Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Ed Hermann , Edward Herman , Edward Kirk Herrmann , اد هرمان , اِد هرمان
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Movie Involvements: 75
TV Involvements: 27
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Grey's Anatomy
(2005) Norman ShalesLaw & Order
(1990) Frederic MatsonCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(2000) Mr. VogelThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1985) Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / LittonPerception
(2012) Jack PierceThe Good Wife
(2009) Lionel DeerfieldThe Practice
(1997) Anderson PearsonNature
(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 | ||
| Senator Warren | ||
| Governor Dawson | ||
| Jeremiah Larson | ||
| Thomas | ||
| 2010 | Judge | |
| 2009 | Lionel Deerfield | |
| Self | ||
| Reverend Phillips | ||
| John Goodenough | ||
| Shepard | ||
| The Principal | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2007 | Narrator | |
| Narrator | ||
| N/A | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 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 | ||
| Norman Shales | ||
| Old Man (voice) | ||
| Councilman (voice) | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2004 | Joseph Breen | |
| Benjamin Kaplan (voice) | ||
| Lloyd | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Debate Moderator | ||
| 2003 | Rex Rexroth | |
| Narrator | ||
| N/A | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| self (voice) | ||
| 2002 | Headmaster Woodbridge | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Self | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2001 | Narrator | |
| W. R. Hearst | ||
| Thomas Malden | ||
| Milligan | ||
| Raymond Massey | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Charles Allsworth | ||
| 2000 | Narrator | |
| 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 | Drew Seeley | |
| Defense Attorney Mosbeck | ||
| Frederic Matson | ||
| Self | ||
| Y.M. Burg | ||
| 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 |