Richard Herd
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 26 September 1932 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- 26 May 2020
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
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- 2019That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars as Self
- 2019The Silent Natural as Mr. Beagle
- 2018The Mule as Tim Kennedy
- 2017A Christmas in New York as Bob Burgess
- 2017Get Out as Roman Armitage
- 2015Star Trek: Renegades as Admiral Paris
- 2008InAlienable as Professor Randolph Barnett
- 2007Dog Days of Summer as Frank Cooper
- 2007The Anna Nicole Smith Story as J. Howard Marshall
- 2005The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as Commissioner Hans Raab
- 2003Roddenberry on Patrol as Captain Kirkus
- 2000Joseph: King of Dreams as Jacob (voice)
- 1999A Fare to Remember as Mr. Jennings
- 1998I Married a Monster as Dr. Paul Drummond
- 1998The Survivor as Bradford
- 1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as Henry Skerridge
- 1997Journey of the Heart as Principal Martin
- 1996Yesterday's Target as Aaron Winfield
- 1996Sgt. Bilko as General Tennyson
- 1996A Case for Life as Bud Cromwell
- 1995The Secretary as Chuck Bosnell
- 1994The Gift of Love
- 1994Cosmic Slop as Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment')
- 1993SeaQuest DSV as Admiral Noyce
- 1993Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright as L'Kor
- 1993The Judas Project as Arthur Cunningham
- 1992Majority Rule as Rep. Harold Reynolds
- 1992Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum' as Charles Hackley
- 1990The Great Los Angeles Earthquake as Ray Goodrich
- 1990Corporate Affairs as Cyrus Kinkaid
- 1990Camp Cucamonga as Thornton Bradley
- 1990Fall From Grace as Richard Dortch
- 1989Nashville Beat as Chief Kincaid
- 1989Gleaming the Cube as Ed Lawndale
- 1988My First Love as Chet Townsend
- 1987Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Walt
- 1985Summer Rental as Angus MacLachlan
- 1984Trancers as Chairman Spencer
- 1984V: The Final Battle as John
- 1983Deal of the Century as Lyle
- 1982Farrell: For the People as Randolph Gardner
- 1981Lovely But Deadly as Charley Gilmarten
- 1981Elvis and the Beauty Queen as Sanford Thompson
- 1980Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier as Chuck Knoll
- 1980Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb as Gen. Groves
- 1980Private Benjamin as General Foley
- 1980Schizoid as Donahue
- 1980Wolf Lake as George
- 1979Marciano as John Furst
- 1979The Onion Field as Beat Cop
- 1979Ike as Gen. Omar N. Bradley
- 1979The China Syndrome as Evan McCormack
- 1978Terror Out of the Sky as Col. Mangus
- 1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid as Donovan
- 1978F.I.S.T. as Mike Monahan
- 1978Dr. Scorpion as Bill Worthington
- 1977The Hunted Lady as Capt. Wilson
- 1977I Never Promised You a Rose Garden as Dr. Halle
- 1976All the President's Men as James W. McCord Jr.
- 1973Pueblo as Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark
- 1971Libertad para la juventud
- 1970Hercules in New York as Television Presenter