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Edward Herrmann

Writer / Actor | * 07/21/1943 († 71, 12/31/2014) | Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA))
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Edward Kirk Herrmann (July 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014) was an American actor, director, and writer. He was known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the miniseries Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and 1982 film musical Annie, Richard Gilmore in Amy Sherman-Palladino's comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls (2000–2007), and a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on The History Channel and in such PBS productions as Nova. He was also known as a spokesman for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s. Herrmann started working in theatre on Broadway in 1972 with his debut in Moonchildren alongside James Woods. He received two Tony Award nominations, winning for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Mrs. Warren's Profession in 1976. Herrmann received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning for his performance in The Practice in 1999. He also received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination with the ensemble for Oliver Stone's ()
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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.Hermanndied from brain cancer, Wednesday, December 31, 2014, in a hospital in New York City.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

A mother and her two teenage sons move to a seemingly nice and quiet small coastal California town yet soon find out that it's overrun by bike gangs and vampires. A couple of teenage friends take it u ...

The Lost Boys

R

1987 | 3.6/5 | 1h 37min
Horror, Comedy, Thriller
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An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his hom ...

Annie

PG

1982 | 3.2/5 | 2h 7min
Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
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A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to th ...

Nixon

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1995 | 3.5/5 | 3h 12min
Drama, History
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Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her ...

Overboard

PG

1987 | 3.4/5 | 1h 46min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Edward Herrmann

Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play Fulbright Program Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Awards Tony Awards Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
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Movies with Edward Herrmann as Actor(97)

as Bill Ford2016 Coach of the Year
as Reverend Cartwright2014 The Town that Dreaded Sundown
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)2013 The Wolf of Wall Street
as Dr. Vincent2013 Are You Here
as Nate Christensen2012 Heaven's Door
as Philip Wellington2012 Treasure Buddies
as Jack Bennington2012 Price Check
as Mr. Crampton2012 Christmas Oranges
as Jeremiah Larson2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
as Governor Dawson2011 Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Thomas2011 Son of Morning
as Les McCallum2011 A Christmas Wish
as Garrett Clark2011 The Christmas Pageant
as The Principal2009 Hatching Pete
as John Goodenough2009 The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
as Shepard2009 The Skeptic
as Narrator2007 Columbus The Lost Voyage
as Mr. Landis2007 I Think I Love My Wife
as Narrator2007 Titanic's Achilles Heel
as himself2006 Witness to 'Reds'
as Lyle2006 Wedding Daze
as James Townsend2006 Factory Girl
as Narrator2006 Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
as Narrator2006 Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
as Doug Clayton2006 Relative Strangers
as Narrator2005 Ape to Man
as Narrator (voice)2005 Bible Battles
as Narrator2005 FDR: A Presidency Revealed
as Narrator2005 The French Revolution
as Narrator2005 The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
as Lloyd2004 Bereft
as Joseph Breen2004 The Aviator
as Narrator2004 Isaac's Storm
as Narrator (voice)2003 Stalin: Man of Steel
as self (voice)2003 The Samurai
as Narrator2003 Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
as Rex Rexroth2003 Intolerable Cruelty
as Narrator2002 Antarctica: A Frozen History
as Headmaster Woodbridge2002 The Emperor's Club
as Raymond Massey2001 James Dean
as W. R. Hearst2001 The Cat's Meow
as Narrator (voice)2001 The Face: Jesus in Art
as Charles Allsworth2001 Double Take
as Milligan2001 Down
as Narrator1999 Norman Rockwell: Painting America
as D.A. Luzenberg1999 Vendetta
as Reverend Vernon1999 Walking Across Egypt
as Doug Bedloe1998 Saint Maybe
as Jack1998 Better Living
as Robert Payne1997 Critical Care
as Dr. Shugrue1996 A Season in Purgatory
as Morton Treadway1996 What Love Sees
as Branch Rickey1996 Soul of the Game
as Herman Munster1995 Here Come the Munsters
as Nelson Rockefeller1995 Nixon
as Frank Jessmon1995 The Face on the Milk Carton
as Richard Rich1994 Ri¢hie Ri¢h
as Mr. Kilroy1994 Don't Drink the Water
as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore1994 Foreign Student
as Ralph1993 A Foreign Field
as Ed Deverey1993 Born Yesterday
as Mr. Dingle1993 My Boyfriend's Back
as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide1992 Hero
as himself1990 Night Of 100 Stars III
as James Wagner1990 So Proudly We Hail
as Graham Sherbourne1988 Big Business
as Grant Stayton III1987 Overboard
as Max1987 The Lost Boys
as Fred Friendly1986 Murrow
as Henry1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Brown1985 The Man with One Red Shoe
as Bob Singer1985 Compromising Positions
as Warden Peter Soffel1984 Mrs. Soffel
as Ned Larwin1983 Memorial Day
as Paul Stanton1982 Death Valley
as Father1982 The Electric Grandmother
as Dr. Quinn1982 The Gift of Life
as FDR1982 Annie
as Tommy1982 A Little Sex
as Harry Johnson1981 Harry's War
as Max Eastman1981 Reds
as Michael Hill1979 The North Avenue Irregulars
as Kip Lawton1979 O Youth and Beauty!
as Kip Lawton1979 The Sorrows of Gin
as Frank Andrews1979 Portrait of a Stripper
as Ed Branish1979 Take Down
as Stephen Holmes1979 Freedom Road
as Dan Weyman1978 The Betsy
as Col. Walter Gilchrist1978 Brass Target
as Lou Gehrig1978 A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
as Franklin D. Roosevelt1977 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1975 Valley Forge
as Ezra Stiles1975 The Great Waldo Pepper
as Klipspringer1974 The Great Gatsby
as Mike1973 The Day of the Dolphin
as Thomas Craig Anderson1973 The Paper Chase
as Policeman (uncredited)1971 Lady Liberty

