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Edward Herrmann
Known for: ActingEdward 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.
Filmography 67
Gilmore Girls
as Richard Gilmore 
The Aviator
as Joseph Breen 
The Lost Boys
as Max 
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
as Mr. Rich 
Hatching Pete
as The Principal 
Double Take
as Charles Allsworth 
Down
as Milligan 
Overboard
as Grant Stayton III 
Reds
as Max Eastman 
Intolerable Cruelty
as Rex Rexroth 
The Great Gatsby
as Klipspringer 
Nixon
as Nelson Rockefeller 
Wedding Daze
as Lyle 
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Henry 
The Presidents
as Narrator 
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
as Franklin Roosevelt (voice) 
Annie
as FDR 
Founding Fathers
as Narrator 
The Emperor's Club
as Headmaster Woodbridge 
Vendetta
as D.A. Luzenberg 
The Man with One Red Shoe
as Brown 
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
as Reverend Cartwright 
James Dean
as Raymond Massey 
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
as John Goodenough 
Big Business
as Graham Sherbourne 
I Think I Love My Wife
as Mr. Landis 
Relative Strangers
as Doug Clayton 
The Day of the Dolphin
as Mike 
Treasure Buddies
as Philip Wellington 
Factory Girl
as James Townsend 
My Boyfriend's Back
as Mr. Dingle 
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
as Jeremiah Larson 
The Great Waldo Pepper
as Ezra Stiles 
Critical Care
as Robert Payne 
The Cat's Meow
as W. R. Hearst 
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
as Narrator (voice) 
The Betsy
as Dan Weyman 
A Little Sex
as Tommy 
Don't Drink the Water
as Mr. Kilroy 
The Paper Chase
as Thomas Craig Anderson 
Here Come the Munsters
as Herman Munster 
Mrs. Soffel
as Warden Peter Soffel 
Brass Target
as Col. Walter Gilchrist 
A Christmas Wish
as Les McCallum 
The Skeptic
as Shepard 
Born Yesterday
as Ed Deverey 
Frank Lloyd Wright
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
First Invasion: The War of 1812
as Narrator 
The North Avenue Irregulars
as Michael Hill 
Son of Morning
as Thomas 
Portrait of a Stripper
as Frank Andrews 
Freedom Road
as Stephen Holmes 
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Governor Dawson 
Christmas Oranges
as Mr. Crampton 
Fire in the Dark
as Robert 
Andrew Jackson
as Narrator 
Columbus The Lost Voyage
as Narrator 
Foreign Student
as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore 
Death Valley
as Paul Stanton 
Titanic's Achilles Heel
as Narrator 
Price Check
as Jack Bennington 
Ape to Man
as Narrator 
A Foreign Field
as Ralph 
Bible Battles
as Narrator (voice) 
Compromising Positions
as Bob Singer 
Harry's War
as Harry Johnson 
Saint Maybe
as Doug Bedloe