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Richard Herd Jr. is an American actor in television and film. He is well known in the science fiction community for his role in the 1983 NBC miniseries V and the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, as John, the Visitors' Supreme Commander. Other major genre roles include recurring parts on the NBC series seaQuest DSV as Admiral William Noyce, on Star Trek: Voyager as Admiral Owen Paris, the father of Tom Paris, and as George Costanza's boss Mr. Wilhelm on Seinfeld. In two guest appearances on Quantum Leap, he played children's show host "Captain Galaxy", a would-be time traveler, and a miner named Ziggy Ziganovich. Herd has appeared at a number of fan conventions on the basis of his science fiction roles.
Birth Name
Richard Thomas Herd Jr.
Born
Monday, 26 September 1932
Died
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek | Self | 2021 |
| The Silent Natural | Mr. Beagle | 2019 |
| The Mule | Tim Kennedy | 2018 |
| The Oath | Old Man | 2018 |
| A Christmas in New York | Bob Burgess | 2017 |
| Get Out | Roman Armitage | 2017 |
| Star Trek: Renegades | Admiral Paris | 2015 |
| Teens Wanna Know | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Betty White's Off Their Rockers | Various | 2012 |
| Shameless | Gerald | 2011 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek | Self | 2021 |
| The Silent Natural | Mr. Beagle | 2019 |
| The Mule | Tim Kennedy | 2018 |
| The Oath | Old Man | 2018 |
| A Christmas in New York | Bob Burgess | 2017 |
| Get Out | Roman Armitage | 2017 |
| Star Trek: Renegades | Admiral Paris | 2015 |
| Teens Wanna Know | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Betty White's Off Their Rockers | Various | 2012 |
| Shameless | Gerald | 2011 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Old Milton | 2010 |
| Rizzoli & Isles | Patrick Doyle, Sr. | 2010 |
| Dog Days of Summer | Frank Cooper | 2008 |
| InAlienable | Professor Randolph Barnett | 2007 |
| Love's Unfolding Dream | Windsor | 2007 |
| The Anna Nicole Smith Story | J. Howard Marshall | 2007 |
| Vic | Richard Hanson | 2006 |
| The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | Commissioner Hans Raab | 2005 |
| Ghost Whisperer | Stephen Devine | 2005 |
| Confessions of a Pit Fighter | Father Mark | 2005 |
| Desperate Housewives | Harry Gaunt | 2004 |
| Trekkies 2 | Self | 2004 |
| Cold Case | Gene Karnow '08 | 2003 |
| The O.C. | Bill Shaughnessy / Uncle Shaun | 2003 |
| CSI: Miami | Judge Paul Landsman | 2002 |
| Everwood | Herb Roberts | 2002 |
| Joseph: King of Dreams | Jacob / Jacob (voice) | 2000 |
| The District | Sam SheridanAndi | 2000 |
| The Fugitive | Jack | 2000 |
| Family Law | Judge Neil Walker | 1999 |
| A Fare to Remember | Mr. Jennings | 1999 |
| I Married a Monster | Dr. Paul Drummond, Kelly's Uncle / Dr. Paul Drummond | 1998 |
| The Survivor | Bradford | 1998 |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Henry Skerridge | 1997 |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Dr. Stanley Backer | 1997 |
| Journey of the Heart | Principal Martin | 1997 |
| Bruno the Kid | (voice) | 1996 |
| Shattered Mind | Chester | 1996 |
| Yesterday's Target | Aaron Winfield | 1996 |
| Sgt. Bilko | Gen. Tennyson | 1996 |
| Pacific Blue | Ethan Callaway | 1996 |
| A Case for Life | Bud Cromwell | 1996 |
| JAG | Charlie Hoskins | 1995 |
| Caroline in the City | Barney Baxter | 1995 |
| The Secretary | Chuck Bosnell | 1995 |
| Star Trek: Voyager | Adm. Owen Paris / Admiral Owen Paris | 1995 |
| The Gift of Love | 1994 | |
| ER | Dr. Murphy | 1994 |
| Robin's Hoods | Colonel Beckett | 1994 |
| Winnetka Road | Mike | 1994 |
| Cosmic Slop | Cardinal ("The First Commandment") | 1994 |
| Diagnosis Murder | Archie Mullen | 1993 |
| Grace Under Fire | Police captain | 1993 |
| NYPD Blue | Jimmy McGowan | 1993 |
| SeaQuest 2032 | Admiral Noyce / Secretary General Noyce | 1993 |
| The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | President Cleveland | 1993 |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | General Garrity | 1993 |
