FLIXREC
Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

Acting July 21, 1943 (71 years old) December 31, 2014 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 automobiles in the 1990s.

Movies 114

The Wolf of Wall Street 8.0

The Wolf of Wall Street

as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)

2013
The Aviator 7.2

The Aviator

as Joseph Breen

2004
The Lost Boys 7.1

The Lost Boys

as Max

1987
Ri¢hie Ri¢h 6.0

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

as Mr. Rich

1994
Overboard 6.9

Overboard

as Grant Stayton III

1987
Intolerable Cruelty 6.0

Intolerable Cruelty

as Rex Rexroth

2003
Annie 6.5

Annie

as FDR

1982
The Great Gatsby 6.3

The Great Gatsby

as Klipspringer

1974
The Town that Dreaded Sundown 5.9

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

as Reverend Cartwright

2014
The Purple Rose of Cairo 7.4

The Purple Rose of Cairo

as Henry

1985
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star 4.3

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

as Jeremiah Larson

2011
Hero 6.3

Hero

as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide

1992
Reds 6.9

Reds

as Max Eastman

1981
The Emperor's Club 7.1

The Emperor's Club

as Headmaster Woodbridge

2002
Nixon 6.8

Nixon

as Nelson Rockefeller

1995
The Great Waldo Pepper 6.6

The Great Waldo Pepper

as Ezra Stiles

1975
Wedding Daze 5.7

Wedding Daze

as Lyle

2006
Factory Girl 6.0

Factory Girl

as James Townsend

2006
The Man with One Red Shoe 5.7

The Man with One Red Shoe

as Brown

1985
I Think I Love My Wife 5.3

I Think I Love My Wife

as Mr. Landis

2007
A Christmas Wish 5.9

A Christmas Wish

as Les McCallum

2011
Big Business 6.4

Big Business

as Graham Sherbourne

1988
Relative Strangers 5.3

Relative Strangers

as Doug Clayton

2006
The Day of the Dolphin 5.8

The Day of the Dolphin

as Mike

1973
Are You Here 5.2

Are You Here

as Dr. Vincent

2013
Down 5.1

Down

as Milligan

2001
Treasure Buddies 6.1

Treasure Buddies

as Philip Wellington

2012
Double Take 5.7

Double Take

as Charles Allsworth

2001
James Dean 6.8

James Dean

as Raymond Massey

2001
Welcome to Mooseport 5.1

Welcome to Mooseport

as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)

2004
The North Avenue Irregulars 6.5

The North Avenue Irregulars

as Michael Hill

1979
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay 5.2

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

as John Goodenough

2009
My Boyfriend's Back 5.7

My Boyfriend's Back

as Mr. Dingle

1993
The Paper Chase 6.8

The Paper Chase

as Thomas Craig Anderson

1973
Night of 100 Stars III 4.3

Night of 100 Stars III

as Self

1990
Mrs. Soffel 6.0

Mrs. Soffel

as Warden Peter Soffel

1984
The Cat's Meow 5.8

The Cat's Meow

as W. R. Hearst

2002
Here Come the Munsters 5.2

Here Come the Munsters

as Herman Munster

1995
The Betsy 4.8

The Betsy

as Dan Weyman

1978
Son of Morning 3.0

Son of Morning

as Thomas

2011
Critical Care 6.2

Critical Care

as Robert Payne

1997
Don't Drink the Water 5.6

Don't Drink the Water

as Mr. Kilroy

1994
A Little Sex 3.8

A Little Sex

as Tommy

1982
Soul of the Game 4.9

Soul of the Game

as Branch Rickey

1996
Brass Target 5.4

Brass Target

as Col. Walter Gilchrist

1978
Portrait of a Stripper 4.0

Portrait of a Stripper

as Frank Andrews

1979
Vendetta 6.0

Vendetta

as D.A. Luzenberg

1999
Born Yesterday 5.3

Born Yesterday

as Ed Deverey

1993
Christmas Oranges 7.5

Christmas Oranges

as Mr. Crampton

2012
Sweet Poison 5.8

Sweet Poison

as Henry

1991
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed

The Private History of a Campaign That Failed

as The Stranger

1981
Fire in the Dark 9.0

Fire in the Dark

as Robert

1991
Hatching Pete 5.5

Hatching Pete

as The Principal

2009
Lady Liberty 5.5

Lady Liberty

as Policeman (uncredited)

