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Edward Kirk Herrmann was an American actor, director, writer, and comedian, best known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt on television, Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on The History Channel and in such PBS productions as Nova, and as a spokesman for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s.
Birth Name
Edward Kirk Herrmann
Born
Wednesday, 21 July 1943
Died
Wednesday, 31 December 2014
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Nightbooks | Max | 2021 |
| Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Richard Gilmore | 2016 |
| Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies | Narrator | 2015 |
| The Oscars | Self - Actor (In Memoriam) | 2015 |
| The Town That Dreaded Sundown | Reverend Cartwright | 2014 |
| The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Franklin Roosevelt / Franklin Roosevelt (voice) | 2014 |
| Black Box | Dr. Reynaud | 2014 |
| The Wolf of Wall Street | Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice) / Stratton Oakmont Commercial | 2013 |
| Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | 2013 |
| Are You Here | Dr. Vincent | 2013 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Nightbooks | Max | 2021 |
| Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Richard Gilmore | 2016 |
| Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies | Narrator | 2015 |
| The Oscars | Self - Actor (In Memoriam) | 2015 |
| The Town That Dreaded Sundown | Reverend Cartwright | 2014 |
| The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Franklin Roosevelt / Franklin Roosevelt (voice) | 2014 |
| Black Box | Dr. Reynaud | 2014 |
| The Wolf of Wall Street | Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice) / Stratton Oakmont Commercial | 2013 |
| Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | 2013 |
| Are You Here | Dr. Vincent | 2013 |
| Heaven's Door | Nate Christensen | 2012 |
| Price Check | Jack Bennington | 2012 |
| Perception | Jack Pierce | 2012 |
| Christmas Oranges | Mr. Crampton | 2012 |
| Treasure Buddies | Philip Wellington | 2012 |
| The Christmas Pageant | Garrett Clark | 2011 |
| Redemption: For Robbing the Dead | Governor Dawson | 2011 |
| A Christmas Wish | Les McCallum | 2011 |
| Wonder Woman | Senator Warren | 2011 |
| Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | Jeremiah Larson | 2011 |
| Son of Morning | Thomas | 2011 |
| Harry's Law | Judge Lester Babcock | 2011 |
| Better with You | Judge | 2010 |
| Hold at All Costs: The Story of the Battle of Outpost Harry | Narrator | 2010 |
| The Good Wife | Lionel Deerfield | 2009 |
| Drop Dead Diva | Reverend Phillips | 2009 |
| The Six Wives of Henry Lefay | Goodenough / John Goodenough | 2009 |
| The Skeptic | Dr. Shepard / Shepard | 2009 |
| Hatching Pete | Principal Fred Daly / The Principal | 2009 |
| How the Earth Was Made | Self - Narrator | 2007 |
| Andrew Jackson | Narrator | 2007 |
| Monsterquest | Narrator | 2007 |
| Columbus: The Lost Voyage | Self - Narrator / Narrator | 2007 |
| The Revolution | Self - Narrator | 2007 |
| Titanic's Achilles Heel | Narrator | 2007 |
| Sherman's March | Narrator | 2007 |
| Banned from the Bible II | Narrator | 2007 |
| I Think I Love My Wife | Mr. Landis | 2007 |
| The States | Narrator | 2007 |
| Factory Girl | James Townsend | 2006 |
| Desperate Crossing - The True Story of the Mayflower | Narrator | 2006 |
| 30 Rock | Walter | 2006 |
| Wedding Daze | Lyle | 2006 |
| Relative Strangers | Doug Clayton | 2006 |
| The Ten Commandments | Narrator | 2006 |
| Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces | Narrator | 2006 |
| Ape to Man | Narrator | 2005 |
| The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy | Narrator | 2005 |
| How I Met Your Mother | Reverend Robert Lowell | 2005 |
| FDR: A Presidency Revealed | Narrator | 2005 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Norman Shales | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Councilman / Old Man | 2005 |
| The Presidents | Narrator | 2005 |
| The French Revolution | Narrator | 2005 |
| Beyond the Da Vinci Code | Narrator | 2005 |
| Countdown to Armageddon | Announcer | 2004 |
| The Aviator | Joseph Breen | 2004 |
| Tom Goes to the Mayor | Benjamin Kaplan | 2004 |
| Bereft | Lloyd | 2004 |
| First Invasion: the War of 1812 | Narrator | 2004 |
| UFO Files | Narrator | 2004 |
| Welcome to Mooseport | Avery Hightower (Debate Moderator) | 2004 |
| Intolerable Cruelty | Rex Rexroth | 2003 |
