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

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

2001

James Dean

as Raymond Massey

1994

1987

Overboard

as Grant Stayton III

1994

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

as Richard Rich

1993

My Boyfriend's Back

as Mr. Dingle

2003

Intolerable Cruelty

as Rex Rexroth

2009

The Skeptic

as Shepard

2006

1984

Mrs. Soffel

as Warden Peter Soffel

2006

Factory Girl

as James Townsend

1988

Big Business

as Graham Sherbourne

2001

The Cat's Meow

as W. R. Hearst

2007

1973

The Paper Chase

as Thomas Craig Anderson

2009

2005

Ape to Man

as Narrator

1982

Annie

as FDR

2004

Bereft

as Lloyd

2004

Isaac's Storm

as Narrator

1979

1981

Reds

as Max Eastman

2001

Down

as Milligan

1975

1978

Brass Target

as Col. Walter Gilchrist

1982

Death Valley

as Paul Stanton

1996

Soul of the Game

as Branch Rickey

1998

Saint Maybe

as Doug Bedloe

1994

Foreign Student

as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore

1981

Harry's War

as Harry Johnson

2012

Treasure Buddies

as Philip Wellington

1995

1985

2005

1979

Portrait of a Stripper

as Frank Andrews

2001

The Face: Jesus in Art

as Narrator (voice)

1971

Lady Liberty

as Policeman (uncredited)

2002

The Emperor's Club

as Headmaster Woodbridge

1978

The Betsy

as Dan Weyman

2013

Are You Here

as Dr. Vincent

1990

So Proudly We Hail

as James Wagner

2014

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

as Reverend Cartwright

1995

Here Come the Munsters

as Herman Munster

2012

Christmas Oranges

as Mr. Crampton

1974

The Great Gatsby

as Klipspringer

1998

1997

Critical Care

as Robert Payne

1991

2001

2007

Sherman's March

as Narrator

1982

The Gift of Life

as Dr. Quinn

2011

A Christmas Wish

as Les McCallum

2013

The Wolf of Wall Street

as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)

1982

A Little Sex

as Tommy

1979

Take Down

as Ed Branish

2004

The Aviator

as Joseph Breen

1979

The Sorrows of Gin

as Kip Lawton

2007

Andrew Jackson

as Narrator

1979

O Youth and Beauty!

as Kip Lawton

1995

Nixon

as Nelson Rockefeller

1986

Murrow

as Fred Friendly

2004

Welcome to Mooseport

as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)

1983

Memorial Day

as Ned Larwin

1979

Freedom Road

as Stephen Holmes

2001

Double Take

as Charles Allsworth

2012

Price Check

as Jack Bennington

2012

Heaven's Door

as Nate Christensen

1993

1996

What Love Sees

as Morton Treadway

1992

Hero

as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide

1999

Vendetta

as D.A. Luzenberg

2016

Coach of the Year

as Bill Ford

1999

Walking Across Egypt

as Reverend Vernon

2011

The Christmas Pageant

as Garrett Clark

1996

A Season in Purgatory

as Dr. Shugrue

2006

Relative Strangers

as Doug Clayton

2005

Bible Battles

as Narrator (voice)

2009

Hatching Pete

as The Principal

2011

2003

Stalin: Man of Steel

as Narrator (voice)

1993

Born Yesterday

as Ed Deverey

2003

The Samurai

as self (voice)

2011

2011

2002

Dinosaur Secrets Revealed

as Narrator (voice)

1991

Sweet Poison

as Henry

2003

1998

Frank Lloyd Wright

as Narrator (voice)

Production

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