Edward Herrmann

from Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Artwork for The Wolf of Wall StreetImage of Edward Herrmann

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.

Timeline

2016Aged 73

  • Poster for Coach of the Year

    Bill Ford

2014Aged 71

  • Poster for The Town that Dreaded Sundown

    Reverend Cartwright

2013Aged 70

  • Poster for Are You Here

    Dr. Vincent

  • Poster for The Wolf of Wall Street

    Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)

2012Aged 69

  • Poster for Treasure Buddies

    Philip Wellington

  • Poster for Christmas Oranges

    Mr. Crampton

  • Poster for Price Check

    Jack Bennington

  • Poster for Heaven's Door

    Nate Christensen

2011Aged 68

  • Poster for Son of Morning

    Thomas

  • Poster for Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

    Jeremiah Larson

  • Poster for Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

    Governor Dawson

  • Poster for A Christmas Wish

    Les McCallum

  • Poster for The Christmas Pageant

    Garrett Clark

2009Aged 66

  • Poster for Morristown: Where America Survived

    Narrator

  • Poster for Hatching Pete

    The Principal

  • Poster for The Skeptic

    Shepard

  • Poster for The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

    John Goodenough

  • Poster for Ring Christmas Bells

    Self

2007Aged 64

  • Poster for I Think I Love My Wife

    Mr. Landis

  • Poster for Banned from the Bible II

    Narrator

  • Poster for Sherman's March

    Narrator

  • Poster for Titanic's Achilles Heel

    Narrator

  • Poster for Columbus The Lost Voyage

    Narrator

  • Poster for Andrew Jackson

    Narrator

2006Aged 63

  • Poster for Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran

    Narrator

  • Poster for Relative Strangers

    Doug Clayton

  • Poster for Wedding Daze

    Lyle

  • Poster for Witness to 'Reds'

    Self

  • Poster for Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Factory Girl

    James Townsend

2005Aged 62

2004Aged 61

  • Poster for Welcome to Mooseport

    Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)

  • Poster for Isaac's Storm

    Narrator

  • Poster for First Invasion: The War of 1812

    Narrator

  • Poster for Bereft

    Lloyd

  • Poster for The Aviator

    Joseph Breen

2003Aged 60

  • The Samurai

    self (voice)

  • Poster for Stalin: Man of Steel

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Russia, Land of the Tsars

    Narrator

  • Poster for The Louisiana Purchase

    Narrator

  • Poster for Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

    Narrator

  • Poster for Intolerable Cruelty

    Rex Rexroth

2002Aged 59

  • Poster for Antarctica: A Frozen History

    Narrator

  • Poster for It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')

    Self

  • Poster for Dinosaur Secrets Revealed

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for The Emperor's Club

    Headmaster Woodbridge

2001Aged 58

1999Aged 56

  • Poster for Niagara: A History of the Falls

    Narrator

  • Poster for Norman Rockwell: Painting America

    Narrator

  • Poster for Vendetta

    D.A. Luzenberg

  • Poster for Walking Across Egypt

    Reverend Vernon

1998Aged 55

  • Poster for Better Living

    Jack

  • Poster for Saint Maybe

    Doug Bedloe

1997Aged 54

  • Poster for Critical Care

    Robert Payne

1996Aged 53

  • Poster for Soul of the Game

    Branch Rickey

  • Poster for A Season in Purgatory

    Dr. Shugrue

  • Poster for What Love Sees

    Morton Treadway

1995Aged 52

  • Poster for Here Come the Munsters

    Herman Munster

  • Poster for The Face on the Milk Carton

    Frank Jessmon

  • Poster for Nixon

    Nelson Rockefeller

1994Aged 51

  • Poster for Foreign Student

    Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore

  • Poster for Don't Drink the Water

    Mr. Kilroy

  • Poster for Ri¢hie Ri¢h

    Mr. Rich

1993Aged 50

  • Poster for Born Yesterday

    Ed Deverey

  • Poster for My Boyfriend's Back

    Mr. Dingle

  • Poster for A Foreign Field

    Ralph

1992Aged 49

  • Poster for Hero

    Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide

1991Aged 48

  • Poster for Sweet Poison

    Henry

  • Poster for Fire in the Dark

    Robert

1990Aged 47

  • Poster for So Proudly We Hail

    James Wagner

  • Poster for Night of 100 Stars III

    Self

1988Aged 45

  • Poster for Big Business

    Graham Sherbourne

1987Aged 44

  • Poster for The Lost Boys

    Max

  • Poster for Overboard

    Grant Stayton III

1986Aged 43

  • Poster for Murrow

    Fred Friendly

1985Aged 42

  • Poster for The Purple Rose of Cairo

    Henry

  • Poster for The Man with One Red Shoe

    Brown

  • Poster for Compromising Positions

    Bob Singer

1984Aged 41

  • Poster for Mrs. Soffel

    Warden Peter Soffel

1983Aged 40

1982Aged 39

  • Poster for The Electric Grandmother

    Father

  • Poster for The Gift of Life

    Dr. Quinn

  • Poster for A Little Sex

    Tommy

  • Poster for Death Valley

    Paul Stanton

  • Poster for Annie

    FDR

1981Aged 38

  • Poster for Harry's War

    Harry Johnson

  • Poster for The Private History of a Campaign That Failed

    The Stranger

  • Dear Liar

    George Bernard Shaw

  • Poster for Reds

    Max Eastman

1979Aged 36

  • Poster for The North Avenue Irregulars

    Michael Hill

  • Poster for Take Down

    Ed Branish

  • Poster for Portrait of a Stripper

    Frank Andrews

  • Poster for The Sorrows of Gin

    Kip Lawton

  • Poster for Freedom Road

    Stephen Holmes

  • Poster for O Youth and Beauty!

    Kip Lawton

1978Aged 35

  • Poster for A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

    Lou Gehrig

  • Poster for The Betsy

    Dan Weyman

  • Poster for Brass Target

    Col. Walter Gilchrist

1977Aged 34

1975Aged 32

  • Poster for The Great Waldo Pepper

    Ezra Stiles

  • Poster for Valley Forge

    Folsom

1974Aged 31

  • Poster for The Great Gatsby

    Klipspringer

1973Aged 30

  • Poster for The Paper Chase

    Thomas Craig Anderson

  • Poster for The Day of the Dolphin

    Mike

1971Aged 28

  • Poster for Lady Liberty

    Policeman (uncredited)

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