| TR: An American Lion | Narrator | 2003 |
| Russia, Land of the Tsars | Narrator | 2003 |
| The Samurai | Narrator / self (voice) | 2003 |
| The Emperor's Club | Headmaster Woodbridge | 2002 |
| Founding Brothers | Narrator | 2002 |
| The Cat's Meow | W.R. Hearst / W. R. Hearst | 2001 |
| Crossing Jordan | Captain Thomas Malden | 2001 |
| James Dean | Raymond Massey | 2001 |
| The Shaft | Milligan | 2001 |
| The Face: Jesus in Art | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2001 |
| Double Take | Charles Allsworth | 2001 |
| Founding Fathers | Narrator | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mr. Vogel | 2000 |
| Gilmore Girls | Richard Gilmore | 2000 |
| Vendetta | D.A. Luzenberg | 1999 |
| Atomic Train | The President | 1999 |
| Walking Across Egypt | Rev. Vernon / Reverend Vernon | 1999 |
| Saint Maybe | Doug Bedloe | 1998 |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | Narrator | 1998 |
| Better Living | Jack | 1998 |
| The Fifties | Narrator | 1997 |
| Liberty! The American Revolution | Narrator | 1997 |
| Critical Care | Robert Payne | 1997 |
| Oz | Harrison Beecher | 1997 |
| The Practice | Anderson Pearson | 1997 |
| Pandora's Clock | President | 1996 |
| What Love Sees | Morton Treadway | 1996 |
| Soul of the Game | Branch Rickey | 1996 |
| Nixon | Nelson Rockefeller | 1995 |
| Here Come the Munsters | Herman Munster | 1995 |
| Richie Rich | Richard Rich | 1994 |
| Don't Drink the Water | Mr. Kilroy | 1994 |
| Foreign Student | Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore | 1994 |
| Modern Marvels | Narrator | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1993 |
| My Boyfriend's Back | Mr. Dingle | 1993 |
| Born Yesterday | Ed Devery / Ed Deverey | 1993 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Thomas Pandolfi | 1993 |
| Hero | Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide | 1992 |
| Fire in the Dark | Robert | 1991 |
| Sweet Poison | Henry | 1991 |
| Law & Order | Mr. Mosbeck / Frederic Matson / Drew Seely | 1990 |
| Wings | Y.M. Burg | 1990 |
| Screen One | Ralph | 1989 |
| Hothouse | Woods | 1988 |
| Big Business | Graham Sherbourne | 1988 |
| Overboard | Grant Stayton III | 1987 |
| The Lost Boys | Max | 1987 |
| Biography | Narrator | 1987 |
| Compromising Positions | Bob Singer | 1985 |
| The Man with One Red Shoe | Brown | 1985 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton | 1985 |
| The Purple Rose of Cairo | Henry | 1985 |
| Mrs. Soffel | Warden Peter Soffel | 1984 |
| Memorial Day | Ned Larwin | 1983 |
| The 37th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1983 |
| Freedom to Speak | Self - Reader | 1983 |
| St. Elsewhere | Father Joseph McCabe / Priest | 1982 |
| Nature | Narrator | 1982 |
| Annie | FDR | 1982 |
| A Little Sex | Tommy | 1982 |
| The Gift of Life | Dr. Quinn | 1982 |
| Death Valley | Paul Stanton | 1982 |
| The Electric Grandmother | Father | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Alger Hiss / The Headmaster | 1982 |
| Reds | Max Eastman | 1981 |
| Harry's War | Harry Johnson | 1981 |
| Freedom Road | Stephen Holmes / Stephen Holms | 1979 |
| The Sorrows of Gin | Kip Lawton | 1979 |
| 3 by Cheever | Kip Lawton | 1979 |
| Portrait of a Stripper | Frank Andrews | 1979 |
| The North Avenue Irregulars | Michael Hill | 1979 |
| Take Down | Ed Branish | 1979 |
| Brass Target | Col. Walter Gilchrist | 1978 |
| The Betsy | Dan Weyman / Dan / Head of Finances | 1978 |
| A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | Lou Gehrig | 1977 |
| Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1977 |
| The 30th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 1976 |
| Eleanor and Franklin | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, age 20-50 | 1976 |
| Working in the Theatre | Self | 1976 |
| Beacon Hill | Richard Palmer | 1975 |
| The Great Waldo Pepper | Ezra Stiles | 1975 |
| The Great Gatsby | Klipspringer | 1974 |
| Nova | Narrator / Self | 1974 |
| The Day of the Dolphin | Mike | 1973 |
| The Paper Chase | Thomas Craig Anderson | 1973 |
| M*A*S*H | Capt. Steven J. Newsome | 1972 |
| Lady Liberty | Policeman | 1971 |
| Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1999 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Won |
| 1987 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1986 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1977 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special | Nominated |
| 1976 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special | Nominated |
