
Edward Herrmann
Born: 1943-07-21
Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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

The Wolf of Wall Street
2013★ 8.0

Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994★ 5.9

The Aviator
2004★ 7.2

Annie
1982★ 6.5

Double Take
2001★ 5.5

Nixon
1995★ 6.9

Lady Liberty
1971★ 5.3

Vendetta
1999★ 5.8

Down
2001★ 5.0

The Skeptic
2009★ 5.4

Relative Strangers
2006★ 5.2

Price Check
2012★ 5.1

Compromising Positions
1985★ 5.2

James Dean
2001★ 6.7

Overboard
1987★ 6.8

Treasure Buddies
2012★ 6.1

The Betsy
1978★ 4.5

Hatching Pete
2009★ 5.5

Mrs. Soffel
1984★ 6.0

The Lost Boys
1987★ 7.1

Death Valley
1982★ 5.0

Born Yesterday
1993★ 5.3

Intolerable Cruelty
2003★ 6.0

The Great Gatsby
1974★ 6.3

I Think I Love My Wife
2007★ 5.3

Brass Target
1978★ 5.4

Wedding Daze
2006★ 5.6

Sweet Poison
1991★ 5.0

Factory Girl
2006★ 6.0

Hero
1992★ 6.3

Valley Forge
1975★ 0.0

Bereft
2004★ 5.0

Take Down
1979★ 3.3

Reds
1981★ 6.9

First Invasion: The War of 1812
2004★ 0.0

The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985★ 7.4

Are You Here
2013★ 5.1

So Proudly We Hail
1990★ 0.0

The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014★ 5.8

A Foreign Field
1993★ 0.0

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
2011★ 4.2

The Sorrows of Gin
1979★ 10.0

A Little Sex
1982★ 2.9

Big Business
1988★ 6.3

Heaven's Door
2012★ 5.6

The North Avenue Irregulars
1979★ 6.2

The Man with One Red Shoe
1985★ 5.7

The Emperor's Club
2002★ 7.1

Isaac's Storm
2004★ 6.0

The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
2005★ 8.0

Titanic's Achilles Heel
2007★ 10.0

The Face on the Milk Carton
1995★ 6.4

A Christmas Wish
2011★ 5.9

My Boyfriend's Back
1993★ 5.7

Here Come the Munsters
1995★ 5.1

The Paper Chase
1973★ 6.8

Son of Morning
2011★ 2.9

The French Revolution
2005★ 5.3

Welcome to Mooseport
2004★ 5.1

The Cat's Meow
2001★ 5.8

The Great Waldo Pepper
1975★ 6.5

Soul of the Game
1996★ 4.6

The Christmas Pageant
2011★ 5.9

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009★ 5.2

Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
2006★ 8.5

Banned from the Bible II
2007★ 0.0

The Day of the Dolphin
1973★ 5.8

Critical Care
1997★ 6.4

A Season in Purgatory
1996★ 6.0

Don't Drink the Water
1994★ 5.5

Night of 100 Stars III
1990★ 4.0

Christmas Oranges
2012★ 7.4

The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
1981★ 0.0

Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
2006★ 0.0

Ape to Man
2005★ 7.0

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011★ 2.5

Freedom Road
1979★ 4.8

Saint Maybe
1998★ 6.2

Stalin: Man of Steel
2003★ 0.0

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978★ 9.0

Harry's War
1981★ 5.2

Fire in the Dark
1991★ 0.0

Walking Across Egypt
1999★ 4.7

The Gift of Life
1982★ 0.0

The Electric Grandmother
1982★ 6.8

It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
2002★ 0.0

Andrew Jackson
2007★ 10.0

Foreign Student
1994★ 3.8

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003★ 5.0

Bible Battles
2005★ 0.0

Columbus The Lost Voyage
2007★ 7.0

Sherman's March
2007★ 0.0

Niagara: A History of the Falls
1999★ 0.0

Better Living
1998★ 1.7

Portrait of a Stripper
1979★ 2.0

Ring Christmas Bells
2009★ 0.0

O Youth and Beauty!
1979★ 10.0

Morristown: Where America Survived
2009★ 0.0

What Love Sees
1996★ 6.8

Witness to 'Reds'
2006★ 6.0

Coach of the Year
2016★ 0.0

Norman Rockwell: Painting America
1999★ 0.0

Murrow
1986★ 5.0

The Louisiana Purchase
2003★ 0.0

Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003★ 7.0