Edward Herrmann
ActingBorn
July 21, 1943
Died
December 31, 2014
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Biography
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 automobi…
Known For
Filmography
Coach of the Year
2016
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
Are You Here
2013
Heaven's Door
2012
Price Check
2012
Christmas Oranges
2012
Treasure Buddies
2012
The Christmas Pageant
2011
A Christmas Wish
2011
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
2011
Son of Morning
2011
Ring Christmas Bells
2009
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009
The Skeptic
2009
Hatching Pete
2009
Morristown: Where America Survived
2009
Andrew Jackson
2007
Columbus The Lost Voyage
2007
Titanic's Achilles Heel
2007
Sherman's March
2007
Banned from the Bible II
2007
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
Factory Girl
2006
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
2006
Witness to 'Reds'
2006
Wedding Daze
2006
Relative Strangers
2006
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
2006
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
2006
Ape to Man
2005
Bible Battles
2005
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
2005
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
2005
The French Revolution
2005
The Aviator
2004
Bereft
2004
First Invasion: The War of 1812
2004
Isaac's Storm
2004
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003
The Louisiana Purchase
2003
Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003
Stalin: Man of Steel
2003
The Samurai
2003
The Emperor's Club
2002
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
2002
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
2002
Antarctica: A Frozen History
2002
In Search of Christmas
2001
The Cat's Meow
2001
Down
2001
James Dean
2001
The Face: Jesus in Art
2001
Double Take
2001
Vendetta
1999
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
1999
Niagara: A History of the Falls
1999
Walking Across Egypt
1999
Saint Maybe
1998
Better Living
1998
Critical Care
1997
What Love Sees
1996
A Season in Purgatory
1996
Soul of the Game
1996
Nixon
1995
The Face on the Milk Carton
1995
Here Come the Munsters
1995
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994
Don't Drink the Water
1994
Foreign Student
1994
A Foreign Field
1993
My Boyfriend's Back
1993
Born Yesterday
1993
Hero
1992
Fire in the Dark
1991
Sweet Poison
1991
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
So Proudly We Hail
1990
Big Business
1988
Overboard
1987
The Lost Boys
1987
Murrow
1986
Compromising Positions
1985
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
Mrs. Soffel
1984
Memorial Day
1983
Annie
1982
Death Valley
1982
A Little Sex
1982
The Gift of Life
1982
The Electric Grandmother
1982
Reds
1981
Dear Liar
1981
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
1981
Harry's War
1981
O Youth and Beauty!
1979
Freedom Road
1979
The Sorrows of Gin
1979
Portrait of a Stripper
1979
Take Down
1979
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979
Brass Target
1978
The Betsy
1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
Valley Forge
1975
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975
The Great Gatsby
1974
The Day of the Dolphin
1973
The Paper Chase
1973
Lady Liberty
1971
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
2015
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014
Perception
2012
Harry's Law
2011
Better With You
2010
The Good Wife
2009
Drop Dead Diva
2009
The Revolution
2007
The States
2007
30 Rock
2006
The Ten Commandments
2006
How I Met Your Mother
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
American Dad!
2005
American Dad!
2005
The Presidents
2005
French Revolution
2005
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
2002
Crossing Jordan
2001
The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution
2001
Founding Fathers
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Gilmore Girls
2000
The Korean War: Fire and Ice
1999
Atomic Train
1999
Ultimate autos
1999
Frank Lloyd Wright
1998
Liberty!
1997
The Practice
1997
Pandora's Clock
1996
A Season in Purgatory
1996
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
Wings
1990
Screen One
1989
Hothouse
1988
The Lawrenceville Stories
1987
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
St. Elsewhere
1982
Nature
1982
Eleanor and Franklin
1976
Beacon Hill
1975
M*A*S*H
1972
Great Performances
1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
History's Lost & Found
Wonder Woman