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. Hermann died from brain cancer, Wednesday, December 31, 2014, in a hospital in New York City.
Known For
| Birth Location | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943-07-21 |
| Died | 2014-12-31 |
Movies
Coach of the Year
as Bill Ford
2016
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
as Reverend Cartwright
2014
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
2013
Are You Here
as Dr. Vincent
2013
Heaven's Door
as Nate Christensen
2012
Price Check
as Jack Bennington
2012
Christmas Oranges
as Mr. Crampton
2012
Treasure Buddies
as Philip Wellington
2012
The Christmas Pageant
as Garrett Clark
2011
A Christmas Wish
as Les McCallum
2011
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Governor Dawson
2011
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
as Jeremiah Larson
2011
Son of Morning
as Thomas
2011
Ring Christmas Bells
as Self
2009
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
as John Goodenough
2009
The Skeptic
as Shepard
2009
Hatching Pete
as The Principal
2009
Morristown: Where America Survived
as Narrator
2009
Columbus The Lost Voyage
as Narrator
2007
Titanic's Achilles Heel
as Narrator
2007
Sherman's March
as Narrator
2007
Banned from the Bible II
as Narrator
2007
I Think I Love My Wife
as Mr. Landis
2007
Factory Girl
as James Townsend
2006
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Witness to 'Reds'
as Self
2006
Wedding Daze
as Lyle
2006
Relative Strangers
as Doug Clayton
2006
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
as Narrator
2006
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
as Narrator (voice)
2006
Ape to Man
as Narrator
2005
Bible Battles
as Narrator (voice)
2005
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
as Narrator
2005
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
as Narrator
2005
The French Revolution
as Narrator
2005
The Aviator
as Joseph Breen
2004
Bereft
as Lloyd
2004
Isaac's Storm
as Narrator
2004
Intolerable Cruelty
as Rex Rexroth
2003
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
as Narrator
2003
Russia, Land of the Tsars
as Narrator
2003
The Samurai
as self (voice)
2003
Stalin: Man of Steel
as Narrator (voice)
2003
The Emperor's Club
as Headmaster Woodbridge
2002
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
as Narrator (voice)
2002
2002
Antarctica: A Frozen History
as Narrator
2002
In Search of Christmas
as Narrator
2001
The Cat's Meow
as W. R. Hearst
2001
Down
as Milligan
2001
James Dean
as Raymond Massey
2001
The Face: Jesus in Art
as Narrator (voice)
2001
Double Take
as Charles Allsworth
2001
Vendetta
as D.A. Luzenberg
1999
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
as Narrator
1999
Niagara: A History of the Falls
as Narrator
1999
Walking Across Egypt
as Reverend Vernon
1999
Saint Maybe
as Doug Bedloe
1998
Better Living
as Jack
1998
Critical Care
as Robert Payne
1997
What Love Sees
as Morton Treadway
1996
A Season in Purgatory
as Dr. Shugrue
1996
Soul of the Game
as Branch Rickey
1996
Nixon
as Nelson Rockefeller
1995
The Face on the Milk Carton
as Frank Jessmon
1995
Here Come the Munsters
as Herman Munster
1995
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
as Richard Rich
1994
Don't Drink the Water
as Mr. Kilroy
1994
Foreign Student
as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
1994
A Foreign Field
as Ralph
1993
My Boyfriend's Back
as Mr. Dingle
1993
Born Yesterday
as Ed Deverey
1993
Hero
as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
1992
Fire in the Dark
as Robert
1991
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
So Proudly We Hail
as James Wagner
1990
Big Business
as Graham Sherbourne
1988
Overboard
as Grant Stayton III
1987
The Lost Boys
as Max
1987
Murrow
as Fred Friendly
1986
Compromising Positions
as Bob Singer
1985
The Man with One Red Shoe
as Brown
1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Henry
1985
Mrs. Soffel
as Warden Peter Soffel
1984
Memorial Day
as Ned Larwin
1983
Annie
as FDR
1982
Death Valley
as Paul Stanton
1982
A Little Sex
as Tommy
1982
The Gift of Life
as Dr. Quinn
1982
The Electric Grandmother
as Father
1982
Reds
as Max Eastman
1981
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
as The Stranger
1981
Harry's War
as Harry Johnson
1981
O Youth and Beauty!
as Kip Lawton
1979
Freedom Road
as Stephen Holmes
1979
The Sorrows of Gin
as Kip Lawton
1979
Portrait of a Stripper
as Frank Andrews
1979
The North Avenue Irregulars
as Michael Hill
1979
Take Down
as Ed Branish
1979
Brass Target
as Col. Walter Gilchrist
1978
The Betsy
as Dan Weyman
1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
as Lou Gehrig
1978
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
1977
1975
The Great Waldo Pepper
as Ezra Stiles
1975
The Great Gatsby
as Klipspringer
1974
The Day of the Dolphin
as Mike
1973
The Paper Chase
as Thomas Craig Anderson
1973
Lady Liberty
as Policeman (uncredited)
1971
Movies
Niagara: A History of the Falls
Presenter
1999
