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Edward Herrmann

Acting Born Jul 21, 1943 Washington, District of Columbia, USA 24 credits

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.

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Full filmography

  • Law & Order (1990) as Frederic Matson
  • Law & Order (1990) as Drew Seeley
  • Law & Order (1990) as Defense Attorney Mosbeck
  • Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Norman Shales
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Mr. Vogel
  • American Dad! (2005) as Councilman (voice)
  • American Dad! (2005) as Old Man (voice)
  • The Good Wife (2009) as Lionel Deerfield
  • Crossing Jordan (2001) as Thomas Malden
  • Gilmore Girls (2000) as Richard Gilmore
  • How I Met Your Mother (2005) as Reverend Lowell
  • Wings (1990) as Y.M. Burg
  • The Practice (1997) as Anderson Pearson
  • M*A*S*H (1972)
  • Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) as Thomas Pandolfi
  • 30 Rock (2006) as Walter
  • Nature (1982) as Narrator (voice)
  • Great Performances (1971) as Self
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
  • St. Elsewhere (1982) as Father Joseph McCabe
  • Drop Dead Diva (2009) as Reverend Phillips
  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
  • Perception (2012) as Jack Pierce
  • Harry's Law (2011) as Lester Babcock