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Actor
Edward Herrmann
- Born July 21, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Died December 31, 2014
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
The Wolf of Wall Street2013
Grey's Anatomy2005
The Aviator2004
How I Met Your Mother2005
Ri¢hie Ri¢h1994
American Dad!2005
The Lost Boys1987
Intolerable Cruelty2003
Filmography
- TBAWonder WomanSeriesSenator Warren
- TBAHistory's Lost & FoundSeries
- 2016Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeSeriesRichard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 2016Coach of the YearFilmBill Ford
- 2015Cancer: The Emperor of All MaladiesSeriesNarrator (voice)
- 2014The Town that Dreaded SundownFilmReverend Cartwright
- 2014The Roosevelts: An Intimate HistorySeriesFranklin Roosevelt (voice)
- 2013The Wolf of Wall StreetFilmStratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
- 2013Are You HereFilmDr. Vincent
- 2012PerceptionSeriesJack Pierce
- 2012Treasure BuddiesFilmPhilip Wellington
- 2012Price CheckFilmJack Bennington
- 2012Christmas OrangesFilmMr. Crampton
- 2012Heaven's DoorFilmNate Christensen
- 2011Bucky Larson: Born to Be a StarFilmJeremiah Larson
- 2011A Christmas WishFilmLes McCallum
- 2011Harry's LawSeriesLester Babcock
- 2011Son of MorningFilmThomas
- 2011The Christmas PageantFilmGarrett Clark
- 2011Redemption: For Robbing the DeadFilmGovernor Dawson
- 2010Better With YouSeriesJudge
- 2009The Good WifeSeriesLionel Deerfield
- 2009Drop Dead DivaSeriesReverend Phillips
- 2009Hatching PeteFilmThe Principal
- 2009The Six Wives of Henry LefayFilmJohn Goodenough
- 2009The SkepticFilmShepard
- 2009Ring Christmas BellsFilmSelf
- 2009Morristown: Where America SurvivedFilmNarrator
- 2007I Think I Love My WifeFilmMr. Landis
- 2007The RevolutionSeries
- 2007Columbus The Lost VoyageFilmNarrator
- 2007Andrew JacksonFilmNarrator
- 2007Titanic's Achilles HeelFilmNarrator
- 2007Banned from the Bible IIFilmNarrator
- 2007Sherman's MarchFilmNarrator
- 2007The StatesSeries
- 200630 RockSeriesWalter
- 2006Wedding DazeFilmLyle
- 2006Factory GirlFilmJames Townsend
- 2006Relative StrangersFilmDoug Clayton
- 2006The Ten CommandmentsSeriesNarrator
- 2006Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the MayflowerFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2006Titanic's Final Moments: Missing PiecesFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2006Witness to 'Reds'FilmSelf
- 2006Decoding the Past: Secrets of the KoranFilmNarrator
- 2005Grey's AnatomySeriesNorman Shales
- 2005How I Met Your MotherSeriesReverend Lowell
- 2005American Dad!SeriesCouncilman (voice), Old Man (voice)
- 2005The PresidentsSeriesNarrator
- 2005Ape to ManFilmNarrator
- 2005The French RevolutionFilmNarrator
- 2005The Templar Code: Crusade of SecrecyFilmNarrator
- 2005Bible BattlesFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2005FDR: A Presidency RevealedFilmNarrator
- 2005French RevolutionSeriesNarrator
- 2004The AviatorFilmJoseph Breen
- 2004Welcome to MooseportFilmAvery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
- 2004Tom Goes to the MayorSeriesBenjamin Kaplan (voice)
- 2004BereftFilmLloyd
- 2004Isaac's StormFilmNarrator
- 2004First Invasion: The War of 1812FilmNarrator
- 2003Intolerable CrueltyFilmRex Rexroth
- 2003Teddy Roosevelt: An American LionFilmNarrator
- 2003Russia, Land of the TsarsFilmNarrator
- 2003The Louisiana PurchaseFilmNarrator
- 2003Russia, Land of the TsarsSeries
- 2003Stalin: Man of SteelFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2003The SamuraiFilmself (voice)
- 2003Teddy Roosevelt: An American LionSeriesNarrator
- 2002The Emperor's ClubFilmHeadmaster Woodbridge
- 2002The Cat's MeowFilmW. R. Hearst
- 2002Rise and Fall of the SpartansSeriesNarrator (voice)
- 2002Dinosaur Secrets RevealedFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2002Antarctica: A Frozen HistoryFilmNarrator
- 2002It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')FilmSelf
- 2001DownFilmMilligan
- 2001Crossing JordanSeriesThomas Malden
- 2001Double TakeFilmCharles Allsworth
- 2001James DeanFilmRaymond Massey
- 2001The Impressionists: The Other French RevolutionSeriesNarrator