| The Judas Project | Arthur Cunningham | 1993 |
| Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Dr. John Hansen / Dr. Hansen | 1993 |
| Renegade | Sheriff Frank Brown | 1992 |
| Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum' | Charles Hackley | 1992 |
| FBI: The Untold Stories | Robert Mackle | 1991 |
| The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Ray Goodrich | 1990 |
| Corporate Affairs | Cyrus Kinkaid | 1990 |
| Camp Cucamonga | Thornton Bradley | 1990 |
| Fall from Grace | Richard Dortch | 1990 |
| Mancuso, FBI | Red Burrows | 1989 |
| Seinfeld | Wilhelm | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Phil Stone | 1989 |
| Quantum Leap | Moe Stein / Ziggy Ziganovich | 1989 |
| Gleaming the Cube | Ed Lawndale | 1989 |
| My First Love | Chet Townsend | 1988 |
| Midnight Caller | Medina | 1988 |
| China Beach | Bartender | 1988 |
| Planes, Trains & Automobiles | Walt | 1987 |
| The Law and Harry McGraw | General Buckram | 1987 |
| Jake and the Fatman | Frank Bronski | 1987 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | L'Kor | 1987 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Richard Barnes | 1987 |
| Rags to Riches | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Ohara | Dan Stillwell | 1987 |
| Matlock | Police Capt. Edward Hanna / The Mad Hatter | 1986 |
| The Golden Girls | Ernie | 1985 |
| Summer Rental | Angus MacLachlan | 1985 |
| Trancers | Chairman Spencer / Chairman Specer | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Harvey McKittrick / Arnett Cobb | 1984 |
| V: The Final Battle | John | 1984 |
| Deal of the Century | Lyle | 1983 |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Jake Williamson | 1983 |
| Hardcastle and McCormick | Colonel Joe Bartz / Arthur Huntley / Lonnie Vanatta | 1983 |
| V | John | 1983 |
| The A-Team | Jonathan Durcell | 1983 |
| Farrell for the People | Randolph Gardner | 1982 |
| The Devlin Connection | Lt. Harvey Bukowski | 1982 |
| Matt Houston | Patrick Moffett | 1982 |
| Knight Rider | Lyle Jastrow | 1982 |
| The Powers of Matthew Star | Dave Wellman | 1982 |
| T.J. Hooker | Capt. Dennis Sheridan / Sheridan/Captain Sheridan/Captain Dennis Sheridan | 1982 |
| Falcon Crest | Calvin Kleeger | 1981 |
| Simon & Simon | Police Officer Harry Flank / Consul Dearborn / Kyle Edmunds | 1981 |
| Lovely But Deadly | Charley Gilmarten / 'Honest Charley' Gilmarten | 1981 |
| The Greatest American Hero | Adam Taft | 1981 |
| Elvis and the Beauty Queen | Thompson / Sanford Thompson | 1981 |
| Walking Tall | Philip Ballard | 1981 |
| Hill Street Blues | Mike | 1981 |
| Dynasty | Jim Ellison | 1981 |
| Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb | General Groves / Gen. Groves | 1980 |
| Private Benjamin | General Foley | 1980 |
| Schizoid | Donahue | 1980 |
| Wolf Lake | George | 1980 |
| Ike: The War Years | General Omar N. Bradley | 1980 |
| Knots Landing | Dr. Aaron Stahl | 1979 |
| Marciano | John Furst | 1979 |
| The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Dr. Smith | 1979 |
| The Onion Field | Beat Cop | 1979 |
| The Lazarus Syndrome | Morton | 1979 |
| Hart to Hart | Waldo Sommerton / Lieutenant Fredricks | 1979 |
| Ike: The War Years | Gen. Omar Bradley | 1979 |
| The China Syndrome | Evan McCormack | 1979 |
| Terror Out of the Sky | Col. Mangus | 1978 |
| F.I.S.T. | Mike Monahan | 1978 |
| Dallas | John Mackey | 1978 |
| I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Dr. Halle | 1977 |
| Eight Is Enough | George McArthur | 1977 |
| The Feather and Father Gang | Applegate | 1976 |
| Captains and the Kings | Talmadge | 1976 |
| All the President's Men | James W. McCord, Jr. | 1976 |
| Starsky and Hutch | FBI Agent Smithers | 1975 |
| The Rockford Files | Sheriff Cliff Gladish | 1974 |
| Kojak | Bob | 1973 |
| Pueblo | Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark | 1973 |
| M*A*S*H | Capt. Bill Snyder | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Greene | 1972 |
| Hercules in New York | Television Presenter | 1970 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