1971
Compromising Positions 5.3

Compromising Positions

as Bob Singer

1985
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story 9.5

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

as Lou Gehrig

1978
Price Check 5.2

Price Check

as Jack Bennington

2012
Freedom Road 5.2

Freedom Road

as Stephen Holmes

1979
The Face on the Milk Carton 6.5

The Face on the Milk Carton

as Frank Jessmon

1995
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years 4.9

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

as Franklin D. Roosevelt

1977
Death Valley 5.1

Death Valley

as Paul Stanton

1982
The Christmas Pageant 5.9

The Christmas Pageant

as Garrett Clark

2011
Foreign Student 4.1

Foreign Student

as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore

1994
Columbus The Lost Voyage 7.0

Columbus The Lost Voyage

as Narrator

2007
Dear Liar 7.0

Dear Liar

as George Bernard Shaw

1981
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead 4.5

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

as Governor Dawson

2011
Valley Forge 7.0

Valley Forge

as Folsom

1975
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces 8.5

Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces

as Narrator (voice)

2006
A Foreign Field 7.0

A Foreign Field

as Ralph

1993
So Proudly We Hail 6.0

So Proudly We Hail

as James Wagner

1990
Stalin: Man of Steel

Stalin: Man of Steel

as Narrator (voice)

2003
Saint Maybe 6.6

Saint Maybe

as Doug Bedloe

1998
Heaven's Door 5.6

Heaven's Door

as Nate Christensen

2012
Take Down 4.4

Take Down

as Ed Branish

1979
Better Living 3.8

Better Living

as Jack

1998
The Skeptic 5.3

The Skeptic

as Shepard

2009
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran

Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran

as Narrator

2006
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy 8.3

The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy

as Narrator

2005
The Sorrows of Gin 10.0

The Sorrows of Gin

as Kip Lawton

1979
Niagara: A History of the Falls 7.0

Niagara: A History of the Falls

as Narrator

1999
O Youth and Beauty! 9.0

O Youth and Beauty!

as Kip Lawton

1979
Bereft 5.4

Bereft

as Lloyd

2004
Titanic's Achilles Heel 10.0

Titanic's Achilles Heel

as Narrator

2007
The Gift of Life

The Gift of Life

as Dr. Quinn

1982
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')

It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')

as Self

2002
Coach of the Year

Coach of the Year

as Bill Ford

2016
Norman Rockwell: Painting America

Norman Rockwell: Painting America

as Narrator

1999
The French Revolution 5.8

The French Revolution

as Narrator

2005
The Face: Jesus in Art

The Face: Jesus in Art

as Narrator (voice)

2001
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower 9.0

Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2006
Memorial Day 6.0

Memorial Day

as Ned Larwin

1983
The Samurai

The Samurai

as self (voice)

2003
Murrow 5.5

Murrow

as Fred Friendly

1986
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion 6.0

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

as Narrator

2003
Walking Across Egypt 4.9

Walking Across Egypt

as Reverend Vernon

1999
Antarctica: A Frozen History 8.0

Antarctica: A Frozen History

as Narrator

2002
First Invasion: The War of 1812 10.0

First Invasion: The War of 1812

as Narrator

2004
The Electric Grandmother 6.8

The Electric Grandmother

as Father

1982
Sherman's March

Sherman's March

as Narrator

2007
Ape to Man 7.0

Ape to Man

as Narrator

2005
FDR: A Presidency Revealed 7.0

FDR: A Presidency Revealed

as Narrator

2005
What Love Sees 7.8

What Love Sees

as Morton Treadway

1996
Bible Battles 8.0

Bible Battles

as Narrator (voice)

2005
Harry's War 6.2

Harry's War

as Harry Johnson

1981
Witness to 'Reds' 6.0

Witness to 'Reds'

as Self

2006
Isaac's Storm 6.0

Isaac's Storm

as Narrator

2004
Ring Christmas Bells

Ring Christmas Bells

as Self

2009
Russia, Land of the Tsars 7.5

Russia, Land of the Tsars

as Narrator

2003
Andrew Jackson 8.5

Andrew Jackson

as Narrator

2007
Banned from the Bible II

Banned from the Bible II

as Narrator

2007
Morristown: Where America Survived

Morristown: Where America Survived

as Narrator

2009
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed 8.0

Dinosaur Secrets Revealed

as Narrator (voice)

