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

Homepage:

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
Average
8
Law & Order
Average
7

Law & Order

(1990) Frederic Matson
Grey's Anatomy
Average
8

Grey's Anatomy

(2005) Dr. Norman Shales
The Good Wife
Average
8

The Good Wife

(2009) Lionel Deerfield
Crossing Jordan
Average
7

Crossing Jordan

(2001) Captain Thomas Malden
The Practice
Average
8

The Practice

(1997) Anderson Pearson
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Average
7

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(1985) Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
Nature
Average
8

Nature

(1982) Narrator (voice)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
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
1999 Presenter
Year Role Movie/Tv

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