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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Films (114)
Coach of the Year
2016 · Bill Ford
La ciudad que teme al ocaso
2014 · Reverend Cartwright
Le Loup de Wall Street
2013 · Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
Amis pour la vie !
2013 · Dr. Vincent
La petite fille aux miracles
2012 · Nate Christensen
Price Check
2012 · Jack Bennington
Christmas Oranges
2012 · Mr. Crampton
Les Copains chasseurs de trésor
2012 · Philip Wellington
Le Spectacle de Noël
2011 · Garrett Clark
Un souhait pour Noël
2011 · Les McCallum
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011 · Governor Dawson
Bucky Larson : Super star du X
2011 · Jeremiah Larson
The Last Days
2011 · Thomas
Ring Christmas Bells
2009 · Self
Mon Père et ses 6 veuves
2009 · John Goodenough
The Skeptic
2009 · Shepard
Un costume pour deux
2009 · The Principal
Morristown: Where America Survived
2009 · Narrator
Andrew Jackson
2007 · Narrator
Columbus The Lost Voyage
2007 · Narrator
Titanic's Achilles Heel
2007 · Narrator
Sherman's March
2007 · Narrator
Banned from the Bible II
2007 · Narrator
Je crois que j'aime ma femme
2007 · Mr. Landis
Factory Girl
2006 · James Townsend
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
2006 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Witness to 'Reds'
2006 · Self
Mariage Express
2006 · Lyle
Mon vrai père et moi
2006 · Doug Clayton
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
2006 · Narrator
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
2006 · Narrator (voice)
Ape to Man
2005 · Narrator
Bible Battles
2005 · Narrator (voice)
Le Code Des Templiers
2005 · Narrator
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
2005 · Narrator
The French Revolution
2005 · Narrator
Aviator
2004 · Joseph Breen
Bereft
2004 · Lloyd
First Invasion: The War of 1812
2004 · Narrator
Isaac's Storm
2004 · Narrator
Bienvenue à Mooseport
2004 · Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
Intolérable cruauté
2003 · Rex Rexroth
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003 · Narrator
The Louisiana Purchase
2003 · Narrator
Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003 · Narrator
Stalin: Man of Steel
2003 · Narrator (voice)
The Samurai
2003 · self (voice)
Le Club des empereurs
2002 · Headmaster Woodbridge
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
2002 · Narrator (voice)
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
2002 · Self
Antarctica: A Frozen History
2002 · Narrator
Un Parfum de meurtre
2002 · W. R. Hearst
In Search of Christmas
2001 · Narrator
L'Ascenseur (niveau 2)
2001 · Milligan
James Dean
2001 · Raymond Massey
The Face: Jesus in Art
2001 · Narrator (voice)
Un Gentleman en Cavale
2001 · Charles Allsworth
Walking Across Egypt
1999 · Reverend Vernon
Vendetta
1999 · D.A. Luzenberg
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
1999 · Narrator
Niagara: A History of the Falls
1999 · Narrator, Presenter
Saint Maybe
1998 · Doug Bedloe
Better Living
1998 · Jack
Critical Care
1997 · Robert Payne
What Love Sees
1996 · Morton Treadway
Soul of the Game
1996 · Branch Rickey
Nixon
1995 · Nelson Rockefeller
The Face on the Milk Carton
1995 · Frank Jessmon
Here Come the Munsters
1995 · Herman Munster
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994 · Mr. Rich
Don't Drink the Water
1994 · Mr. Kilroy
Foreign Student
1994 · Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
A Foreign Field
1993 · Ralph
My Boyfriend's Back
1993 · Mr. Dingle
Born Yesterday
1993 · Ed Deverey
Hero
1992 · Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
Fire in the Dark
1991 · Robert
Sweet Poison
1991 · Henry
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
So Proudly We Hail
1990 · James Wagner
Big Business
1988 · Graham Sherbourne
Overboard
1987 · Grant Stayton III
The Lost Boys
1987 · Max
Murrow
1986 · Fred Friendly
Compromising Positions
1985 · Bob Singer
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985 · Brown
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 · Henry
Mrs. Soffel
1984 · Warden Peter Soffel
Memorial Day
1983 · Ned Larwin
Annie
1982 · FDR
Death Valley
1982 · Paul Stanton
A Little Sex
1982 · Tommy
The Gift of Life
1982 · Dr. Quinn
The Electric Grandmother
1982 · Father
Reds
1981 · Max Eastman
Dear Liar
1981 · George Bernard Shaw
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
1981 · The Stranger
Harry's War
1981 · Harry Johnson
O Youth and Beauty!
1979 · Kip Lawton
Freedom Road
1979 · Stephen Holmes
The Sorrows of Gin
1979 · Kip Lawton
Portrait of a Stripper
1979 · Frank Andrews
Take Down
1979 · Ed Branish
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979 · Michael Hill
Brass Target
1978 · Col. Walter Gilchrist
The Betsy
1978 · Dan Weyman
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978 · Lou Gehrig
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977 · Franklin D. Roosevelt
Valley Forge
1975 · Folsom
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975 · Ezra Stiles
The Great Gatsby
1974 · Klipspringer
The Day of the Dolphin
1973 · Mike
The Paper Chase
1973 · Thomas Craig Anderson
Lady Liberty
1971 · Policeman (uncredited)
Séries (53)
Gilmore Girls : Une nouvelle année
2016 · Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
Cancer, une biographie : l'empereur de toutes les maladies
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Les Roosevelt, une histoire intime
2014 · Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
Perception
2012 · Jack Pierce
Harry's Law : La Loi Selon Harry
2011 · Lester Babcock
Better With You
2010 · Judge
Une femme exemplaire
2009 · Lionel Deerfield
Diva de l'au-delà
2009 · Reverend Phillips
The Revolution
2007
The States
2007
30 rock
2006 · Walter
Les dix Commandements
2006 · Narrator
Comment je l'ai rencontrée
2005 · Reverend Lowell
Dre Grey, leçons d'anatomie
2005 · Norman Shales
American Dad
2005 · Councilman (voice), Old Man (voice)
The Presidents
2005 · Narrator
French Revolution
2005 · Narrator
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004 · Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003 · Narrator
Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
2002 · Narrator (voice)
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Thomas Malden
The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution
2001 · Narrator
Founding Fathers
2000 · Narrator
Les Experts
2000 · Mr. Vogel
Gilmore Girls
2000 · Richard Gilmore
The Korean War: Fire and Ice
1999 · Narrator
Atomic Train
1999 · The President
Ultimate autos
1999 · host
Frank Lloyd Wright
1998 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Liberty!
1997 · Narrator
The Practice
1997 · Anderson Pearson
Pandora's Clock
1996 · President
A Season in Purgatory
1996 · Dr. Shugrue
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995 · Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Thomas Pandolfi
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991 · Ben Cunningham
New York Police Judiciaire
1990 · Frederic Matson, Drew Seeley, Defense Attorney Mosbeck
Wings
1990 · Y.M. Burg
Screen One
1989 · Ralph
Hothouse
1988 · Woods
The Lawrenceville Stories
1987 · Headmaster
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Father Joseph McCabe
Nature
1982 · Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
1982 · Alger Hiss, The Headmaster, Professor
Eleanor and Franklin
1976 · Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
Beacon Hill
1975 · Richard Palmer
M*A*S*H
1972
Great Performances
1971 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Folsom, Doug Bedloe
History's Lost & Found
Wonder Woman
· Senator Warren