Jul 21, 1943 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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.
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| Movie | 1987 | The Lost Boys | Max | |
| Movie | 2001 | James Dean | Raymond Massey | |
| Movie | 1994 | Don't Drink the Water | Mr. Kilroy | |
| Movie | 1985 | The Man with One Red Shoe | Brown | |
| Movie | 1987 | Overboard | Grant Stayton III | |
| Movie | 1994 | Ri¢hie Ri¢h | Richard Rich | |
| Movie | 1993 | My Boyfriend's Back | Mr. Dingle | |
| Movie | 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty | Rex Rexroth | |
| Movie | 2009 | The Skeptic | Shepard | |
| Movie | 2006 | Wedding Daze | Lyle | |
| Movie | 1984 | Mrs. Soffel | Warden Peter Soffel | |
| Movie | 2006 | Factory Girl | James Townsend | |
| Movie | 1988 | Big Business | Graham Sherbourne | |
| Movie | 2001 | The Cat's Meow | W. R. Hearst | |
| Movie | 2007 | I Think I Love My Wife | Mr. Landis | |
| Movie | 2007 | Banned from the Bible II | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1973 | The Paper Chase | Thomas Craig Anderson | |
| Movie | 2009 | The Six Wives of Henry Lefay | John Goodenough | |
| Movie | 2005 | Ape to Man | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1982 | Annie | FDR | |
| Movie | 2004 | Bereft | Lloyd | |
| Movie | 2004 | Isaac's Storm | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1979 | The North Avenue Irregulars | Michael Hill | |
| Movie | 1981 | Reds | Max Eastman | |
| Movie | 2006 | Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2001 | Down | Milligan | |
| Movie | 1975 | The Great Waldo Pepper | Ezra Stiles | |
| Movie | 1978 | Brass Target | Col. Walter Gilchrist | |
| Movie | 1982 | Death Valley | Paul Stanton | |
| Movie | 1996 | Soul of the Game | Branch Rickey | |
| Movie | 1998 | Saint Maybe | Doug Bedloe | |
| Movie | 1994 | Foreign Student | Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore | |
| Movie | 2002 | It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') | Self | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Electric Grandmother | Father | |
| Movie | 1981 | Harry's War | Harry Johnson | |
| Movie | 2006 | Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2012 | Treasure Buddies | Philip Wellington | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Face on the Milk Carton | Frank Jessmon | |
| Movie | 1985 | Compromising Positions | Bob Singer | |
| Movie | 2003 | Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2007 | Columbus The Lost Voyage | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1978 | A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | Lou Gehrig | |
| Movie | 2005 | The French Revolution | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2002 | The World Trade Center -Rise and Fall of an American Icon | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1979 | Portrait of a Stripper | Frank Andrews | |
| Movie | 2001 | The Face: Jesus in Art | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1971 | Lady Liberty | Policeman (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1977 | Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| Movie | 1981 | The Private History of a Campaign That Failed | The Stranger | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Emperor's Club | Headmaster Woodbridge | |
| Movie | 1973 | The Day of the Dolphin | Mike | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Betsy | Dan Weyman | |
| Movie | 2013 | Are You Here | Dr. Vincent | |
| Movie | 1999 | Niagara: A History of the Falls | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1985 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Henry | |
| Movie | 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | |
| Movie | 1990 | So Proudly We Hail | James Wagner | |
| Movie | 2014 | The Town that Dreaded Sundown | Reverend Cartwright | |
| Movie | 1995 | Here Come the Munsters | Herman Munster | |
| Movie | 2012 | Christmas Oranges | Mr. Crampton | |
| Movie | 1998 | Better Living | Jack | |
| Movie | 1974 | The Great Gatsby | Klipspringer | |
| Movie | 2009 | Ring Christmas Bells | Self | |
| Movie | 1997 | Critical Care | Robert Payne | |
| Movie | 1991 | Fire in the Dark | Robert | |
| Movie | 2001 | In Search of Christmas | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2007 | Sherman's March | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2006 | Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2003 | Russia, Land of the Tsars | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Gift of Life | Dr. Quinn | |
| Movie | 2011 | A Christmas Wish | Les McCallum | |
| Movie | 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice) | |
| Movie | 1982 | A Little Sex | Tommy | |
| Movie | 1979 | Take Down | Ed Branish | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Aviator | Joseph Breen | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Sorrows of Gin | Kip Lawton | |
| Movie | 2007 | Andrew Jackson | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1979 | O Youth and Beauty! | Kip Lawton | |
| Movie | 1995 | Nixon | Nelson Rockefeller | |
| Movie | 1986 | Murrow | Fred Friendly | |
| Movie | 2004 | Welcome to Mooseport | Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1983 | Memorial Day | Ned Larwin | |
| Movie | 2004 | First Invasion: The War of 1812 | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1979 | Freedom Road | Stephen Holmes | |
| Movie | 2009 | Morristown: Where America Survived | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2001 | Double Take | Charles Allsworth | |
