Acting
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.
Acting
- 2016Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeRichard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)1 ep.
- 2015Cancer: The Emperor of All MaladiesNarrator (voice)3 ep.
- 2014The Roosevelts: An Intimate HistoryFranklin Roosevelt (voice)7 ep.
- 2011Harry's LawLester Babcock3 ep.
- 2010Better With YouJudge1 ep.
- 2009The Good WifeLionel Deerfield6 ep.
- 2009Drop Dead DivaReverend Phillips1 ep.
- 2007The Revolution13 ep.
- 2007The States10 ep.
- 200630 RockWalter1 ep.
- 2006The Ten CommandmentsNarrator2 ep.
- 2005The PresidentsNarrator9 ep.
- 2005French RevolutionNarrator2 ep.
- 2004Tom Goes to the MayorBenjamin Kaplan (voice)1 ep.
- 2003Teddy Roosevelt: An American LionNarrator2 ep.
- 2003Russia, Land of the Tsars4 ep.
- 2002Rise and Fall of the SpartansNarrator (voice)2 ep.
- 2001The Impressionists: The Other French RevolutionNarrator2 ep.
- 2000Founding FathersNarrator4 ep.
- 2000Gilmore GirlsRichard Gilmore153 ep.
- 1999The Korean War: Fire and IceNarrator4 ep.
- 1999Atomic TrainThe President2 ep.
- 1999Ultimate autoshost6 ep.
- 1998Frank Lloyd WrightSelf - Narrator (voice)2 ep.
- 1997Liberty!Narrator6 ep.
- 1997The PracticeAnderson Pearson10 ep.
- 1996Pandora's ClockPresident2 ep.
- 1996A Season in PurgatoryDr. Shugrue2 ep.
- 1995Thomas Jefferson: A View from the MountainThomas Jefferson (voice)2 ep.
- 1993Homicide: Life on the StreetThomas Pandolfi1 ep.
- 1991The General Motors Playwrights TheaterBen Cunningham1 ep.
- 1990WingsY.M. Burg1 ep.
- 1989Screen OneRalph1 ep.
- 1988HothouseWoods1 ep.
- 1987The Lawrenceville StoriesHeadmaster3 ep.
- 1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton1 ep.
- 1982St. ElsewhereFather Joseph McCabe4 ep.
- 1982NatureNarrator (voice)1 ep.
- 1982American PlayhouseAlger Hiss8 ep.
- 1976Eleanor and FranklinFranklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-502 ep.
- 1975Beacon HillRichard Palmer11 ep.
- 1972M*A*S*H1 ep.
- 1951Hallmark Hall of Fame3 ep.
- —History's Lost & Found8 ep.
- —Wonder WomanSenator Warren1 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2016Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeRichard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)1 ep.
- 2012American Dad!Councilman (voice), Old Man (voice)2 ep.
- 2015PerceptionJack Pierce1 ep.
- 2010The Good WifeLionel Deerfield6 ep.
- 2013How I Met Your MotherReverend Lowell1 ep.
- 2013CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationMr. Vogel1 ep.
- 2012Harry's LawLester Babcock3 ep.
- 2011Drop Dead DivaReverend Phillips1 ep.
- 2011Better With YouJudge1 ep.
- 1995Law & OrderDefense Attorney Mosbeck, Drew Seeley, Frederic Matson3 ep.
- 200830 RockWalter1 ep.
- 2007Grey's AnatomyNorman Shales3 ep.
- 2005Tom Goes to the MayorBenjamin Kaplan (voice)1 ep.
- 2004NatureNarrator (voice)1 ep.
- 2003Crossing JordanThomas Malden1 ep.
- 1997The PracticeAnderson Pearson10 ep.
- 1975Hallmark Hall of FameDoug Bedloe, Folsom3 ep.
- 1996Homicide: Life on the StreetThomas Pandolfi1 ep.
- 1995WingsY.M. Burg1 ep.
- 1993Screen OneRalph1 ep.
- 1984American PlayhouseAlger Hiss, Professor, The Headmaster8 ep.
- 1991The General Motors Playwrights TheaterBen Cunningham1 ep.
- 1988HothouseWoods1 ep.
- 1987The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton1 ep.
- 1984St. ElsewhereFather Joseph McCabe4 ep.
- 1982Great PerformancesSelf1 ep.
- 1980M*A*S*H1 ep.
- —Wonder WomanSenator Warren1 ep.
Also known as: Ed Hermann · Edward Herman · Edward Kirk Herrmann · اد هرمان · اِد هرمان