Edward Herrmann
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-07-21 (71 years old)
Deathday
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
Edward Herrmann
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.
Acting
1987
as Max
2001
as Raymond Massey
1994
as Mr. Kilroy
1987
as Grant Stayton III
1985
as Brown
1994
as Richard Rich
1993
as Mr. Dingle
2003
as Rex Rexroth
2009
as Shepard
2006
as Lyle
1984
as Warden Peter Soffel
2006
as James Townsend
1988
as Graham Sherbourne
2001
as W. R. Hearst
2007
as Mr. Landis
2007
as Narrator
1973
as Thomas Craig Anderson
2009
as John Goodenough
2005
as Narrator
1982
as FDR
2004
as Lloyd
2004
as Narrator
1979
as Michael Hill
1981
as Max Eastman
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2001
as Milligan
1975
as Ezra Stiles
1978
as Col. Walter Gilchrist
1982
as Paul Stanton
1996
as Branch Rickey
1998
as Doug Bedloe
1994
as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
1982
as Father
1981
as Harry Johnson
2006
as Narrator (voice)
2012
as Philip Wellington
1995
as Frank Jessmon
1985
as Bob Singer
2003
as Narrator
2007
as Narrator
1978
as Lou Gehrig
2005
as Narrator
2002
1979
as Frank Andrews
2001
as Narrator (voice)
1971
as Policeman (uncredited)
1977
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
1981
as The Stranger
2002
as Headmaster Woodbridge
1973
as Mike
1978
as Dan Weyman
2013
as Dr. Vincent
1999
as Narrator
1985
as Henry
1990
as Self
1990
as James Wagner
2014
as Reverend Cartwright
1995
as Herman Munster
2012
as Mr. Crampton
1974
as Klipspringer
1998
as Jack
2009
as Self
1997
as Robert Payne
1991
as Robert
2001
as Narrator
2007
as Narrator
2006
as Narrator
2003
as Narrator
1982
as Dr. Quinn
2011
as Les McCallum
2013
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
1982
as Tommy
1979
as Ed Branish
2004
as Joseph Breen
1979
as Kip Lawton
2007
as Narrator
1979
as Kip Lawton
1995
as Nelson Rockefeller
1986
as Fred Friendly
2004
as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
1983
as Ned Larwin
2004
as Narrator
1979
as Stephen Holmes
2009
as Narrator
2001
as Charles Allsworth
2012
as Jack Bennington
2012
as Nate Christensen
1993
as Ralph
1996
as Morton Treadway
2005
as Narrator
1992
as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
1999
as D.A. Luzenberg
2016
as Bill Ford
1999
as Reverend Vernon
2011
as Garrett Clark
1996
as Dr. Shugrue
2006
as Doug Clayton
1975
2005
as Narrator (voice)
2009
as The Principal
2011
as Thomas
2007
as Narrator
2003
as Narrator (voice)
1993
as Ed Deverey
2003
as self (voice)
2011
as Jeremiah Larson
2011
as Governor Dawson
1999
as Narrator
2002
as Narrator
2002
as Narrator (voice)
2005
as Narrator
2006
as Self
1991
as Henry
2003
as Narrator
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Production
1999
as Presenter
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