Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

b. 1943 — d. 2014 (aged 71) Washington, D.C., U.S.

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Edward Kirk Herrmann, born July 21, 1943, 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

Reds

The Lost Boys

Overboard

Nixon

Filmography

The Korean War: No Longer Forgotten

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies

Coach of the Year

Coach of the Year

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Reverend Cartwright

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

Franklin Roosevelt

Why We (Heart) Vampires

Christmas Oranges

Christmas Oranges

Enduring Legacy

Charles Francis Adams

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

Jeremiah Larson

Wonder Woman

A Christmas Wish

A Christmas Wish

Son of Morning

The Christmas Pageant

The Christmas Pageant

Hold at All Costs: The Story of the Battle of Outpost Harry

The Story of the Battle of Outpost Harry

The Surge: The Untold Story

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Edward Herrmann

The Skeptic

I Think I Love My Wife

I Think I Love My Wife

How the Earth Was Made

How the Earth Was Made

Banned from the Bible II

Banned from the Bible II

Columbus: The Lost Voyage

Columbus: The Lost Voyage

Andrew Jackson

The States

Titanic's Achilles Heel

Titanic's Achilles Heel

Wedding Daze

Relative Strangers

Relative Strangers

Desperate Crossing - The True Story of the Mayflower

Desperate Crossing - The True Story of the Mayflower

Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces

Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces

Mayan Doomsday Prophecy

Mayan Doomsday Prophecy

Eighty Acres of Hell

The Presidents

The French Revolution

The French Revolution

Beyond the Da Vinci Code

Beyond the Da Vinci Code

The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy

The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy

FDR: A Presidency Revealed

Giganto: The Real King Kong

Giganto: The Real King Kong

Bereft

Gilmore Girls Backstage Special

Countdown to Armageddon

Isaac's Storm

Intolerable Cruelty

Intolerable Cruelty

Russia, Land of the Tsars

Russia, Land of the Tsars

Nostradamus: 500 Years Later

TR: An American Lion

The Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase

The Day They Died

The Day They Died

Stalin: Man of Steel

Stalin: Man of Steel

Mavericks, Miracles and Medicine

The Emperor's Club

The Emperor's Club

Headmaster Woodbridge

Founding Brothers

Founding Brothers

Rise and Fall of the Spartans

Rise and Fall of the Spartans

The World Trade Center: Rise and Fall of an American Icon

The World Trade Center: Rise and Fall of an American Icon

Antarctica: A Frozen History

Antarctica: A Frozen History

Dinosaur Secrets Revealed

Dinosaur Secrets Revealed

2002 Self Actor

The Cat's Meow

Double Take

Charles Allsworth

The Shaft

James Dean

The Impressionists

The Impressionists

In Search of Christmas

Gilmore Girls

Richard Gilmore

Horror in the East

Horror in the East

Narrator for The History Channel

Founding Fathers

Founding Fathers

Battle History of the U.S. Navy

Narrator (2000)

Vendetta

Walking Across Egypt

Walking Across Egypt

History's Lost & Found

The Korean War: Fire and Ice

The Korean War: Fire and Ice

Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright

Saint Maybe

Better Living

Save Our History

Save Our History

Liberty! The American Revolution

Liberty! The American Revolution

The Fifties

Ken Burns: American Lives

Ken Burns: American Lives

The Annual Drama League of New York Awards

Soul of the Game

Soul of the Game

Pandora's Clock

Pandora's Clock

A Season in Purgatory

A Season in Purgatory

What Love Sees

Morton Treadway

The Face on the Milk Carton

The Face on the Milk Carton

Here Come the Munsters

Here Come the Munsters

Richie Rich

Richard Rich, Sr.

Don't Drink the Water

Don't Drink the Water

Foreign Student

Foreign Student

Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore

My Boyfriend's Back

My Boyfriend's Back

Born Yesterday

Sweet Poison

Fire in the Dark

Fire in the Dark

So Proudly We Hail

So Proudly We Hail

Big Business

Graham Sherbourne

The Lost Boys

Overboard

Grant Stayton III

The Lawrenceville Stories

The Lawrenceville Stories

Laughter in the Dark

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