Edward Herrmann
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.
Known For
The Wolf of Wall Street
Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
The Aviator
Joseph Breen
The Lost Boys
Max
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Richard Rich
Annie
FDR
Overboard
Grant Stayton III
The Great Gatsby
Klipspringer
Factory Girl
James Townsend
Intolerable Cruelty
Rex Rexroth
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Filmography — Acting
The Wolf of Wall Street
Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
The Aviator
Joseph Breen
The Lost Boys
Max
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Richard Rich
Annie
FDR
Overboard
Grant Stayton III
The Great Gatsby
Klipspringer
Factory Girl
James Townsend
Intolerable Cruelty
Rex Rexroth
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Wedding Daze
Lyle
Reds
Max Eastman
Are You Here
Dr. Vincent
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Reverend Cartwright
Hero
Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
My Boyfriend's Back
Mr. Dingle
The Emperor's Club
Headmaster Woodbridge
Down
Milligan
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Henry
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Jeremiah Larson
Big Business
Graham Sherbourne
The Man with One Red Shoe
Brown
Double Take
Charles Allsworth
Welcome to Mooseport
Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
Critical Care
Robert Payne
Mrs. Soffel
Warden Peter Soffel
James Dean
Raymond Massey
Born Yesterday
Ed Deverey
The Great Waldo Pepper
Ezra Stiles
Sweet Poison
Henry
Vendetta
D.A. Luzenberg
Brass Target
Col. Walter Gilchrist
Hatching Pete
The Principal
The Day of the Dolphin
Mike
The Betsy
Dan Weyman
Soul of the Game
Branch Rickey
A Little Sex
Tommy
I Think I Love My Wife
Mr. Landis
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Treasure Buddies
Philip Wellington
The Cat's Meow
W. R. Hearst
Don't Drink the Water
Mr. Kilroy
The Paper Chase
Thomas Craig Anderson
Son of Morning
Thomas
Price Check
Jack Bennington
The Christmas Pageant
Garrett Clark
Relative Strangers
Doug Clayton
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Lou Gehrig
Bereft
Lloyd
Lady Liberty
Policeman (uncredited)
The Skeptic
Shepard
The North Avenue Irregulars
Michael Hill
Here Come the Munsters
Herman Munster
Saint Maybe
Doug Bedloe
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
John Goodenough
Take Down
Ed Branish
Freedom Road
Stephen Holmes
The Face on the Milk Carton
Frank Jessmon
Portrait of a Stripper
Frank Andrews
Death Valley
Paul Stanton
Compromising Positions
Bob Singer
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Sorrows of Gin
Kip Lawton
Murrow
Fred Friendly
The Electric Grandmother
Father
A Season in Purgatory
Dr. Shugrue
Stalin: Man of Steel
Narrator (voice)
Walking Across Egypt
Reverend Vernon
A Christmas Wish
Les McCallum
A Foreign Field
Ralph
What Love Sees
Morton Treadway
Titanic's Achilles Heel
Narrator
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Governor Dawson
Fire in the Dark
Robert
Foreign Student
Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
The Gift of Life
Dr. Quinn
Christmas Oranges
Mr. Crampton
Harry's War
Harry Johnson
O Youth and Beauty!
Kip Lawton
Heaven's Door
Nate Christensen
The Face: Jesus in Art
Narrator (voice)
Valley Forge
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
Self - Narrator (voice)
Isaac's Storm
Narrator
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
Narrator
Columbus The Lost Voyage
Narrator
Wonder Woman
Memorial Day
Ned Larwin
Witness to 'Reds'
Self
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
Narrator
So Proudly We Hail
James Wagner
The Samurai
self (voice)
First Invasion: The War of 1812
Narrator
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
The Stranger
The French Revolution
Narrator
Ring Christmas Bells
Self
Better Living
Jack
Niagara: A History of the Falls
Narrator
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Coach of the Year
Bill Ford
Banned from the Bible II
Narrator
Sherman's March
Narrator
Bible Battles
Narrator (voice)
Ape to Man
Narrator
Antarctica: A Frozen History
Narrator
Dear Liar
George Bernard Shaw
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
Self
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
Narrator
Andrew Jackson
Narrator
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
Narrator (voice)
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
Narrator
Morristown: Where America Survived
Narrator
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
Narrator
The Louisiana Purchase
Narrator
Russia, Land of the Tsars
Narrator
In Search of Christmas
Narrator