Edward Herrmann
ActingAlso Known As
Ed Hermann, Edward Herman, Edward Kirk Herrmann, اد هرمان, اِد هرمان
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.
Movies
(117 total)
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
The Aviator
as Joseph Breen
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
as Richard Rich
The Lost Boys
as Max
Intolerable Cruelty
as Rex Rexroth
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Henry
Overboard
as Grant Stayton III
Annie
as FDR
Hero
as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
as Reverend Cartwright
The Great Gatsby
as Klipspringer
The Emperor's Club
as Headmaster Woodbridge
Wedding Daze
as Lyle
Nixon
as Nelson Rockefeller
Reds
as Max Eastman
The Man with One Red Shoe
as Brown
Are You Here
as Dr. Vincent
Big Business
as Graham Sherbourne
Factory Girl
as James Townsend
I Think I Love My Wife
as Mr. Landis
TV Shows
(54 total)
Grey's Anatomy
as Norman Shales
How I Met Your Mother
as Reverend Lowell
American Dad!
as Councilman (voice)
American Dad!
as Old Man (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mr. Vogel
Gilmore Girls
as Richard Gilmore
30 Rock
as Walter
Law & Order
as Frederic Matson
Law & Order
as Drew Seeley
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Mosbeck
The Good Wife
as Lionel Deerfield
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
Drop Dead Diva
as Reverend Phillips
Perception
as Jack Pierce
Crossing Jordan
as Thomas Malden
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Thomas Pandolfi
Wings
as Y.M. Burg
The Practice
as Anderson Pearson
St. Elsewhere
as Father Joseph McCabe