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