Edward Herrmann

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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Filmography

2016

Coach of the Year
Coach of the Year
as Bill Ford
Movie - Released: 11/3/2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
TV - Released: 11/25/2016

2015

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 3/30/2015

2014

The Town that Dreaded Sundown
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
as Reverend Cartwright
Movie - Released: 10/16/2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
TV - Released: 9/14/2014

2013

Are You Here
Are You Here
as Dr. Vincent
Movie - Released: 9/7/2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/25/2013

2012

Treasure Buddies
Treasure Buddies
as Philip Wellington
Movie - Released: 1/31/2012
Christmas Oranges
Christmas Oranges
as Mr. Crampton
Movie - Released: 6/1/2012
Price Check
Price Check
as Jack Bennington
Movie - Released: 11/16/2012
Heaven's Door
Heaven's Door
as Nate Christensen
Movie - Released: 11/27/2012
Perception
Perception
as Jack Pierce
TV - Released: 7/9/2012

2011

A Christmas Wish
A Christmas Wish
as Les McCallum
Movie - Released: 11/20/2011
The Christmas Pageant
The Christmas Pageant
as Garrett Clark
Movie - Released: 12/11/2011
Son of Morning
Son of Morning
as Thomas
Movie - Released: 2/28/2011
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
as Jeremiah Larson
Movie - Released: 9/9/2011
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Governor Dawson
Movie - Released: 10/16/2011

2010

Better With You
Better With You
as Judge
TV - Released: 9/22/2010

2009

The Skeptic
The Skeptic
as Shepard
Movie - Released: 5/1/2009
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
as John Goodenough
Movie - Released: 6/18/2009
Ring Christmas Bells
Ring Christmas Bells
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/1/2009
Morristown: Where America Survived
Morristown: Where America Survived
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 3/28/2009
Hatching Pete
Hatching Pete
as The Principal
Movie - Released: 4/24/2009
The Good Wife
The Good Wife
as Lionel Deerfield
TV - Released: 9/22/2009
Drop Dead Diva
Drop Dead Diva
as Reverend Phillips
TV - Released: 7/12/2009

2007

I Think I Love My Wife
I Think I Love My Wife
as Mr. Landis
Movie - Released: 3/7/2007
Banned from the Bible II
Banned from the Bible II
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 4/8/2007
Columbus The Lost Voyage
Columbus The Lost Voyage
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 10/8/2007
Sherman's March
Sherman's March
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 4/22/2007
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/18/2007
Titanic's Achilles Heel
Titanic's Achilles Heel
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 6/17/2007
The States
The States
TV - Released: 4/21/2007
The Revolution
The Revolution
TV - Released: 7/4/2007

2006

Wedding Daze
Wedding Daze
as Lyle
Movie - Released: 9/9/2006
Factory Girl
Factory Girl
as James Townsend
Movie - Released: 12/29/2006
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/23/2006
Movie
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/26/2006
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 3/2/2006
Relative Strangers
Relative Strangers
as Doug Clayton
Movie - Released: 5/1/2006
Witness to 'Reds'
Witness to 'Reds'
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/17/2006
30 Rock
30 Rock
as Walter
TV - Released: 10/11/2006
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
as Narrator
TV - Released: 4/10/2006

2005

Ape to Man
Ape to Man
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/27/2005
The French Revolution
The French Revolution
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/17/2005
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/7/2005
Bible Battles
Bible Battles
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/21/2005
Movie
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 4/17/2005
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
as Reverend Lowell
TV - Released: 9/19/2005
French Revolution
French Revolution
as Narrator
TV - Released: 1/17/2005
The Presidents
The Presidents
as Narrator
TV - Released: 1/18/2005
American Dad!
American Dad!
as Councilman (voice)
TV - Released: 2/6/2005
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
as Norman Shales
TV - Released: 3/27/2005
American Dad!
American Dad!
as Old Man (voice)
TV - Released: 2/6/2005

2004

Bereft
Bereft
as Lloyd
Movie - Released: 9/13/2004
Isaac's Storm
Isaac's Storm
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 8/7/2004
The Aviator
The Aviator
as Joseph Breen
Movie - Released: 12/17/2004
Welcome to Mooseport
Welcome to Mooseport
as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 2/24/2004
First Invasion: The War of 1812
First Invasion: The War of 1812
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 9/12/2004
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Tom Goes to the Mayor
as Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
TV - Released: 11/14/2004

