Edward Herrmann
Personal Info
Edward Herrmann
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.
Known For
Grey's Anatomy
Norman Shales
2005
Law & Order
Frederic Matson
1990Law & Order
Drew Seeley
1990Law & Order
Defense Attorney Mosbeck
1990
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mr. Vogel
2000
American Dad!
Councilman (voice)
2005American Dad!
Old Man (voice)
2005
How I Met Your Mother
Reverend Lowell
2005
Gilmore Girls
Richard Gilmore
2000
The Good Wife
Lionel Deerfield
2009
Crossing Jordan
Thomas Malden
2001
30 Rock
Walter
2006
M*A*S*H
The Practice
Anderson Pearson
1997
Nature
Narrator (voice)
1982
Great Performances
Self
1971
Wings
Y.M. Burg
1990
St. Elsewhere
Father Joseph McCabe
1982
Homicide: Life on the Street
Thomas Pandolfi
1993
Drop Dead Diva
Reverend Phillips
2009
The Wolf of Wall Street
Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
2013
Perception
Jack Pierce
2012
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
1985
Harry's Law
Lester Babcock
2011
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
2004
Screen One
Ralph
1989
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
2016
The Aviator
Joseph Breen
2004
Better With You
Judge
2010
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Richard Rich
1994
The Lost Boys
Max
1987
Overboard
Grant Stayton III
1987
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Folsom
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Doug Bedloe
1951
Annie
FDR
1982
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
1995
Liberty!
Narrator
1997
Hero
Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
1992
Intolerable Cruelty
Rex Rexroth
2003