Edward Herrmann: movies and TV shows
Edward Herrmann has 175 credits in the archive: 116 films and 59 TV series, from 1951 to 2016. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2016 · busiest year: 2005 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited) | TV | 7.3 | 72 |
| 2016 | Coach of the Year | Bill Ford | Film | — | 72 |
| 2015 | Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 71 |
| 2014 | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Franklin Roosevelt (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 70 |
| 2014 | The Town that Dreaded Sundown | Reverend Cartwright | Film | 5.8 | 70 |
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 69 |
| 2013 | Are You Here | Dr. Vincent | Film | 5.1 | 69 |
| 2012 | Perception | Jack Pierce | TV | 7.1 | 68 |
| 2012 | Treasure Buddies | Philip Wellington | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2012 | Price Check | Jack Bennington | Film | 5.3 | 68 |
| 2012 | Heaven's Door | Nate Christensen | Film | 5.6 | 68 |
| 2012 | Christmas Oranges | Mr. Crampton | Film | 7.5 | 68 |
| 2011 | Harry's Law | Lester Babcock | TV | 7.4 | 67 |
| 2011 | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | Jeremiah Larson | Film | 4.2 | 67 |
| 2011 | A Christmas Wish | Les McCallum | Film | 5.9 | 67 |
| 2011 | The Christmas Pageant | Garrett Clark | Film | 5.9 | 67 |
| 2011 | Son of Morning | Thomas | Film | 3.0 | 67 |
| 2011 | Redemption: For Robbing the Dead | Governor Dawson | Film | 4.5 | 67 |
| 2010 | Better With You | Judge | TV | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Lionel Deerfield | TV | 7.6 | 65 |
| 2009 | Drop Dead Diva | Reverend Phillips | TV | 7.7 | 65 |
| 2009 | Hatching Pete | The Principal | Film | 5.6 | 65 |
| 2009 | The Six Wives of Henry Lefay | John Goodenough | Film | 5.3 | 65 |
| 2009 | The Skeptic | Shepard | Film | 5.3 | 65 |
| 2009 | Morristown: Where America Survived | Narrator | Film | — | 65 |
| 2009 | Ring Christmas Bells | Self | Film | — | 65 |
| 2007 | I Think I Love My Wife | Mr. Landis | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 2007 | Columbus The Lost Voyage | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2007 | Titanic's Achilles Heel | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 63 |
| 2007 | Andrew Jackson | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 63 |
| 2007 | The States | TV | — | 63 | |
| 2007 | The Revolution | TV | 9.4 | 63 | |
| 2007 | Sherman's March | Narrator | Film | — | 63 |
| 2007 | Banned from the Bible II | Narrator | Film | — | 63 |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Walter | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 2006 | Wedding Daze | Lyle | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 2006 | Factory Girl | James Townsend | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 2006 | The Ten Commandments | Narrator | TV | 5.7 | 62 |
| 2006 | Relative Strangers | Doug Clayton | Film | 5.3 | 62 |
| 2006 | Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 2006 | Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.5 | 62 |
| 2006 | Witness to 'Reds' | Self | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 2006 | Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran | Narrator | Film | — | 62 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Norman Shales | TV | 8.2 | 61 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Councilman (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Old Man (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Reverend Lowell | TV | 8.1 | 61 |
| 2005 | The Presidents | Narrator | TV | 6.5 | 61 |
| 2005 | The French Revolution | Narrator | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 2005 | French Revolution | Narrator | TV | — | 61 |
| 2005 | FDR: A Presidency Revealed | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2005 | Ape to Man | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2005 | Bible Battles | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 2005 | The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy | Narrator | Film | 8.3 | 61 |
| 2004 | Tom Goes to the Mayor | Benjamin Kaplan (voice) | TV | 6.9 | 60 |
| 2004 | The Aviator | Joseph Breen | Film | 7.2 | 60 |
| 2004 | Welcome to Mooseport | Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited) | Film | 5.1 | 60 |
| 2004 | Bereft | Lloyd | Film | 5.4 | 60 |
| 2004 | Isaac's Storm | Narrator | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2004 | First Invasion: The War of 1812 | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty | Rex Rexroth | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2003 | Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion | Narrator | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2003 | Russia, Land of the Tsars | TV | 10.0 | 59 | |
| 2003 | The Samurai | self (voice) | Film | — | 59 |
| 2003 | The Louisiana Purchase | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2003 | Stalin: Man of Steel | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 59 |
| 2003 | Russia, Land of the Tsars | Narrator | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 2002 | Antarctica: A Frozen History | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2002 | The Emperor's Club | Headmaster Woodbridge | Film | 7.1 | 58 |
| 2002 | Dinosaur Secrets Revealed | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2002 | Rise and Fall of the Spartans | Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 58 |
| 2002 | It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') | Self | Film | — | 58 |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Thomas Malden | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 2001 | Down | Milligan | Film | 5.0 | 57 |
| 2001 | James Dean | Raymond Massey | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 2001 | Double Take | Charles Allsworth | Film | 5.6 | 57 |
| 2001 | The Cat's Meow | W. R. Hearst | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 2001 | The Face: Jesus in Art | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 57 |
| 2001 | In Search of Christmas | Narrator | Film | — | 57 |
| 2001 | The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution | Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mr. Vogel | TV | 7.6 | 56 |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls | Richard Gilmore | TV | 7.9 | 56 |
| 2000 | Founding Fathers | Narrator | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1999 | Atomic Train | The President | TV | 4.9 | 55 |
| 1999 | Vendetta | D.A. Luzenberg | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1999 | Walking Across Egypt | Reverend Vernon | Film | 4.9 | 55 |
| 1999 | Norman Rockwell: Painting America | Narrator | Film | — | 55 |
