Edward Herrmann
Known For
Acting
Born
1943-07-21 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died
2014-12-31
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.
Most Known For
Grey's Anatomy
as Norman Shales
Law & Order
as Frederic Matson
Law & Order
as Drew Seeley
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Mosbeck
American Dad!
as Councilman (voice)
American Dad!
as Old Man (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mr. Vogel
The Good Wife
as Lionel Deerfield
How I Met Your Mother
as Reverend Lowell
Gilmore Girls
as Richard Gilmore
M*A*S*H
Great Performances
as Self
Crossing Jordan
as Thomas Malden
30 Rock
as Walter
The Practice
as Anderson Pearson
Nature
as Narrator (voice)
St. Elsewhere
as Father Joseph McCabe
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Thomas Pandolfi
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
Wings
as Y.M. Burg