Edward Herrmann
Born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA — Jul 21 1943• Died Dec 31 2014
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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.
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Edward Herrmann's Credits
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Grey's Anatomy
Norman Shales
Law & Order
Frederic Matson
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mr. Vogel
American Dad!
Councilman (voice)
How I Met Your Mother
Reverend Lowell
The Good Wife
Lionel Deerfield
30 Rock
Walter
Crossing Jordan
Thomas Malden
Great Performances
Self
Gilmore Girls
Richard Gilmore
M*A*S*H
The Practice
Anderson Pearson
St. Elsewhere
Father Joseph McCabe
Homicide: Life on the Street
Thomas Pandolfi
Wings
Y.M. Burg
Nature
Narrator (voice)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
The Wolf of Wall Street
Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
Drop Dead Diva
Reverend Phillips
Perception
Jack Pierce
Harry's Law
Lester Babcock
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
Better With You
Judge
Liberty!
Narrator
The Aviator
Joseph Breen
The Lost Boys
Max
Screen One
Ralph
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Folsom
Atomic Train
The President
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
Hothouse
Woods
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Richard Rich
Beacon Hill
Richard Palmer
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Overboard
Grant Stayton III
Reds
Max Eastman
The Ten Commandments
Narrator
Intolerable Cruelty
Rex Rexroth
Annie
FDR
Hero
Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
The Great Gatsby
Klipspringer
Pandora's Clock
President
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Henry
The Man with One Red Shoe
Brown
Factory Girl
James Townsend
The Lawrenceville Stories
Head Master
Down
Milligan
Are You Here
Dr. Vincent
Mrs. Soffel
Warden Peter Soffel
A Season in Purgatory
Dr. Shugrue
Welcome to Mooseport
Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
Critical Care
Robert Payne
Big Business
Graham Sherbourne
Eleanor and Franklin
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Jeremiah Larson
Wonder Woman
Senator Warren
James Dean
Raymond Massey
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Reverend Cartwright
The Revolution
The Emperor's Club
Headmaster Woodbridge
Founding Fathers
Narrator
The Day of the Dolphin
Mike
Born Yesterday
Ed Deverey
Soul of the Game
Branch Rickey
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Narrator (voice)
Double Take
Charles Allsworth
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Lou Gehrig
A Little Sex
Tommy
Wedding Daze
Lyle
Hatching Pete
The Principal
Brass Target
Col. Walter Gilchrist
I Think I Love My Wife
Mr. Landis
Price Check
Jack Bennington
Son of Morning
Thomas
The Great Waldo Pepper
Ezra Stiles
My Boyfriend's Back
Mr. Dingle
Bereft
Lloyd
The Paper Chase
Thomas Craig Anderson
Relative Strangers
Doug Clayton
Vendetta
D.A. Luzenberg
Lady Liberty
Policeman (uncredited)
A Season in Purgatory
Dr. Shugrue
The Skeptic
Shepard
Don't Drink the Water
Mr. Kilroy
Here Come the Munsters
Herman Munster
Harry's War
Harry Johnson
Sweet Poison
Henry
Valley Forge
Memorial Day
Ned Larwin
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Cat's Meow
W. R. Hearst
A Foreign Field
Ralph
Saint Maybe
Doug Bedloe
O Youth and Beauty!
Kip Lawton
Frank Lloyd Wright
Self - Narrator (voice)
Take Down
Ed Branish
A Christmas Wish
Les McCallum
Heaven's Door
Nate Christensen
Freedom Road
Stephen Holmes
The Korean War: Fire and Ice
Narrator
Compromising Positions
Bob Singer
The Betsy
Dan Weyman
Stalin: Man of Steel
Narrator (voice)
Better Living
Jack
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
Narrator (voice)
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
The Sorrows of Gin
Kip Lawton
So Proudly We Hail
James Wagner
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
John Goodenough
Walking Across Egypt
Reverend Vernon
Treasure Buddies
Philip Wellington
Fire in the Dark
Robert
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Governor Dawson
Death Valley
Paul Stanton
The French Revolution
Narrator
Witness to 'Reds'
Self
The Gift of Life
Dr. Quinn
Portrait of a Stripper
Frank Andrews
The Electric Grandmother
Father
The Christmas Pageant
Garrett Clark
Murrow
Fred Friendly
Russia, Land of the Tsars
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
Self
French Revolution
Narrator
The Face on the Milk Carton
Frank Jessmon
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
Narrator
Foreign Student
Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
The North Avenue Irregulars
Michael Hill
Columbus The Lost Voyage
Narrator
Dear Liar
George Bernard Shaw
Ape to Man
Narrator
What Love Sees
Morton Treadway
Antarctica: A Frozen History
Narrator
The States
The Face: Jesus in Art
Narrator (voice)
Christmas Oranges
Mr. Crampton
Isaac's Storm
Narrator
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
Narrator
Sherman's March
Narrator
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
The Stranger
Andrew Jackson
Narrator
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
Self - Narrator (voice)
Wonder Woman
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
Narrator (voice)
Niagara: A History of the Falls
Narrator
History's Lost & Found
The Samurai
self (voice)
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
Narrator
Ultimate autos
host
Ring Christmas Bells
Self
Bible Battles
Narrator (voice)
Titanic's Achilles Heel
Narrator
Russia, Land of the Tsars
Narrator
Coach of the Year
Bill Ford
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
Narrator
The Louisiana Purchase
Narrator
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Banned from the Bible II
Narrator
First Invasion: The War of 1812
Narrator
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
Narrator
Morristown: Where America Survived
Narrator
In Search of Christmas
Narrator