Edward Herrmann
Known for: Acting
Born: July 21, 1943
Died: December 31, 2014
Place of birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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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Filmography
114 movies · 53 TV shows, newest first
7.3
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016
NR
Coach of the Year
2016
7.7
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
2015
5.9
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014
7.7
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014
8.0
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
5.1
Are You Here
2013
5.6
Heaven's Door
2012
5.3
Price Check
2012
7.2
Perception
2012
7.5
Christmas Oranges
2012
6.1
Treasure Buddies
2012
5.9
The Christmas Pageant
2011
5.9
A Christmas Wish
2011
4.5
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
4.2
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
2011
3.0
Son of Morning
2011
7.5
Harry's Law
2011
6.5
Better With You
2010
7.6
The Good Wife
2009
NR
Ring Christmas Bells
2009
7.7
Drop Dead Diva
2009
5.3
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009
5.3
The Skeptic
2009
5.5
Hatching Pete
2009
NR
Morristown: Where America Survived
2009
8.5
Andrew Jackson
2007
7.0
Columbus The Lost Voyage
2007
9.4
The Revolution
2007
10.0
Titanic's Achilles Heel
2007
NR
Sherman's March
2007
NR
The States
2007
NR
Banned from the Bible II
2007
5.3
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
6.0
Factory Girl
2006
9.0
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
2006
6.0
Witness to 'Reds'
2006
7.5
30 Rock
2006
5.6
Wedding Daze
2006
5.3
Relative Strangers
2006
5.7
The Ten Commandments
2006
NR
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
2006
8.5
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
2006
7.0
Ape to Man
2005
8.0
Bible Battles
2005
8.3
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
2005
8.1
How I Met Your Mother
20057.0
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
7.0
American Dad!
2005
6.5
The Presidents
2005
5.8
The French Revolution
2005
NR
French Revolution
2005
7.2
The Aviator
2004
7.0
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
5.4
Bereft
2004
10.0
First Invasion: The War of 1812
2004
6.0
Isaac's Storm
2004
5.1
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
6.0
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
6.0
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003
NR
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003
10.0
Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003
7.0
The Louisiana Purchase
2003
7.5
Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003
NR
Stalin: Man of Steel
2003NR
The Samurai
2003
7.1
The Emperor's Club
2002
8.0
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
2002
8.5
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
2002
NR
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
2002
8.0
Antarctica: A Frozen History
2002
5.8
The Cat's Meow
2002
NR
In Search of Christmas
2001
7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001
5.1
Down
2001
6.8
James Dean
2001
7.0
The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution
2001NR
The Face: Jesus in Art
2001
5.6
Double Take
2001
8.0
Founding Fathers
2000
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
7.9
Gilmore Girls
2000
4.9
Walking Across Egypt
1999
7.7
The Korean War: Fire and Ice
1999
6.0
Vendetta
1999
4.9
Atomic Train
1999
NR
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
1999
7.0
Niagara: A History of the Falls
1999NR
Ultimate autos
1999
6.6
Saint Maybe
1998
7.4
Frank Lloyd Wright
1998
3.8
Better Living
1998
7.8
Liberty!
1997
6.3
Critical Care
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
5.7
Pandora's Clock
1996
7.8
What Love Sees
1996
NR
A Season in Purgatory
1996
4.9
Soul of the Game
1996
6.8
Nixon
1995
6.5
The Face on the Milk Carton
1995
NR
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995
5.2
Here Come the Munsters
1995
6.0
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994
5.6
Don't Drink the Water
1994
4.1
Foreign Student
1994
7.0
A Foreign Field
1993
5.7
My Boyfriend's Back
1993
5.3
Born Yesterday
1993
8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
6.3
Hero
1992
9.0
Fire in the Dark
1991
5.8
Sweet Poison
1991NR
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991
7.3
Law & Order
1990
4.3
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
6.8
Wings
1990
6.0
So Proudly We Hail
1990
7.2
Screen One
1989
7.5
Hothouse
1988
6.4
Big Business
1988
6.8
Overboard
1987
7.1
The Lost Boys
1987
5.0
The Lawrenceville Stories
1987
5.5
Murrow
1986
7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
5.3
Compromising Positions
1985
5.7
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
7.4
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
6.0
Mrs. Soffel
19846.0
Memorial Day
1983
5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
7.9
Nature
1982
6.5
Annie
1982
5.1
Death Valley
1982
3.6
A Little Sex
1982
NR
The Gift of Life
1982
6.8
The Electric Grandmother
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
6.9
Reds
19817.0
Dear Liar
1981
NR
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
1981
6.2
Harry's War
1981
9.0
O Youth and Beauty!
1979
5.2
Freedom Road
1979
10.0
The Sorrows of Gin
1979
4.0
Portrait of a Stripper
1979
4.4
Take Down
1979
6.6
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979
5.4
Brass Target
1978
4.8
The Betsy
1978
9.5
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
19784.9
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
3.8
Eleanor and Franklin
1976
7.0
Valley Forge
1975
7.0
Beacon Hill
1975
6.5
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975
6.3
The Great Gatsby
1974
5.8
The Day of the Dolphin
1973
6.8
The Paper Chase
1973
7.9
M*A*S*H
1972
5.6
Lady Liberty
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
19514.0
History's Lost & Found
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4.8
Wonder Woman
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