| 1999 | Ultimate autos | host | TV | — | 55 |
| 1999 | The Korean War: Fire and Ice | Narrator | TV | 7.7 | 55 |
| 1999 | Niagara: A History of the Falls | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1999 | Niagara: A History of the Falls | Film | 7.0 | 55 | |
| 1998 | Saint Maybe | Doug Bedloe | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1998 | Frank Lloyd Wright | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 54 |
| 1998 | Better Living | Jack | Film | 3.8 | 54 |
| 1997 | The Practice | Anderson Pearson | TV | 7.7 | 53 |
| 1997 | Liberty! | Narrator | TV | 7.8 | 53 |
| 1997 | Critical Care | Robert Payne | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1996 | Pandora's Clock | President | TV | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1996 | A Season in Purgatory | Dr. Shugrue | TV | — | 52 |
| 1996 | A Season in Purgatory | Dr. Shugrue | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1996 | Soul of the Game | Branch Rickey | Film | 4.9 | 52 |
| 1996 | What Love Sees | Morton Treadway | Film | 7.8 | 52 |
| 1995 | Nixon | Nelson Rockefeller | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1995 | Here Come the Munsters | Herman Munster | Film | 5.2 | 51 |
| 1995 | Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain | Thomas Jefferson (voice) | TV | — | 51 |
| 1995 | The Face on the Milk Carton | Frank Jessmon | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1994 | Ri¢hie Ri¢h | Richard Rich | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1994 | Don't Drink the Water | Mr. Kilroy | Film | 5.6 | 50 |
| 1994 | Foreign Student | Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore | Film | 4.1 | 50 |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Thomas Pandolfi | TV | 8.1 | 49 |
| 1993 | Born Yesterday | Ed Deverey | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1993 | My Boyfriend's Back | Mr. Dingle | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1993 | A Foreign Field | Ralph | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1992 | Hero | Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1991 | The General Motors Playwrights Theater | Ben Cunningham | TV | — | 47 |
| 1991 | Fire in the Dark | Robert | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1991 | Sweet Poison | Henry | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Frederic Matson | TV | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Drew Seeley | TV | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Defense Attorney Mosbeck | TV | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1990 | Wings | Y.M. Burg | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1990 | So Proudly We Hail | James Wagner | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | Film | 4.0 | 46 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Ralph | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1988 | Hothouse | Woods | TV | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1988 | Big Business | Graham Sherbourne | Film | 6.4 | 44 |
| 1987 | The Lost Boys | Max | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1987 | Overboard | Grant Stayton III | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1987 | The Lawrenceville Stories | Headmaster | TV | 5.0 | 43 |
| 1986 | Murrow | Fred Friendly | Film | 5.5 | 42 |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1985 | The Man with One Red Shoe | Brown | Film | 5.7 | 41 |
| 1985 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Henry | Film | 7.4 | 41 |
| 1985 | Compromising Positions | Bob Singer | Film | 5.3 | 41 |
| 1984 | Mrs. Soffel | Warden Peter Soffel | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1983 | Memorial Day | Ned Larwin | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1982 | Nature | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 38 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Father Joseph McCabe | TV | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Alger Hiss | TV | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | The Headmaster | TV | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Professor | TV | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1982 | Annie | FDR | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1982 | A Little Sex | Tommy | Film | 3.6 | 38 |
| 1982 | Death Valley | Paul Stanton | Film | 5.1 | 38 |
| 1982 | The Electric Grandmother | Father | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1982 | The Gift of Life | Dr. Quinn | Film | — | 38 |
| 1981 | Dear Liar | George Bernard Shaw | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1981 | Reds | Max Eastman | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1981 | Harry's War | Harry Johnson | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1981 | The Private History of a Campaign That Failed | The Stranger | Film | — | 37 |
| 1979 | The North Avenue Irregulars | Michael Hill | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1979 | Portrait of a Stripper | Frank Andrews | Film | 3.5 | 35 |
| 1979 | O Youth and Beauty! | Kip Lawton | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1979 | Freedom Road | Stephen Holmes | Film | 5.2 | 35 |
| 1979 | The Sorrows of Gin | Kip Lawton | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1979 | Take Down | Ed Branish | Film | 4.4 | 35 |
| 1978 | The Betsy | Dan Weyman | Film | 4.8 | 34 |
| 1978 | Brass Target | Col. Walter Gilchrist | Film | 5.5 | 34 |
| 1978 | A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | Lou Gehrig | Film | 9.5 | 34 |
| 1977 | Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Film | 4.9 | 33 |
| 1976 | Eleanor and Franklin | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50 | TV | 3.8 | 32 |
| 1975 | Valley Forge | Folsom | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1975 | Beacon Hill | Richard Palmer | TV | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1975 | The Great Waldo Pepper | Ezra Stiles | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1974 | The Great Gatsby | Klipspringer | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1973 | The Day of the Dolphin | Mike | Film | 5.9 | 29 |
| 1973 | The Paper Chase | Thomas Craig Anderson | Film | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | TV | 7.9 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 27 |
| 1971 | Lady Liberty | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 27 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Folsom | TV | 8.8 | 7 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | TV | 8.8 | 7 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Doug Bedloe | TV | 8.8 | 7 |
| Wonder Woman | Senator Warren | TV | 4.9 | — | |
| History's Lost & Found | TV | 4.0 | — |