2003

Intolerable Cruelty
Intolerable Cruelty
as Rex Rexroth
Movie - Released: 9/2/2003
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 5/27/2003
Russia, Land of the Tsars
Russia, Land of the Tsars
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 2/1/2003
Stalin: Man of Steel
Stalin: Man of Steel
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2003
Movie
The Samurai
as self (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2003
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 4/28/2003
Russia, Land of the Tsars
Russia, Land of the Tsars
TV - Released: 5/26/2003

2002

The World Trade Center -Rise and Fall of an American Icon
The World Trade Center -Rise and Fall of an American Icon
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 9/2/2002
The Emperor's Club
The Emperor's Club
as Headmaster Woodbridge
Movie - Released: 11/22/2002
Movie
Antarctica: A Frozen History
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 4/15/2002
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/21/2002
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 9/30/2002

2001

James Dean
James Dean
as Raymond Massey
Movie - Released: 8/4/2001
The Cat's Meow
The Cat's Meow
as W. R. Hearst
Movie - Released: 10/8/2001
Down
Down
as Milligan
Movie - Released: 9/6/2001
Movie
The Face: Jesus in Art
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/15/2001
Movie
In Search of Christmas
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/1/2001
Double Take
Double Take
as Charles Allsworth
Movie - Released: 1/12/2001
Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan
as Thomas Malden
TV - Released: 9/24/2001

2000

Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls
as Richard Gilmore
TV - Released: 10/5/2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mr. Vogel
TV - Released: 10/6/2000
Founding Fathers
Founding Fathers
as Narrator
TV - Released: 11/27/2000

1999

Niagara: A History of the Falls
Niagara: A History of the Falls
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/31/1999
Vendetta
Vendetta
as D.A. Luzenberg
Movie - Released: 9/12/1999
Walking Across Egypt
Walking Across Egypt
as Reverend Vernon
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 5/2/1999
Atomic Train
Atomic Train
as The President
TV - Released: 5/16/1999
The Korean War: Fire and Ice
The Korean War: Fire and Ice
as Narrator
TV - Released: 11/30/1999
TV
Ultimate autos
as host
TV - Released: 1/1/1999

1998

Saint Maybe
Saint Maybe
as Doug Bedloe
Movie - Released: 11/22/1998
Better Living
Better Living
as Jack
Movie - Released: 11/2/1998
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 11/10/1998

1997

Critical Care
Critical Care
as Robert Payne
Movie - Released: 10/31/1997
The Practice
The Practice
as Anderson Pearson
TV - Released: 3/4/1997
Liberty!
Liberty!
as Narrator
TV - Released: 11/23/1997

1996

Soul of the Game
Soul of the Game
as Branch Rickey
Movie - Released: 4/20/1996
What Love Sees
What Love Sees
as Morton Treadway
Movie - Released: 9/22/1996
A Season in Purgatory
A Season in Purgatory
as Dr. Shugrue
Movie - Released: 5/5/1996
Pandora's Clock
Pandora's Clock
as President
TV - Released: 11/10/1996

1995

The Face on the Milk Carton
The Face on the Milk Carton
as Frank Jessmon
Movie - Released: 5/24/1995
Here Come the Munsters
Here Come the Munsters
as Herman Munster
Movie - Released: 1/11/1995
Nixon
Nixon
as Nelson Rockefeller
Movie - Released: 12/22/1995
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
TV - Released: 4/4/1995

1994

Don't Drink the Water
Don't Drink the Water
as Mr. Kilroy
Movie - Released: 12/18/1994
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
as Richard Rich
Movie - Released: 12/19/1994
Foreign Student
Foreign Student
as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
Movie - Released: 4/20/1994

1993

My Boyfriend's Back
My Boyfriend's Back
as Mr. Dingle
Movie - Released: 8/6/1993
A Foreign Field
A Foreign Field
as Ralph
Movie - Released: 9/10/1993
Born Yesterday
Born Yesterday
as Ed Deverey
Movie - Released: 3/26/1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV - Released: 1/31/1993

1992

Hero
Hero
as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
Movie - Released: 10/2/1992

