Edward Herrmann
ActingJuly 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014 (aged 71)
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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.
Filmography
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life2016 · Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
Coach of the Year2016 · Bill Ford
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies2015 · Narrator (voice)
The Town that Dreaded Sundown2014 · Reverend Cartwright
The Eternal Return2014 · Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
The Wolf of Wall Street2013 · Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
Are You Here2013 · Dr. Vincent
Heaven's Door2012 · Nate Christensen
I Am Happy2012 · Jack Bennington
Burning Bright2012 · Jack Pierce
Christmas Oranges2012 · Mr. Crampton
Treasure Buddies2012 · Philip Wellington
The Christmas Pageant2011 · Garrett Clark
A Christmas Wish2011 · Les McCallum
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead2011 · Governor Dawson
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star2011 · Jeremiah Larson
Son of Morning2011 · Thomas
Harry's Law2011 · Lester Babcock
Better With You2010 · Judge
The Good Wife2009 · Lionel Deerfield
帝雀2009 · Self
Drop Dead Diva2009 · Reverend Phillips
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay2009 · John Goodenough
G.P.2009 · Shepard
Hatching Pete2009 · The Principal
Morristown: Where America Survived2009 · Narrator
Andrew Jackson2007 · Narrator
Columbus The Lost Voyage2007 · Narrator
The Revolution2007
Titanic's Achilles Heel2007 · Narrator
Sherman's March2007 · Narrator
The States2007
Banned from the Bible II2007 · Narrator
I Think I Love My Wife2007 · Mr. Landis
Factory Girl2006 · James Townsend
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower2006 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Witness to 'Reds'2006 · Self
30 Rock2006 · Walter
Wedding Daze2006 · Lyle
Relative Strangers2006 · Doug Clayton
French Revolution2005
Ape to Man2005
The Presidents2005
The French Revolution2005
Isaac's Storm2004
Stalin: Man of Steel2003
Intolerable Cruelty2003
The Cat's Meow2002
Down2001
Founding Fathers2000
Gilmore Girls2000 · Richard Gilmore
Niagara: A History of the Falls1999
Walking Across Egypt1999
Saint Maybe1998
Better Living1998
Soul of the Game1996
Here Come the Munsters1995
The Face on the Milk Carton1995
Ri¢hie Ri¢h1994
Foreign Student1994
Don't Drink the Water1994
Born Yesterday1993
My Boyfriend's Back1993
Sweet Poison1991
So Proudly We Hail1990
Big Business1988
The Lawrenceville Stories1987
Overboard1987
Compromising Positions1985
Mrs. Soffel1984
The Electric Grandmother1982
A Little Sex1982
Harry's War1981
Reds1981
Take Down1979
The North Avenue Irregulars1979
The Sorrows of Gin1979
Portrait of a Stripper1979
Freedom Road1979
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story1978
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years1977
Eleanor and Franklin1976 · Franklin Delano Roosevelt