2002
The Louisiana Purchase 7.0

The Louisiana Purchase

as Narrator

2003
In Search of Christmas

In Search of Christmas

as Narrator

2001

TV Shows 61

How I Met Your Mother 8.1

How I Met Your Mother

as Reverend Lowell

2005
Grey's Anatomy 8.2

Grey's Anatomy

as Norman Shales

2005
Law & Order 7.3

Law & Order

as Frederic Matson

1990
Law & Order 7.3

Law & Order

as Drew Seeley

1990
Law & Order 7.3

Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Mosbeck

1990
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as Councilman (voice)

2005
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as Old Man (voice)

2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Mr. Vogel

2000
Gilmore Girls 7.9

Gilmore Girls

as Richard Gilmore

2000
The Good Wife 7.6

The Good Wife

as Lionel Deerfield

2009
Great Performances 6.1

Great Performances

as Self

1971
M*A*S*H 8.0

M*A*S*H

1972
30 Rock 7.5

30 Rock

as Walter

2006
Nature 7.9

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

1982
The Practice 7.6

The Practice

as Anderson Pearson

1997
Homicide: Life on the Street 8.1

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Thomas Pandolfi

1993
Crossing Jordan 7.2

Crossing Jordan

as Thomas Malden

2001
St. Elsewhere 5.7

St. Elsewhere

as Father Joseph McCabe

1982
Wings 6.9

Wings

as Y.M. Burg

1990
American Playhouse 6.6

American Playhouse

as Alger Hiss

1982
American Playhouse 6.6

American Playhouse

as The Headmaster

1982
American Playhouse 6.6

American Playhouse

as Professor

1982
Perception 7.2

Perception

as Jack Pierce

2012
Drop Dead Diva 7.7

Drop Dead Diva

as Reverend Phillips

2009
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7.2

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton

1985
Harry's Law 7.5

Harry's Law

as Lester Babcock

2011
Tom Goes to the Mayor 6.8

Tom Goes to the Mayor

as Benjamin Kaplan (voice)

2004
Screen One 7.2

Screen One

as Ralph

1989
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life 7.3

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)

2016
Better With You 6.5

Better With You

as Judge

2010
Hallmark Hall of Fame 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Folsom

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Doug Bedloe

1951
Liberty! 7.8

Liberty!

as Narrator

1997
The General Motors Playwrights Theater

The General Motors Playwrights Theater

as Ben Cunningham

1991
Atomic Train 4.9

Atomic Train

as The President

1999
The Ten Commandments 5.7

The Ten Commandments

as Narrator

2006
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History 7.8

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)

2014
The Presidents 6.5

The Presidents

as Narrator

2005
Beacon Hill 7.0

Beacon Hill

as Richard Palmer

1975
Pandora's Clock 5.7

Pandora's Clock

as President

1996
Wonder Woman 4.8

Wonder Woman

as Senator Warren

Hothouse 7.5

Hothouse

as Woods

1988
Eleanor and Franklin 4.6

Eleanor and Franklin

as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50

1976
Founding Fathers 8.0

Founding Fathers

as Narrator

2000
A Season in Purgatory

A Season in Purgatory

as Dr. Shugrue

1996
The Lawrenceville Stories 5.0

The Lawrenceville Stories

as Headmaster

1987
Frank Lloyd Wright 7.5

Frank Lloyd Wright

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1998
Russia, Land of the Tsars 10.0

Russia, Land of the Tsars

2003
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies 7.7

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies

as Narrator (voice)

2015
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain

Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain

as Thomas Jefferson (voice)

1995
The States

The States

2007
French Revolution

French Revolution

as Narrator

2005
The Revolution 9.4

The Revolution

2007
Rise and Fall of the Spartans 8.5

Rise and Fall of the Spartans

as Narrator (voice)

2002
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

as Narrator

2003
History's Lost & Found 4.0

History's Lost & Found

The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution 7.0

The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution

as Narrator

2001
Ultimate autos

Ultimate autos

as host

1999
The Korean War: Fire and Ice 7.7

The Korean War: Fire and Ice

as Narrator

1999
The History Channel Presents: The War of 1812

The History Channel Presents: The War of 1812

as Narrator

2004

Reviews

Loading reviews...