Birthday
1943/07/21
Day of death
2014/12/31 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also know as
Ed Hermann, Edward Herman, Edward Kirk Herrmann
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.
(1987) The Lost Boys
as Max
(2001) James Dean
as Raymond Massey
(1994) Don't Drink the Water
as Mr. Kilroy
(1985) The Man with One Red Shoe
as Brown
(1987) Overboard
as Grant Stayton III
(1994) Ri¢hie Ri¢h
as Richard Rich
(1993) My Boyfriend's Back
as Mr. Dingle
(2003) Intolerable Cruelty
as Rex Rexroth
(2009) The Skeptic
as Shepard
(2006) Wedding Daze
as Lyle
(1984) Mrs. Soffel
as Warden Peter Soffel
(2006) Factory Girl
as James Townsend
(1988) Big Business
as Graham Sherbourne
(2001) The Cat's Meow
as W. R. Hearst
(2007) I Think I Love My Wife
as Mr. Landis
(2007) Banned from the Bible II
as Narrator
(1973) The Paper Chase
as Thomas Craig Anderson
(2009) The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
as John Goodenough
(2005) Ape to Man
as Narrator
(1982) Annie
as FDR
(2004) Bereft
as Lloyd
(2004) Isaac's Storm
as Narrator
(1979) The North Avenue Irregulars
as Michael Hill
(1981) Reds
as Max Eastman
(2006) Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2001) Down
as Milligan
(1975) The Great Waldo Pepper
as Ezra Stiles
(1978) Brass Target
as Col. Walter Gilchrist
(1982) Death Valley
as Paul Stanton
(1996) Soul of the Game
as Branch Rickey
(1998) Saint Maybe
as Doug Bedloe
(1994) Foreign Student
as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
(2002) It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
as Self
(1982) The Electric Grandmother
as Father
(1981) Harry's War
as Harry Johnson
(2006) Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
as Narrator (voice)
(2012) Treasure Buddies
as Philip Wellington
(1995) The Face on the Milk Carton
as Frank Jessmon
(1985) Compromising Positions
as Bob Singer
(2003) Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
as Narrator
(2007) Columbus The Lost Voyage
as Narrator
(1978) A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
as Lou Gehrig
(2005) The French Revolution
as Narrator
(2002) The World Trade Center -Rise and Fall of an American Icon
as Narrator
(1979) Portrait of a Stripper
as Frank Andrews
(2001) The Face: Jesus in Art
as Narrator (voice)
(1971) Lady Liberty
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1977) Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1981) The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
as The Stranger
(2002) The Emperor's Club
as Headmaster Woodbridge
(1973) The Day of the Dolphin
as Mike
(1978) The Betsy
as Dan Weyman
(2013) Are You Here
as Dr. Vincent
(1999) Niagara: A History of the Falls
as Narrator
(1985) The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Henry
(1990) Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1990) So Proudly We Hail
as James Wagner
(2014) The Town that Dreaded Sundown
as Reverend Cartwright
(1995) Here Come the Munsters
as Herman Munster
(2012) Christmas Oranges
as Mr. Crampton
(1974) The Great Gatsby
as Klipspringer
(1998) Better Living
as Jack
(2009) Ring Christmas Bells
as Self
(1997) Critical Care
as Robert Payne
(1991) Fire in the Dark
as Robert
(2001) In Search of Christmas
as Narrator
(2007) Sherman's March
as Narrator
(2006) Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
as Narrator
(2003) Russia, Land of the Tsars
as Narrator
(1982) The Gift of Life
as Dr. Quinn
(2011) A Christmas Wish
as Les McCallum
(2013) The Wolf of Wall Street
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
(1982) A Little Sex
as Tommy
(1979) Take Down
as Ed Branish
(2004) The Aviator
as Joseph Breen
(1979) The Sorrows of Gin
as Kip Lawton
(2007) Andrew Jackson
as Narrator
(1979) O Youth and Beauty!
