Edward Herrmann
- Acting
- July 21, 1943 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- December 31, 2014
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life · Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Coach of the Year · Bill Ford
- Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies · Narrator (Voice)
- The Town that Dreaded Sundown · Reverend Cartwright
- The Roosevelts: An Intimate History · Franklin Roosevelt (Voice)
- The Wolf of Wall Street · Stratton Oakmont Commercial (Voice)
- Are You Here · Dr. Vincent
- Heaven's Door · Nate Christensen
- Price Check · Jack Bennington
- Perception · Jack Pierce
- Christmas Oranges · Mr. Crampton
- Treasure Buddies · Philip Wellington
- The Christmas Pageant · Garrett Clark
- A Christmas Wish · Les McCallum
- Redemption: For Robbing the Dead · Governor Dawson
- Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star · Jeremiah Larson
- Son of Morning · Thomas
- Harry's Law · Lester Babcock
- Better With You · Judge
- The Good Wife · Lionel Deerfield
- Ring Christmas Bells · Self
- Drop Dead Diva · Reverend Phillips
- The Six Wives of Henry Lefay · John Goodenough
- The Skeptic · Shepard
- Hatching Pete · The Principal
- Morristown: Where America Survived · Narrator
- Andrew Jackson · Narrator
- Columbus The Lost Voyage · Narrator
- The Revolution
- Titanic's Achilles Heel · Narrator
- Sherman's March · Narrator
- The States
- Banned from the Bible II · Narrator
- I Think I Love My Wife · Mr. Landis
- Factory Girl · James Townsend
- Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower · Self
- Witness to 'Reds' · Self
- 30 Rock · Walter
- Wedding Daze · Lyle
- Relative Strangers · Doug Clayton
- The Ten Commandments · Narrator
- Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran · Narrator
- Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces · Narrator (Voice)
- Ape to Man · Narrator
- Bible Battles · Narrator (Voice)
- The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy · Narrator
- How I Met Your Mother · Reverend Lowell
- FDR: A Presidency Revealed · Narrator
- Grey's Anatomy · Norman Shales
- American Dad! · Councilman (Voice), Old Man (Voice)
- The Presidents · Narrator
- The French Revolution · Narrator
- French Revolution · Narrator
- The Aviator · Joseph Breen
- Tom Goes to the Mayor · Benjamin Kaplan (Voice)
- Bereft · Lloyd
- First Invasion: The War of 1812 · Narrator
- Isaac's Storm · Narrator
- Welcome to Mooseport · Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
- Intolerable Cruelty · Rex Rexroth
- Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion · Narrator
- Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion · Narrator
- Russia, Land of the Tsars
- The Louisiana Purchase · Narrator
- Russia, Land of the Tsars · Narrator
- Stalin: Man of Steel · Narrator (Voice)
- The Samurai · Self
- The Emperor's Club · Headmaster Woodbridge
- Dinosaur Secrets Revealed · Narrator (Voice)
- Rise and Fall of the Spartans · Narrator (Voice)
- It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') · Self
- Antarctica: A Frozen History · Narrator
- The Cat's Meow · W. R. Hearst
- In Search of Christmas · Narrator
- Crossing Jordan · Thomas Malden
- Down · Milligan
- James Dean · Raymond Massey
- The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution · Narrator
- The Face: Jesus in Art · Narrator (Voice)
- Double Take · Charles Allsworth