Edward Herrmann
Acting
🎂 1943-07-21
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.
Cast credits(168)
Norman Shales
2005
Frederic Matson
1990
Drew Seeley
1990
Defense Attorney Mosbeck
1990
Reverend Lowell
2005
Councilman (voice)
2005
Old Man (voice)
2005
Reverend Phillips
2009
Narrator (voice)
1982
Lionel Deerfield
2009
Mr. Vogel
2000
Self
1971
Thomas Malden
2001
Anderson Pearson
1997
Richard Gilmore
2000
Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
1985
Y.M. Burg
1990
Walter
2006
1972
Jack Pierce
2012
1982
Folsom
1951
1951
Doug Bedloe
1951
Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
2004
Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
2013
Narrator
1997
1993
Ralph
1989
Narrator
2006
Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
2016
The President
1999
Judge
2010
Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
2014
2007
Lester Babcock
2011
Narrator (voice)
2002
2003
Narrator (voice)
2015
Himself - Narrator (voice)
1998
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
1976
Narrator
2005
Narrator
2005
Head Master
1987
Grant Stayton III
1987
2007
Joseph Breen
2004
Narrator
1999
Max
1987
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
1995
host
1999
Richard Rich
1994
FDR
1982
Rex Rexroth
2003
Klipspringer
1974
President
1996
Max Eastman
1981
Senator Warren
D.A. Luzenberg
1999
Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
1992
Henry
1985
James Townsend
2006
Lyle
2006
Dr. Vincent
2013
Narrator
2000
Nelson Rockefeller
1995
Reverend Cartwright
2014
Headmaster Woodbridge
2002
Graham Sherbourne
1988
Jeremiah Larson
2011
Richard Palmer
1975
W. R. Hearst
2001
The Principal
2009
Brown
1985
Ezra Stiles
1975
Milligan
2001
John Goodenough
2009
Philip Wellington
2012
Mr. Landis
2007
Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
2004
Thomas Craig Anderson
1973
Charles Allsworth
2001
Doug Clayton
2006
Col. Walter Gilchrist
1978
Warden Peter Soffel
1984
Raymond Massey
2001
Mike
1973
Ed Deverey
1993
Mr. Dingle
1993
Robert Payne
1997
Herman Munster
1995
Self
1990
Dan Weyman
1978
Stephen Holmes
1979
Michael Hill
1979
Tommy
1982
Policeman (uncredited)
1971
Les McCallum
2011
Garrett Clark
2011
Nate Christensen
2012
Mr. Crampton
2012
Thomas
2011
Mr. Kilroy
1994
Branch Rickey
1996
Ralph
1993
Henry
1991
Frank Jessmon
1995
Jack Bennington
2012
Doug Bedloe
1998
Shepard
2009
Dr. Shugrue
1996
Frank Andrews
1979
Paul Stanton
1982
Ned Larwin
1983
Bob Singer
1985
Narrator (voice)
2003
Dr. Quinn
1982
Harry Johnson
1981
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Kip Lawton
1979
Father
1982
Lou Gehrig
1978
Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
1994
Narrator (voice)
2001
Narrator
2005
Reverend Vernon
1999
Robert
1991
The Stranger
1981
Narrator
2002
Governor Dawson
2011
James Wagner
1990
Narrator
2004
Kip Lawton
1979
Lloyd
2004
Narrator
2005
Narrator
2007
Narrator
2005
1975
Fred Friendly
1986
Ed Branish
1979
Narrator
2007
Self
2002
Narrator
2005
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1977
Narrator (voice)
2005
Narrator
2007
Self
2006
self (voice)
2003
Narrator
1999
Bill Ford
2016
Narrator (voice)
1998
Narrator
2007
Narrator
1999
Narrator (voice)
2006
Jack
1998
Morton Treadway
1996
Narrator
2007
Self
2009
Narrator (voice)
2002
Narrator
2006
Narrator
2002
Narrator
2003
Narrator
2003
Narrator
2001
Narrator
2004
Narrator
2009
Narrator
2003