Edward Herrmann
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 21 July 1943 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Died
- 31 December 2014
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
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- 2021The World Trade Center -Rise and Fall of an American Icon as Narrator
- 2016Coach of the Year as Bill Ford
- 2014The Town that Dreaded Sundown as Reverend Cartwright
- 2013The Wolf of Wall Street as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
- 2013Are You Here as Dr. Vincent
- 2012Heaven's Door as Nate Christensen
- 2012Price Check as Jack Bennington
- 2012Christmas Oranges as Mr. Crampton
- 2012Treasure Buddies as Philip Wellington
- 2011The Christmas Pageant as Garrett Clark
- 2011A Christmas Wish as Les McCallum
- 2011Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Governor Dawson
- 2011Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star as Jeremiah Larson
- 2011Wonder Woman as Senator Warren
- 2011Son of Morning as Thomas
- 2009Ring Christmas Bells as Self
- 2009The Six Wives of Henry Lefay as John Goodenough
- 2009The Skeptic as Shepard
- 2009Hatching Pete as The Principal
- 2009Morristown: Where America Survived as Narrator
- 2007Andrew Jackson as Narrator
- 2007Columbus The Lost Voyage as Narrator
- 2007Titanic's Achilles Heel as Narrator
- 2007Sherman's March as Narrator
- 2007Banned from the Bible II as Narrator
- 2007I Think I Love My Wife as Mr. Landis
- 2006Factory Girl as James Townsend
- 2006Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2006Witness to 'Reds' as Self
- 2006Wedding Daze as Lyle
- 2006Relative Strangers as Doug Clayton
- 2006Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran as Narrator
- 2006Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces as Narrator (voice)
- 2005Ape to Man as Narrator
- 2005Bible Battles as Narrator (voice)
- 2005The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy as Narrator
- 2005FDR: A Presidency Revealed as Narrator
- 2005The French Revolution as Narrator
- 2005American Dad! as Councilman (voice) · 2 episodes
- 2005Grey's Anatomy as Norman Shales · 3 episodes
- 2004The Aviator as Joseph Breen
- 2004Bereft as Lloyd
- 2004First Invasion: The War of 1812 as Narrator
- 2004Isaac's Storm as Narrator
- 2004Welcome to Mooseport as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
- 2003Intolerable Cruelty as Rex Rexroth
- 2003Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion as Narrator
- 2003The Louisiana Purchase as Narrator
- 2003Russia, Land of the Tsars as Narrator
- 2003Stalin: Man of Steel as Narrator (voice)
- 2003The Samurai as self (voice)
- 2002The Emperor's Club as Headmaster Woodbridge
- 2002Dinosaur Secrets Revealed as Narrator (voice)
- 2002It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') as Self
- 2002Antarctica: A Frozen History as Narrator
- 2002The Cat's Meow as W. R. Hearst
- 2001In Search of Christmas as Narrator
- 2001Down as Milligan
- 2001James Dean as Raymond Massey
- 2001The Face: Jesus in Art as Narrator (voice)
- 2001Double Take as Charles Allsworth
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Mr. Vogel · 1 episode
- 1999Walking Across Egypt as Reverend Vernon
- 1999Vendetta as D.A. Luzenberg
- 1999Norman Rockwell: Painting America as Narrator
- 1999Niagara: A History of the Falls as Narrator
- 1998Saint Maybe as Doug Bedloe
- 1998Better Living as Jack
- 1997Critical Care as Robert Payne
- 1996What Love Sees as Morton Treadway
- 1996A Season in Purgatory as Dr. Shugrue
- 1996Soul of the Game as Branch Rickey
- 1995Nixon as Nelson Rockefeller
- 1995The Face on the Milk Carton as Frank Jessmon
- 1995Here Come the Munsters as Herman Munster
- 1994Ri¢hie Ri¢h as Mr. Rich
- 1994Don't Drink the Water as Mr. Kilroy
- 1994Foreign Student as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
- 1993A Foreign Field as Ralph
- 1993My Boyfriend's Back as Mr. Dingle
- 1993Born Yesterday as Ed Deverey
- 1992Hero as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
- 1991Fire in the Dark as Robert
- 1991Sweet Poison as Henry
- 1990Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1990So Proudly We Hail as James Wagner
- 1990Law & Order as Frederic Matson · 3 episodes
- 1988Big Business as Graham Sherbourne
- 1987Overboard as Grant Stayton III
- 1987The Lost Boys as Max
- 1986Murrow as Fred Friendly
- 1985Compromising Positions as Bob Singer
- 1985The Man with One Red Shoe as Brown
- 1985The Purple Rose of Cairo as Henry
- 1984Mrs. Soffel as Warden Peter Soffel
- 1983Memorial Day as Ned Larwin
- 1982Annie as FDR
- 1982Death Valley as Paul Stanton
- 1982A Little Sex as Tommy
- 1982The Gift of Life as Dr. Quinn
- 1982The Electric Grandmother as Father
- 1981Reds as Max Eastman
- 1981Dear Liar as George Bernard Shaw
- 1981The Private History of a Campaign That Failed as The Stranger
- 1981Harry's War as Harry Johnson
- 1979O Youth and Beauty! as Kip Lawton
- 1979Freedom Road as Stephen Holmes
- 1979The Sorrows of Gin as Kip Lawton
- 1979Portrait of a Stripper as Frank Andrews
- 1979Take Down as Ed Branish
- 1979The North Avenue Irregulars as Michael Hill
- 1978Brass Target as Col. Walter Gilchrist
- 1978The Betsy as Dan Weyman
- 1978A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story as Lou Gehrig
- 1977Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years as Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1975Valley Forge as Folsom
- 1975The Great Waldo Pepper as Ezra Stiles
- 1974The Great Gatsby as Klipspringer
- 1973The Day of the Dolphin as Mike
- 1973The Paper Chase as Thomas Craig Anderson
- 1971Lady Liberty as Policeman (uncredited)
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- 1999Niagara: A History of the Falls · presenter