1991

Fire in the Dark
Fire in the Dark
as Robert
Movie - Released: 7/1/1991
Sweet Poison
Sweet Poison
as Henry
Movie - Released: 6/13/1991

1990

Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/21/1990
So Proudly We Hail
So Proudly We Hail
as James Wagner
Movie - Released: 1/23/1990
Wings
Wings
as Y.M. Burg
TV - Released: 4/19/1990
Law & Order
Law & Order
as Frederic Matson
TV - Released: 9/13/1990
Law & Order
Law & Order
as Drew Seeley
TV - Released: 9/13/1990
Law & Order
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Mosbeck
TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1989

Screen One
Screen One
as Ralph
TV - Released: 9/10/1989

1988

Big Business
Big Business
as Graham Sherbourne
Movie - Released: 6/10/1988

1987

The Lost Boys
The Lost Boys
as Max
Movie - Released: 7/31/1987
Overboard
Overboard
as Grant Stayton III
Movie - Released: 12/16/1987
The Lawrenceville Stories
The Lawrenceville Stories
as Head Master
TV - Released: 1/26/1987

1986

Murrow
Murrow
as Fred Friendly
Movie - Released: 1/19/1986

1985

The Man with One Red Shoe
The Man with One Red Shoe
as Brown
Movie - Released: 7/18/1985
Compromising Positions
Compromising Positions
as Bob Singer
Movie - Released: 8/30/1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Henry
Movie - Released: 3/1/1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
TV - Released: 9/29/1985

1984

Mrs. Soffel
Mrs. Soffel
as Warden Peter Soffel
Movie - Released: 12/26/1984

1983

Movie
Memorial Day
as Ned Larwin
Movie - Released: 11/23/1983

1982

Annie
Annie
as FDR
Movie - Released: 5/21/1982
Death Valley
Death Valley
as Paul Stanton
Movie - Released: 5/7/1982
The Electric Grandmother
The Electric Grandmother
as Father
Movie - Released: 1/17/1982
The Gift of Life
The Gift of Life
as Dr. Quinn
Movie - Released: 3/15/1982
A Little Sex
A Little Sex
as Tommy
Movie - Released: 4/2/1982
St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere
TV - Released: 10/26/1982
Nature
Nature
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 10/10/1982

1981

Reds
Reds
as Max Eastman
Movie - Released: 12/25/1981
Harry's War
Harry's War
as Harry Johnson
Movie - Released: 3/6/1981
Movie
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
as The Stranger
Movie - Released: 4/6/1981

1979

The North Avenue Irregulars
The North Avenue Irregulars
as Michael Hill
Movie - Released: 2/9/1979
Portrait of a Stripper
Portrait of a Stripper
as Frank Andrews
Movie - Released: 10/2/1979
Take Down
Take Down
as Ed Branish
Movie - Released: 1/13/1979
The Sorrows of Gin
The Sorrows of Gin
as Kip Lawton
Movie - Released: 10/24/1979
O Youth and Beauty!
O Youth and Beauty!
as Kip Lawton
Movie - Released: 10/31/1979
Freedom Road
Freedom Road
as Stephen Holmes
Movie - Released: 10/29/1979

1978

Brass Target
Brass Target
as Col. Walter Gilchrist
Movie - Released: 12/22/1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
as Lou Gehrig
Movie - Released: 1/15/1978
The Betsy
The Betsy
as Dan Weyman
Movie - Released: 2/2/1978

1977

Movie
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Movie - Released: 3/13/1977

1976

Eleanor and Franklin
Eleanor and Franklin
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
TV - Released: 1/11/1976

1975

The Great Waldo Pepper
The Great Waldo Pepper
as Ezra Stiles
Movie - Released: 3/13/1975
Valley Forge
Valley Forge
Movie - Released: 12/3/1975
Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill
as Richard Palmer
TV - Released: 8/25/1975

1974

The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
as Klipspringer
Movie - Released: 3/27/1974

1973

The Paper Chase
The Paper Chase
as Thomas Craig Anderson
Movie - Released: 10/16/1973
The Day of the Dolphin
The Day of the Dolphin
as Mike
Movie - Released: 12/19/1973

1972

M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H
TV - Released: 9/17/1972

1971

Lady Liberty
Lady Liberty
as Policeman (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/22/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Self
TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Folsom
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Doug Bedloe
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

Unknown

Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
as Senator Warren
TV