Richard Herd
- Acting
- September 26, 1932 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- May 26, 2020
Biography
Richard Thomas Herd Jr. (September 26, 1932 – May 26, 2020) was an American actor appearing in numerous supporting, recurring, and guest roles in television series and occasional film roles from the 1970s to the 2010s. He was well known in the science fiction community for his role in the 1983 NBC miniseries V and 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, as John, the Visitors' Supreme Commander. Other major roles in his career included recurring parts on the NBC series seaQuest DSV as Admiral William Noyce; on Star Trek: Voyager as Admiral Owen Paris, the father of helmsman Tom Paris; and as George Costanza's boss Matt Wilhelm on Seinfeld. In two guest appearances on Quantum Leap, he played children's show host "Captain Galaxy", a would-be time traveler, and a miner named Ziggy Ziganovich. He also voiced Father Elijah in the Dead Money expansion for Fallout: New Vegas. Herd appeared at several fan conventions for his science fiction roles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Herd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars · Self
- The Silent Natural · Mr. Beagle
- The Mule · Tim Kennedy
- A Christmas in New York · Bob Burgess
- Get Out · Roman Armitage
- Shameless · Gerald
- Hawaii Five-0 · Old Milton
- Rizzoli & Isles · Patrick Doyle, Sr.
- InAlienable · Professor Randolph Barnett
- Dog Days of Summer · Frank Cooper
- The Anna Nicole Smith Story · J. Howard Marshall
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari · Commissioner Hans Raab
- Ghost Whisperer · Stephen Devine
- Desperate Housewives · Harry Gaunt
- Cold Case · Gene Karnow (2008)
- The O.C. · Uncle Shaun
- CSI: Miami · Judge Paul Landsman
- Everwood · Herb Roberts
- Joseph: King of Dreams · Jacob (Voice)
- The District · Sam SheridanAndi
- Family Law · Judge Neil Walker
- A Fare to Remember · Mr. Jennings
- I Married a Monster · Dr. Paul Drummond
- The Survivor · Bradford
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil · Henry Skerridge
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer · Dr. Stanley Backer
- Journey of the Heart · Principal Martin
- Yesterday's Target · Aaron Winfield
- Sgt. Bilko · General Tennyson
- Pacific Blue · Ethan Callaway
- A Case for Life · Bud Cromwell
- JAG · Charlie Hoskins
- Caroline in the City · Barney Baxter
- The Secretary · Chuck Bosnell
- Star Trek: Voyager · Adm. Owen Paris
- The Gift of Love
- Cosmic Slop · Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment')
- ER · Dr. Murphy
- Winnetka Road · Mike
- Diagnosis: Murder · Archie Mullen
- SeaQuest DSV · Admiral Noyce
- seaQuest DSV · Admiral Noyce, Secretary General Noyce
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. · President Cleveland
- Walker, Texas Ranger · General Garrity
- The Judas Project · Arthur Cunningham
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman · Dr. John Hansen
- Majority Rule · Rep. Harold Reynolds
- Renegade · Sheriff Frank Brown
- Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum' · Charles Hackley
- The Great Los Angeles Earthquake · Ray Goodrich
- Corporate Affairs · Cyrus Kinkaid
- Camp Cucamonga · Thornton Bradley
- Fall From Grace · Richard Dortch
- Nashville Beat · Chief Kincaid
- Mancuso, F.B.I. · Red Burrows
- Seinfeld · Wilhelm
- Tales from the Crypt · Phil Stone
- Quantum Leap · Moe Stein, Ziggy Ziganovich / Moe Stein
- Gleaming the Cube · Ed Lawndale
- My First Love · Chet Townsend
- Favorite Son
- China Beach · Bartender (uncredited)
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles · Walt
- Star Trek: The Next Generation · L'Kor
- Jake and the Fatman
- Beauty and the Beast · Richard Barnes
- Matlock · Police Capt. Edward Hanna / The Mad Hatter
- The Golden Girls · Ernie
- Summer Rental · Angus MacLachlan
- Trancers · Chairman Spencer
- Murder, She Wrote · Harvey McKittrick, Arnett Cobb
- V: The Final Battle · John
- Deal of the Century · Lyle
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King · Jake Williamson
- Hardcastle and McCormick · Arthur Huntley / Lonnie Vanatta
- V · John
- The A-Team · Jonathan Durcell
- Farrell: For the People · Randolph Gardner
- The Devlin Connection · Lt. Harvey Bukowski
- Knight Rider · Lyle Jastrow