| Movie | 2012 | Price Check | Jack Bennington | |
| Movie | 2012 | Heaven's Door | Nate Christensen | |
| Movie | 1993 | A Foreign Field | Ralph | |
| Movie | 1996 | What Love Sees | Morton Treadway | |
| Movie | 2005 | The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1992 | Hero | Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide | |
| Movie | 1999 | Vendetta | D.A. Luzenberg | |
| Movie | 2016 | Coach of the Year | Bill Ford | |
| Movie | 1999 | Walking Across Egypt | Reverend Vernon | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Christmas Pageant | Garrett Clark | |
| Movie | 1996 | A Season in Purgatory | Dr. Shugrue | |
| Movie | 2006 | Relative Strangers | Doug Clayton | |
| Movie | 1975 | Valley Forge | ||
| Movie | 2005 | Bible Battles | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2009 | Hatching Pete | The Principal | |
| Movie | 2011 | Son of Morning | Thomas | |
| Movie | 2007 | Titanic's Achilles Heel | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1993 | Born Yesterday | Ed Deverey | |
| Movie | 2003 | Stalin: Man of Steel | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2003 | The Samurai | self (voice) | |
| Movie | 2011 | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | Jeremiah Larson | |
| Movie | 2011 | Redemption: For Robbing the Dead | Governor Dawson | |
| Movie | 1999 | Norman Rockwell: Painting America | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2002 | Antarctica: A Frozen History | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2002 | Dinosaur Secrets Revealed | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2005 | FDR: A Presidency Revealed | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2006 | Witness to 'Reds' | Self | |
| Movie | 1991 | Sweet Poison | Henry | |
| Movie | 2003 | The Louisiana Purchase | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1998 | Frank Lloyd Wright | Narrator (voice) | |
| TV Show | 1982 | St. Elsewhere | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1972 | M*A*S*H | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Thomas Malden | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Reverend Lowell | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Wings | Y.M. Burg | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Tom Goes to the Mayor | Benjamin Kaplan (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The Practice | Anderson Pearson | 10 |
| TV Show | 2006 | 30 Rock | Walter | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Folsom | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Gilmore Girls | Richard Gilmore | 153 |
| TV Show | 2007 | The States | 10 | |
| TV Show | N/A | History's Lost & Found | 8 | |
| TV Show | 1982 | Nature | Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Beacon Hill | Richard Palmer | 11 |
| TV Show | 2007 | The Revolution | 13 | |
| TV Show | 2003 | Russia, Land of the Tsars | 4 | |
| TV Show | 1990 | Law & Order | Frederic Matson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Screen One | Ralph | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | French Revolution | Narrator | 2 |
| TV Show | 2012 | Perception | Jack Pierce | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Presidents | Narrator | 9 |
| TV Show | 2005 | American Dad! | Councilman (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Norman Shales | 3 |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Franklin Roosevelt (voice) | 7 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain | Thomas Jefferson (voice) | 2 |
| TV Show | 2009 | The Good Wife | Lionel Deerfield | 6 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Liberty! | Narrator | 6 |
| TV Show | 2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mr. Vogel | 1 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Drop Dead Diva | Reverend Phillips | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Law & Order | Drew Seeley | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Atomic Train | The President | 2 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Eleanor and Franklin | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50 | 2 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Law & Order | Defense Attorney Mosbeck | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Doug Bedloe | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Frank Lloyd Wright | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Pandora's Clock | President | 2 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Rise and Fall of the Spartans | Narrator (voice) | 2 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Founding Fathers | Narrator | 4 |
| TV Show | 2005 | American Dad! | Old Man (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1987 | The Lawrenceville Stories | Head Master | 3 |
| TV Show | 2010 | Better With You | Judge | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1971 | Great Performances | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | N/A | Wonder Woman | Senator Warren | 1 |
| TV Show | 2006 | The Ten Commandments | Narrator | 2 |
| TV Show | 1999 | The Korean War: Fire and Ice | Narrator | 4 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Ultimate autos | host | 6 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies | Narrator (voice) | 3 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Harry's Law | Lester Babcock | 3 |
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| Movie | 1999 | Niagara: A History of the Falls | Presenter | Crew |
