Person Details
Birthday: 1943-07-21 14:52:39
Death: 2014-12-31 14:52:39
Aliases: Ed Hermann , Edward Herman , Edward Kirk Herrmann
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Movie Involvements: 70
TV Involvements: 26
Most Famous Work
Biography
Edward Kirk Herrmann, born July 21, 1943, 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. Hermann died from brain cancer, Wednesday, December 31, 2014, in a hospital in New York City.
Most Famous Work
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(2000) Mr. VogelLaw & Order
(1990) Frederic MatsonGrey's Anatomy
(2005) Dr. Norman ShalesThe Good Wife
(2009) Lionel DeerfieldCrossing Jordan
(2001) Captain Thomas MaldenThe Practice
(1997) Anderson PearsonThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1985) Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / LittonNature
(1982) Narrator (voice)Acting
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2016 | Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited) | |
Bill Ford | ||
2014 | Reverend Cartwright | |
Franklin Roosevelt (voice) | ||
2013 | Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice) | |
Dr. Vincent | ||
2012 | Nate Christensen | |
Jack Bennington | ||
Jack Pierce | ||
Mr. Crampton | ||
Philip Wellington | ||
2011 | Garrett Clark | |
Les McCallum | ||
Governor Dawson | ||
Jeremiah Larson | ||
Thomas | ||
2009 | Lionel Deerfield | |
Self | ||
Reverend Phillips | ||
John Goodenough | ||
Shepard | ||
The Principal | ||
Narrator | ||
2007 | Narrator | |
N/A | ||
Narrator | ||
N/A | ||
Narrator | ||
Mr. Landis | ||
2006 | James Townsend | |
Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
Self | ||
Walter | ||
Lyle | ||
Doug Clayton | ||
Narrator | ||
Narrator | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
2005 | Narrator | |
Narrator (voice) | ||
Narrator | ||
Reverend Lowell | ||
Narrator | ||
Dr. Norman Shales | ||
Old Man (voice) | ||
Councilman (voice) | ||
Narrator | ||
Narrator | ||
Narrator | ||
2004 | Joseph Breen | |
Benjamin Kaplan (voice) | ||
Lloyd | ||
Narrator | ||
2003 | Rex Rexroth | |
Narrator | ||
N/A | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
self (voice) | ||
2002 | Headmaster Woodbridge | |
Narrator (voice) | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
Narrator | ||
Self | ||
Narrator | ||
2001 | Captain Thomas Malden | |
Milligan | ||
Raymond Massey | ||
W. R. Hearst | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
Charles Allsworth | ||
2000 | Mr. Vogel | |
Richard Gilmore | ||
1999 | D.A. Luzenberg | |
The President | ||
Narrator | ||
Narrator | ||
Reverend Vernon | ||
1998 | Doug Bedloe | |
Himself - Narrator (voice) | ||
Jack | ||
1997 | Narrator | |
Robert Payne | ||
Anderson Pearson | ||
1996 | President | |
Morton Treadway | ||
Dr. Shugrue | ||
Branch Rickey | ||
1995 | Nelson Rockefeller | |
Frank Jessmon | ||
Thomas Jefferson (voice) | ||
Herman Munster | ||
1994 | Richard Rich | |
Mr. Kilroy | ||
Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore | ||
1993 | Ralph | |
Mr. Dingle | ||
Ed Deverey | ||
N/A | ||
1992 | Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide | |
1991 | Robert | |
1990 | Defense Attorney Mosbeck | |
Drew Seeley | ||
Frederic Matson | ||
Self | ||
N/A | ||
James Wagner | ||
1989 | Ralph | |
1988 | Graham Sherbourne | |
1987 | Grant Stayton III | |
Max | ||
Head Master | ||
1986 | Fred Friendly | |
1985 | Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton | |
Bob Singer | ||
Brown | ||
Henry | ||
1984 | Warden Peter Soffel | |
1983 | Ned Larwin | |
1982 | N/A | |
Narrator (voice) | ||
FDR | ||
Paul Stanton | ||
Tommy | ||
Dr. Quinn | ||
Father | ||
1981 | Max Eastman | |
The Stranger | ||
Harry Johnson | ||
1979 | Kip Lawton | |
Stephen Holmes | ||
Kip Lawton | ||
Frank Andrews | ||
Michael Hill | ||
Ed Branish | ||
1978 | Col. Walter Gilchrist | |
Dan Weyman | ||
Lou Gehrig | ||
1977 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
1976 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50 | |
1975 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
Ezra Stiles | ||
1974 | Klipspringer | |
1973 | Mike | |
Thomas Craig Anderson | ||
1972 | N/A | |
1971 | Policeman (uncredited) | |
Self | ||
1951 | Folsom | |
N/A | ||
Doug Bedloe | ||
Senator Warren | ||
N/A | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1999 | Presenter | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |