People
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.
Hermann died from brain cancer, Wednesday, December 31, 2014, in a hospital in New York City.
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Coach of the Year as Bill Ford | 2016-11-03 |
The Town that Dreaded Sundown as Reverend Cartwright | 2014-10-16 |
The Wolf of Wall Street as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice) | 2013-12-25 |
Are You Here as Dr. Vincent | 2013-09-07 |
Heaven's Door as Nate Christensen | 2012-11-27 |
Price Check as Jack Bennington | 2012-11-16 |
Christmas Oranges as Mr. Crampton | 2012-06-01 |
Treasure Buddies as Philip Wellington | 2012-01-31 |
The Christmas Pageant as Garrett Clark | 2011-12-11 |
A Christmas Wish as Les McCallum | 2011-11-20 |
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Governor Dawson | 2011-10-16 |
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star as Jeremiah Larson | 2011-09-09 |
Son of Morning as Thomas | 2011-02-28 |
Ring Christmas Bells as Self | 2009-09-01 |
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay as John Goodenough | 2009-06-18 |
The Skeptic as Shepard | 2009-05-01 |
Hatching Pete as The Principal | 2009-04-24 |
Morristown: Where America Survived as Narrator | 2009-03-28 |
Andrew Jackson as Narrator | 2007-11-18 |
Columbus The Lost Voyage as Narrator | 2007-10-08 |
Titanic's Achilles Heel as Narrator | 2007-06-17 |
Sherman's March as Narrator | 2007-04-22 |
Banned from the Bible II as Narrator | 2007-04-08 |
I Think I Love My Wife as Mr. Landis | 2007-03-07 |
Factory Girl as James Townsend | 2006-12-29 |
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower as Self - Narrator (voice) | 2006-11-23 |
Witness to 'Reds' as Self | 2006-10-17 |
Wedding Daze as Lyle | 2006-09-09 |
Relative Strangers as Doug Clayton | 2006-05-01 |
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran as Narrator | 2006-03-02 |
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces as Narrator (voice) | 2006-02-26 |
Ape to Man as Narrator | 2005-12-27 |
Bible Battles as Narrator (voice) | 2005-12-21 |
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy as Narrator | 2005-11-07 |
FDR: A Presidency Revealed as Narrator | 2005-04-17 |
The French Revolution as Narrator | 2005-01-17 |
The Aviator as Joseph Breen | 2004-12-17 |
Bereft as Lloyd | 2004-09-13 |
First Invasion: The War of 1812 as Narrator | 2004-09-12 |
Isaac's Storm as Narrator | 2004-08-07 |
Welcome to Mooseport as Debate Moderator | 2004-02-24 |
Intolerable Cruelty as Rex Rexroth | 2003-09-02 |
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion as Narrator | 2003-05-27 |
The Louisiana Purchase as Narrator | 2003-04-28 |
Russia, Land of the Tsars as Narrator | 2003-02-01 |
Stalin: Man of Steel as Narrator (voice) | 2003-01-01 |
The Samurai as self (voice) | 2003-01-01 |
The Emperor's Club as Headmaster Woodbridge | 2002-11-22 |
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed as Narrator (voice) | 2002-10-21 |
The World Trade Center -Rise and Fall of an American Icon as Narrator | 2002-09-02 |
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') as Self | 2002-08-20 |
Antarctica: A Frozen History as Narrator | 2002-04-15 |
In Search of Christmas as Narrator | 2001-12-01 |
The Cat's Meow as W. R. Hearst | 2001-10-08 |
Down as Milligan | 2001-09-06 |
James Dean as Raymond Massey | 2001-08-04 |
The Face: Jesus in Art as Narrator (voice) | 2001-04-15 |
Double Take as Charles Allsworth | 2001-01-12 |
Vendetta as D.A. Luzenberg | 1999-09-12 |
Norman Rockwell: Painting America as Narrator | 1999-05-02 |
Niagara: A History of the Falls as Narrator | 1999-01-31 |
Walking Across Egypt as Reverend Vernon | 1999-01-01 |
Saint Maybe as Doug Bedloe | 1998-11-22 |
Better Living as Jack | 1998-11-02 |
Critical Care as Robert Payne | 1997-10-31 |
What Love Sees as Morton Treadway | 1996-09-22 |
A Season in Purgatory as Dr. Shugrue | 1996-05-05 |
Soul of the Game as Branch Rickey | 1996-04-20 |
Nixon as Nelson Rockefeller | 1995-12-22 |
The Face on the Milk Carton as Frank Jessmon | 1995-05-24 |
Here Come the Munsters as Herman Munster | 1995-01-11 |
Ri¢hie Ri¢h as Richard Rich | 1994-12-19 |
Don't Drink the Water as Mr. Kilroy | 1994-12-18 |
Foreign Student as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore | 1994-04-20 |
A Foreign Field as Ralph | 1993-09-10 |
My Boyfriend's Back as Mr. Dingle | 1993-08-06 |
Born Yesterday as Ed Deverey | 1993-03-26 |
Hero as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide | 1992-10-02 |
Fire in the Dark as Robert | 1991-07-01 |
Sweet Poison as Henry | 1991-06-13 |
Night of 100 Stars III as Self | 1990-05-21 |
So Proudly We Hail as James Wagner | 1990-01-23 |
Big Business as Graham Sherbourne | 1988-06-10 |
Overboard as Grant Stayton III | 1987-12-16 |
The Lost Boys as Max | 1987-07-31 |
Murrow as Fred Friendly | 1986-01-19 |
Compromising Positions as Bob Singer | 1985-08-30 |
The Man with One Red Shoe as Brown | 1985-07-18 |
The Purple Rose of Cairo as Henry | 1985-03-01 |
Mrs. Soffel as Warden Peter Soffel | 1984-12-26 |
Memorial Day as Ned Larwin | 1983-11-23 |
Annie as FDR | 1982-05-21 |
Death Valley as Paul Stanton | 1982-05-07 |
A Little Sex as Tommy | 1982-04-02 |
The Gift of Life as Dr. Quinn | 1982-03-15 |
The Electric Grandmother as Father | 1982-01-17 |
Reds as Max Eastman | 1981-12-25 |
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed as The Stranger | 1981-04-06 |
Harry's War as Harry Johnson | 1981-03-06 |
O Youth and Beauty! as Kip Lawton | 1979-10-31 |
Freedom Road as Stephen Holmes | 1979-10-29 |
The Sorrows of Gin as Kip Lawton | 1979-10-24 |
Portrait of a Stripper as Frank Andrews | 1979-10-02 |
The North Avenue Irregulars as Michael Hill | 1979-02-09 |
Take Down as Ed Branish | 1979-01-13 |
Brass Target as Col. Walter Gilchrist | 1978-12-22 |
The Betsy as Dan Weyman | 1978-02-02 |
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story as Lou Gehrig | 1978-01-15 |
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years as Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1977-03-13 |
Valley Forge | 1975-12-03 |
The Great Waldo Pepper as Ezra Stiles | 1975-03-13 |
The Great Gatsby as Klipspringer | 1974-03-27 |
The Day of the Dolphin as Mike | 1973-12-19 |
The Paper Chase as Thomas Craig Anderson | 1973-10-16 |
Lady Liberty as Policeman (uncredited) | 1971-12-22 |