TV Shows/Series with Edward Herrmann as Actor(41)

2025 History's Lost & Found
as Senator Warren2025 Wonder Woman
as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)2016 Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)2014 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
as Jack Pierce2012 Perception
as Reverend Phillips2009 Drop Dead Diva
2007 The Revolution
2007 The States
as Walter2006 30 Rock
as Dr. Norman Shales2005 Grey's Anatomy
as Narrator2005 The Presidents
as Reverend Lowell2005 How I Met Your Mother
as Old Man (voice)2005 American Dad!
as Councilman (voice)2005 American Dad!
2004 Tom Goes to the Mayor
as Narrator (voice)2002 Rise and Fall of the Spartans
as Captain Thomas Malden2001 Crossing Jordan
as Richard Gilmore2000 Gilmore Girls
as Narrator2000 Founding Fathers
as Mr. Vogel2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as The President1999 Atomic Train
as Anderson Pearson1997 The Practice
as Narrator1997 Liberty!
as President1996 Pandora's Clock
1993 Homicide: Life on the Street
1990 Wings
1990 Law & Order
as Drew Seeley1990 Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Mosbeck1990 Law & Order
as Ralph1989 Screen One
as Head Master1987 The Lawrenceville Stories
as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1982 St. Elsewhere
as Narrator (voice)1982 Nature
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-501976 Eleanor and Franklin
1975 Beacon Hill
1972 M*A*S*H
as himself1971 Great Performances
as Folsom1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Doug Bedloe1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Movies with Edward Herrmann as Crew(1)

Crew/Presenter1999 Niagara: A History of the Falls

Full Name: Edward Herrmann
Born: Wednesday, 07/21 1943 (July) in Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 12/31 2014 (December) in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (aged: 71)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Bucknell University, Grosse Pointe South High School
Spouses (current/former): Leigh Curran
Other names for Edward Herrmann (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ed Hermann"
"Edward Herman"
"Edward Kirk Herrmann"
Edward Herrmann frequently works together with these people:
Mike Barker (34x, Actor)
Kevin Michael Richardson (30x, Actor)
Chris Diamantopoulos (25x, Actor)
Paget Brewster (22x, Actress)
Fred Tatasciore (16x, Actor)
Jill Talley (16x, Actress)
Mike Henry (16x, Actor)
Alan Tudyk (15x, Actor)
John DiMaggio (15x, Actor)
Peter MacKenzie (14x, Actor)
Rachel Dratch (12x, Actress)
Kieth Merrill (6x, Crew)
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