Edward Herrmann
Actor
Born July 21, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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.
Filmography
Wonder Woman
Senator Warren
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
Coach of the Year
Bill Ford
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Narrator (voice)
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Reverend Cartwright
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
The Wolf of Wall Street
Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
Are You Here
Dr. Vincent
Heaven's Door
Nate Christensen
Price Check
Jack Bennington
Perception
Jack Pierce
Christmas Oranges
Mr. Crampton
Treasure Buddies
Philip Wellington
The Christmas Pageant
Garrett Clark
A Christmas Wish
Les McCallum
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Governor Dawson
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Jeremiah Larson
Son of Morning
Thomas
Harry's Law
Lester Babcock
Better With You
Judge
The Good Wife
Lionel Deerfield
Ring Christmas Bells
Self
Drop Dead Diva
Reverend Phillips
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
John Goodenough
The Skeptic
Shepard
Hatching Pete
The Principal
Morristown: Where America Survived
Narrator
Andrew Jackson
Narrator
Columbus The Lost Voyage
Narrator
The Revolution
Titanic's Achilles Heel
Narrator
Sherman's March
Narrator
The States
Banned from the Bible II
Narrator
I Think I Love My Wife
Mr. Landis
Factory Girl
James Townsend
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
Self - Narrator (voice)
Witness to 'Reds'
Self
30 Rock
Walter
Wedding Daze
Lyle
Relative Strangers
Doug Clayton
The Ten Commandments
Narrator
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
Narrator
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
Narrator (voice)
Ape to Man
Narrator
Bible Battles
Narrator (voice)
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
Narrator
How I Met Your Mother
Reverend Lowell
Grey's Anatomy
Norman Shales
American Dad!
Councilman (voice)
The Presidents
Narrator
The French Revolution
Narrator
French Revolution
Narrator
The Aviator
Joseph Breen
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
Bereft
Lloyd
First Invasion: The War of 1812
Narrator
Isaac's Storm
Narrator
Welcome to Mooseport
Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
Intolerable Cruelty
Rex Rexroth
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
Narrator
Russia, Land of the Tsars
The Louisiana Purchase
Narrator
Russia, Land of the Tsars
Narrator
Stalin: Man of Steel
Narrator (voice)
The Emperor's Club
Headmaster Woodbridge
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
Narrator (voice)
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
Self
Antarctica: A Frozen History
Narrator
In Search of Christmas
Narrator
The Cat's Meow
W. R. Hearst
Crossing Jordan
Thomas Malden
Down
Milligan
James Dean
Raymond Massey
The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution
Narrator
Double Take
Charles Allsworth
Founding Fathers
Narrator
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mr. Vogel
Gilmore Girls
Richard Gilmore
Walking Across Egypt
Reverend Vernon
The Korean War: Fire and Ice
Narrator
Vendetta
D.A. Luzenberg
Atomic Train
The President
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
Narrator
Niagara: A History of the Falls
Narrator
Saint Maybe
Doug Bedloe
Frank Lloyd Wright
Self - Narrator (voice)
Better Living
Jack
Liberty!
Narrator
Critical Care
Robert Payne
The Practice
Anderson Pearson
Pandora's Clock
President
What Love Sees
Morton Treadway
A Season in Purgatory
Dr. Shugrue
A Season in Purgatory
Dr. Shugrue
Soul of the Game
Branch Rickey
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
The Face on the Milk Carton
Frank Jessmon
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Here Come the Munsters
Herman Munster
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Richard Rich
Don't Drink the Water
Mr. Kilroy
Foreign Student
Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
A Foreign Field
Ralph
My Boyfriend's Back
Mr. Dingle
Born Yesterday
Ed Deverey
Homicide: Life on the Street
Thomas Pandolfi
Hero
Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
Fire in the Dark
Robert
Sweet Poison
Henry
Law & Order
Frederic Matson
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Wings
Y.M. Burg
So Proudly We Hail
James Wagner
Screen One
Ralph
Hothouse
Woods
Big Business
Graham Sherbourne
Overboard
Grant Stayton III
The Lost Boys
Max
The Lawrenceville Stories
Headmaster
Murrow
Fred Friendly
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
Compromising Positions
Bob Singer
The Man with One Red Shoe
Brown
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Henry
Mrs. Soffel
Warden Peter Soffel
St. Elsewhere
Father Joseph McCabe
Nature
Narrator (voice)
Annie
FDR
Death Valley
Paul Stanton
A Little Sex
Tommy
The Gift of Life
Dr. Quinn
The Electric Grandmother
Father
American Playhouse
Alger Hiss
Reds
Max Eastman
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
The Stranger
Harry's War
Harry Johnson
O Youth and Beauty!
Kip Lawton
Freedom Road
Stephen Holmes
The Sorrows of Gin
Kip Lawton
Portrait of a Stripper
Frank Andrews
Take Down
Ed Branish
The North Avenue Irregulars
Michael Hill
Brass Target
Col. Walter Gilchrist
The Betsy
Dan Weyman
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Lou Gehrig
Eleanor and Franklin
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
Valley Forge
Folsom
Beacon Hill
Richard Palmer
The Great Waldo Pepper
Ezra Stiles
The Great Gatsby
Klipspringer
The Day of the Dolphin
Mike
The Paper Chase
Thomas Craig Anderson
M*A*S*H
Lady Liberty
Policeman (uncredited)
Great Performances
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Folsom