
Edward Herrmann
1 FOLLOWER • 53 CREDITS • JUL 21, 1943 - DEC 31, 2014 • 71
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.
Hermann died from brain cancer, Wednesday, December 31, 2014, in a hospital in New York City.
Known For

Law & Order

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Hallmark Hall of Fame

How I Met Your Mother

Grey's Anatomy

American Dad!

The Good Wife

The Practice

St. Elsewhere

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Crossing Jordan

Drop Dead Diva

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

Homicide: Life on the Street

30 Rock

M*A*S*H

Nature

Wonder Woman

Wings

Tom Goes to the Mayor

Hero

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Ten Commandments

Pandora's Clock

Nixon

The Aviator

Annie

Gilmore Girls

Atomic Train

Vendetta

What Love Sees

The Great Gatsby

Hatching Pete

Wedding Daze

Beacon Hill

Treasure Buddies

The Emperor's Club

The Man with One Red Shoe

The Lost Boys

Intolerable Cruelty

James Dean

Witness to 'Reds'

Big Business

My Boyfriend's Back

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

Overboard

Reds

Compromising Positions

Soul of the Game

Portrait of a Stripper

French Revolution

The Korean War: Fire and Ice

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