Monster
Dr. Paul Drummond

The Survivor
Bradford

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Henry Skerridge

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Dr. Stanley Backer

Journey of the Heart
Principal Martin

Yesterday's Target
Aaron Winfield

Sgt. Bilko
General Tennyson

Pacific Blue
Ethan Callaway

JAG
Charlie Hoskins

Caroline in the City
Barney Baxter

The Secretary
Chuck Bosnell

Star Trek: Voyager
Adm. Owen Paris

The Gift of Love

Cosmic Slop
Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment')

ER
Dr. Murphy

Winnetka Road
Mike

Diagnosis: Murder
Archie Mullen

SeaQuest DSV
Admiral Noyce

seaQuest DSV
Admiral Noyce

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
President Cleveland

Walker, Texas Ranger
General Garrity

The Judas Project
Arthur Cunningham

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dr. John Hansen

Majority Rule
Rep. Harold Reynolds

Renegade
Sheriff Frank Brown

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

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Ray Goodrich

Corporate Affairs
Cyrus Kinkaid

Camp Cucamonga
Thornton Bradley

Fall From Grace
Richard Dortch

Nashville Beat
Chief Kincaid

Mancuso, F.B.I.

Seinfeld
Wilhelm

Tales from the Crypt
Phil Stone

Quantum Leap
Moe Stein

Gleaming the Cube
Ed Lawndale

My First Love
Chet Townsend

Favorite Son

China Beach
Bartender (uncredited)

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Walt

Star Trek: The Next Generation
L'Kor

Jake and the Fatman

Beauty and the Beast
Richard Barnes

Matlock
Police Capt. Edward Hanna / The Mad Hatter

The Golden Girls
Ernie

Summer Rental
Angus MacLachlan

Trancers
Chairman Spencer

Murder, She Wrote
Harvey McKittrick

V: The Final Battle
John

Deal of the Century
Lyle

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Jake Williamson

Hardcastle and McCormick
Arthur Huntley / Lonnie Vanatta

V
John

The A-Team
Jonathan Durcell

Farrell: For the People
Randolph Gardner

The Devlin Connection
Lt. Harvey Bukowski

Knight Rider
Lyle Jastrow

Matt Houston

T. J. Hooker
Captain Dennis Sheridan

Cassie & Co.
John Beringer

Falcon Crest
Calvin Kleeger

Simon & Simon

Lovely But Deadly
Charley Gilmarten

The Greatest American Hero

Elvis and the Beauty Queen
Sanford Thompson

Hill Street Blues
Mike

Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
Chuck Knoll

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

Private Benjamin
General Foley

Schizoid
Donahue

Wolf Lake
George

Knots Landing
Dr. Aaron Stahl

Marciano
John Furst

Hart to Hart

The Onion Field
Beat Cop

Ike
Gen. Omar N. Bradley

Ike
Gen. Omar Bradley

The China Syndrome
Evan McCormack

Terror Out of the Sky
Col. Mangus

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Donovan

F.I.S.T.
Mike Monahan

Dallas
John Mackey

Dr. Scorpion
Bill Worthington

The Hunted Lady
Capt. Wilson

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Dr. Halle

Eight Is Enough

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

Starsky & Hutch
FBI Agent Smithers

The Rockford Files
Cliff Gladish

Kojak
Bob

Pueblo
Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark

The Streets of San Francisco
Greene

M*A*S*H

Libertad para la juventud

Hercules in New York
Television Presenter