as Kip Lawton
(1995) Nixon
as Nelson Rockefeller
(1986) Murrow
as Fred Friendly
(2004) Welcome to Mooseport
as Debate Moderator
(1983) Memorial Day
as Ned Larwin
(2004) First Invasion: The War of 1812
as Narrator
(1979) Freedom Road
as Stephen Holmes
(2009) Morristown: Where America Survived
as Narrator
(2001) Double Take
as Charles Allsworth
(2012) Price Check
as Jack Bennington
(2012) Heaven's Door
as Nate Christensen
(1993) A Foreign Field
as Ralph
(1996) What Love Sees
as Morton Treadway
(2005) The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
as Narrator
(1992) Hero
as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
(1999) Vendetta
as D.A. Luzenberg
(2016) Coach of the Year
as Bill Ford
(1999) Walking Across Egypt
as Reverend Vernon
(2011) The Christmas Pageant
as Garrett Clark
(1996) A Season in Purgatory
as Dr. Shugrue
(2006) Relative Strangers
as Doug Clayton
(1975) Valley Forge
as ---
(2005) Bible Battles
as Narrator (voice)
(2009) Hatching Pete
as The Principal
(2011) Son of Morning
as Thomas
(2007) Titanic's Achilles Heel
as Narrator
(2003) Stalin: Man of Steel
as Narrator (voice)
(1993) Born Yesterday
as Ed Deverey
(2003) The Samurai
as self (voice)
(2011) Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
as Jeremiah Larson
(2011) Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Governor Dawson
(1999) Norman Rockwell: Painting America
as Narrator
(2002) Antarctica: A Frozen History
as Narrator
(2002) Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
as Narrator (voice)
(2005) FDR: A Presidency Revealed
as Narrator
(2006) Witness to 'Reds'
as Self
(1991) Sweet Poison
as Henry
(2003) The Louisiana Purchase
as Narrator
(1982) St. Elsewhere
as ---
(1972) M*A*S*H
as ---
(2001) Crossing Jordan
as Thomas Malden
(2005) How I Met Your Mother
as Reverend Lowell
(1990) Wings
as Y.M. Burg
(2004) Tom Goes to the Mayor
as Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
(1997) The Practice
as Anderson Pearson
(2006) 30 Rock
as Walter
(1993) Homicide: Life on the Street
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Folsom
(2000) Gilmore Girls
as Richard Gilmore
(2007) The States
as ---
History's Lost & Found
as ---
(1982) Nature
as Narrator (voice)
(1975) Beacon Hill
as Richard Palmer
(2007) The Revolution
as ---
(2003) Russia, Land of the Tsars
as ---
(1990) Law & Order
as Frederic Matson
(1989) Screen One
as Ralph
(2005) French Revolution
as Narrator
(2012) Perception
as Jack Pierce
(2005) The Presidents
as Narrator
(2005) American Dad!
as Councilman (voice)
(2005) Grey's Anatomy
as Norman Shales
(2014) The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
(1995) Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
(2009) The Good Wife
as Lionel Deerfield
(1997) Liberty!
as Narrator
(2016) Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
(2000) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mr. Vogel
(2009) Drop Dead Diva
as Reverend Phillips
(1990) Law & Order
as Drew Seeley
(1999) Atomic Train
as The President
(1976) Eleanor and Franklin
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
(1990) Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Mosbeck
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Doug Bedloe
(1998) Frank Lloyd Wright
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
(1996) Pandora's Clock
as President
(2002) Rise and Fall of the Spartans
as Narrator (voice)
(2000) Founding Fathers
as Narrator
(2005) American Dad!
as Old Man (voice)
(1987) The Lawrenceville Stories
as Head Master
(2010) Better With You
as Judge
(1985) The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
Wonder Woman
as Senator Warren
(2006) The Ten Commandments
as Narrator