Edward Herrmann
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1943-07-21
Deathday 2014-12-31 (71 years old)
Place of Birth Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also Known As Ed Hermann, Edward Herman, Edward Kirk Herrmann
Edward Herrmann
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.
Known For
Actor
as Senator Warren
as Bill Ford
as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
as Reverend Cartwright
as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
as Dr. Vincent
as Nate Christensen
as Jack Bennington
as Mr. Crampton
as Philip Wellington
as Jack Pierce
as Garrett Clark
as Les McCallum
as Governor Dawson
as Jeremiah Larson
as Thomas
as Judge
as Self
as John Goodenough
as Shepard
as The Principal
as Narrator
as Lionel Deerfield
as Reverend Phillips
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Mr. Landis
as James Townsend
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Lyle
as Doug Clayton
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Walter
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Reverend Lowell
as Norman Shales
as Councilman (voice)
as Old Man (voice)
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Joseph Breen
as Lloyd
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Debate Moderator
as Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
as Rex Rexroth
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as self (voice)
as Headmaster Woodbridge
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as W. R. Hearst
as Milligan
as Raymond Massey
as Narrator (voice)
as Charles Allsworth
as Thomas Malden
as Narrator
as Mr. Vogel
as Richard Gilmore
as D.A. Luzenberg
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Reverend Vernon
as The President
as Doug Bedloe
as Jack
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
as Robert Payne
as Narrator
as Anderson Pearson
as Morton Treadway
as Dr. Shugrue
as Branch Rickey
as President
as Nelson Rockefeller
as Frank Jessmon
as Herman Munster
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
as Richard Rich
as Mr. Kilroy
as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
as Ralph
as Mr. Dingle
as Ed Deverey
as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
as Robert
as Henry
as Self
as James Wagner
as Frederic Matson
as Drew Seeley
as Defense Attorney Mosbeck
as Y.M. Burg
as Ralph
as Graham Sherbourne
as Grant Stayton III
as Max
as Head Master
as Fred Friendly
as Bob Singer
as Brown
as Henry
as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
as Warden Peter Soffel
as Ned Larwin
as FDR
as Paul Stanton
as Tommy
as Dr. Quinn
as Father
as Narrator (voice)
as Max Eastman
as The Stranger
as Harry Johnson
as Kip Lawton
as Stephen Holmes
as Kip Lawton
as Frank Andrews
as Michael Hill
as Ed Branish
as Col. Walter Gilchrist
as Dan Weyman
as Lou Gehrig
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
as Ezra Stiles
as Richard Palmer
as Klipspringer
as Mike
as Thomas Craig Anderson
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Self
as Folsom
as Doug Bedloe
Crew
as Presenter