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