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.
Movies
Coach of the Year
Bill Ford
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Reverend Cartwright
The Wolf of Wall Street
Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
Are You Here
Dr. Vincent
Heaven's Door
Nate Christensen
Price Check
Jack Bennington
Christmas Oranges
Mr. Crampton
Treasure Buddies
Philip Wellington
The Christmas Pageant
Garrett Clark
A Christmas Wish
Les McCallum
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Governor Dawson
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Jeremiah Larson
Son of Morning
Thomas
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
John Goodenough
The Skeptic
Shepard
Hatching Pete
The Principal
Morristown: Where America Survived
Narrator
Andrew Jackson
Narrator
Columbus The Lost Voyage
Narrator
Titanic's Achilles Heel
Narrator
Sherman's March
Narrator
Banned from the Bible II
Narrator
I Think I Love My Wife
Mr. Landis
Factory Girl
James Townsend
Wedding Daze
Lyle
Relative Strangers
Doug Clayton
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
Narrator
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
Narrator (voice)
Ape to Man
Narrator
Bible Battles
Narrator (voice)
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
Narrator
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
Narrator
The French Revolution
Narrator
The Aviator
Joseph Breen
Bereft
Lloyd
First Invasion: The War of 1812
Narrator
Isaac's Storm
Narrator
Welcome to Mooseport
Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
Intolerable Cruelty
Rex Rexroth
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
Narrator
The Louisiana Purchase
Narrator
Russia, Land of the Tsars
Narrator
Stalin: Man of Steel
Narrator (voice)
The Emperor's Club
Headmaster Woodbridge
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Antarctica: A Frozen History
Narrator
In Search of Christmas
Narrator
The Cat's Meow
W. R. Hearst
Down
Milligan
James Dean
Raymond Massey
The Face: Jesus in Art
Narrator (voice)
Double Take
Charles Allsworth
Vendetta
D.A. Luzenberg
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
Narrator
Niagara: A History of the Falls
Narrator
Walking Across Egypt
Reverend Vernon
Saint Maybe
Doug Bedloe
Better Living
Jack
Critical Care
Robert Payne
What Love Sees
Morton Treadway
A Season in Purgatory
Dr. Shugrue
Soul of the Game
Branch Rickey
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
The Face on the Milk Carton
Frank Jessmon
Here Come the Munsters
Herman Munster
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Richard Rich
Don't Drink the Water
Mr. Kilroy
Foreign Student
Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
A Foreign Field
Ralph
My Boyfriend's Back
Mr. Dingle
Born Yesterday
Ed Deverey
Hero
Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
Fire in the Dark
Robert
Sweet Poison
Henry
So Proudly We Hail
James Wagner
Big Business
Graham Sherbourne
Overboard
Grant Stayton III
The Lost Boys
Max
Murrow
Fred Friendly
Compromising Positions
Bob Singer
The Man with One Red Shoe
Brown
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Henry
Mrs. Soffel
Warden Peter Soffel
Memorial Day
Ned Larwin
Annie
FDR
Death Valley
Paul Stanton
A Little Sex
Tommy
The Gift of Life
Dr. Quinn
The Electric Grandmother
Father
Reds
Max Eastman
Dear Liar
George Bernard Shaw
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
The Stranger
Harry's War
Harry Johnson
O Youth and Beauty!
Kip Lawton
Freedom Road
Stephen Holmes
The Sorrows of Gin
Kip Lawton
Portrait of a Stripper
Frank Andrews
The North Avenue Irregulars
Michael Hill
Take Down
Ed Branish
Brass Target
Col. Walter Gilchrist
The Betsy
Dan Weyman
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Lou Gehrig
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Valley Forge
The Great Waldo Pepper
Ezra Stiles
The Great Gatsby
Klipspringer
The Day of the Dolphin
Mike
The Paper Chase
Thomas Craig Anderson
Lady Liberty
Policeman (uncredited)
TV Series
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
1 Episode
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Narrator (voice)
3 Episodes
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
7 Episodes
Perception
Jack Pierce
1 Episode
Harry's Law
Lester Babcock
3 Episodes
Better With You
Judge
1 Episode
The Good Wife
Lionel Deerfield
6 Episodes
Drop Dead Diva
Reverend Phillips
1 Episode
The Revolution
13 Episodes
The States
10 Episodes
30 Rock
Walter
1 Episode
The Ten Commandments
Narrator
2 Episodes
How I Met Your Mother
Reverend Lowell
1 Episode
Grey's Anatomy
Norman Shales
3 Episodes
American Dad!
Councilman (voice)
1 Episode
The Presidents
Narrator
9 Episodes
French Revolution
Narrator
2 Episodes
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
1 Episode
Russia, Land of the Tsars
4 Episodes
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
Narrator (voice)
2 Episodes
Crossing Jordan
Thomas Malden
1 Episode
Founding Fathers
Narrator
4 Episodes
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mr. Vogel
1 Episode
Gilmore Girls
Richard Gilmore
153 Episodes
The Korean War: Fire and Ice
Narrator
4 Episodes
Atomic Train
The President
2 Episodes
Ultimate autos
host
6 Episodes
Liberty!
Narrator
6 Episodes
The Practice
Anderson Pearson
10 Episodes
Pandora's Clock
President
2 Episodes
A Season in Purgatory
Dr. Shugrue
2 Episodes
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
2 Episodes
Homicide: Life on the Street
1 Episode
Law & Order
Frederic Matson
1 Episode
Wings
Y.M. Burg
1 Episode
Screen One
Ralph
1 Episode
Hothouse
Woods
1 Episode
The Lawrenceville Stories
Head Master
3 Episodes
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
1 Episode
St. Elsewhere
Father Joseph McCabe
4 Episodes
Nature
Narrator (voice)
1 Episode
Eleanor and Franklin
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
2 Episodes
Beacon Hill
Richard Palmer
11 Episodes
M*A*S*H
1 Episode
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Folsom
1 Episode
Wonder Woman
Senator Warren
1 Episode
History's Lost & Found
8 Episodes