Edward Herrmann
b. 1943 — d. 2014 (aged 71)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Actor
Soundtrack
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
Filmography
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★ 7.5
The Korean War: No Longer Forgotten
2019 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.4
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
2015 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.2
Coach of the Year
2015 Actor
Bill Ford
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★ 5.6
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
2014 Actor
Reverend Cartwright
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★ 8.8
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014 Actor
Franklin Roosevelt
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★ 8.0
Why We (Heart) Vampires
2013 Self
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★ 6.8
Christmas Oranges
2012 Actor
Mr. Crampton
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★ 2.7
Enduring Legacy
2012 Actor
Charles Francis Adams
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★ 3.4
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
2011 Actor
Jeremiah Larson
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★ 4.2
Wonder Woman
2011 Actor
Senator Warren
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★ 6.6
A Christmas Wish
2011 Actor
Les McCallum
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★ 3.9
Son of Morning
2011 Actor
Thomas
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★ 5.6
The Christmas Pageant
2011 Actor
Garrett Clark
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★ 7.5
Hold at All Costs: The Story of the Battle of Outpost Harry
2010 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.8
The Story of the Battle of Outpost Harry
2010 Actor
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The Surge: The Untold Story
2010 Actor
Narrator
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★ 5.1
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009 Actor
Goodenough
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★ 9.0
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Edward Herrmann
2009 Actor
Narrator
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★ 5.6
The Skeptic
2008 Actor
Dr. Shepard
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★ 5.5
I Think I Love My Wife
2007 Actor
Mr. Landis
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★ 8.1
How the Earth Was Made
2007 Self
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★ 7.1
Banned from the Bible II
2007 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.6
Columbus: The Lost Voyage
2007 Self
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★ 7.5
Andrew Jackson
2007 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.9
The States
2007 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.2
Titanic's Achilles Heel
2007 Actor
Narrator
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★ 5.6
Wedding Daze
2006 Actor
Lyle
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★ 5.4
Relative Strangers
2006 Actor
Doug Clayton
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★ 8.0
Desperate Crossing - The True Story of the Mayflower
2006 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.6
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
2006 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.2
Mayan Doomsday Prophecy
2006 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.5
Eighty Acres of Hell
2006 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.5
The Presidents
2005 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.3
The French Revolution
2005 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.1
Beyond the Da Vinci Code
2005 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.3
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
2005 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.8
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
2005 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.9
Giganto: The Real King Kong
2005 Actor
Narrator
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★ 5.9
Bereft
2004 Actor
Lloyd
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★ 7.6
Gilmore Girls Backstage Special
2004 Self
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★ 6.0
Countdown to Armageddon
2004 Actor
Announcer
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★ 8.2
Isaac's Storm
2004 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.3
Intolerable Cruelty
2003 Actor
Rex Rexroth
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★ 8.1
Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.9
Nostradamus: 500 Years Later
2003 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.3
TR: An American Lion
2003 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.0
The Louisiana Purchase
2003 Self
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★ 6.4
The Samurai
2003 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.3
The Day They Died
2003 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.2
Stalin: Man of Steel
2003 Self
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Mavericks, Miracles and Medicine
2003 Self
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★ 6.9
The Emperor's Club
2002 Actor
Headmaster Woodbridge
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★ 7.7
Founding Brothers
2002 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.0
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
2002 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.4
The World Trade Center: Rise and Fall of an American Icon
2002 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.6
Antarctica: A Frozen History
2002 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.2
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
2002 Self
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First Mothers
2002 Self
Actor
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★ 6.4
The Cat's Meow
2001 Actor
W.R. Hearst
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★ 5.4
Double Take
2001 Actor
Charles Allsworth
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★ 4.7
The Shaft
2001 Actor
Milligan
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★ 7.1
James Dean
2001 Actor
Raymond Massey
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★ 8.6
The Impressionists
2001 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.6
In Search of Christmas
2001 Self
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★ 8.2
Gilmore Girls
2000 Actor
Richard Gilmore
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★ 7.6
Horror in the East
2000 Actor
Narrator for The History Channel
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★ 7.5
Founding Fathers
2000 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.2
Battle History of the U.S. Navy
2000 Actor
Narrator (2000)
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★ 6.1
Vendetta
1999 Actor
D.A. Luzenberg
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★ 7.2
Walking Across Egypt
1999 Actor
Rev. Vernon
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★ 8.5
History's Lost & Found
1999 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.7
The Korean War: Fire and Ice
1999 Actor
Narrator
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Ultimate Autos
1999 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.8
Frank Lloyd Wright
1998 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.1
Saint Maybe
1998 Actor
Doug Bedloe
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★ 3.7
Better Living
1998 Actor
Jack
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★ 7.2
Save Our History
1998 Self
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★ 8.4
Liberty! The American Revolution
1997 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.0
The Fifties
1997 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.7
Ken Burns: American Lives
1997 Actor
Narrator
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The Annual Drama League of New York Awards
1997 Self
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★ 7.4
Soul of the Game
1996 Actor
Branch Rickey
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★ 6.2
Pandora's Clock
1996 Actor
President
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★ 6.7
A Season in Purgatory
1996 Actor
Dr. Shugrue
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★ 6.1
What Love Sees
1996 Actor
Morton Treadway
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★ 6.6
The Face on the Milk Carton
1995 Actor
Frank Jessmon
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★ 5.2
Here Come the Munsters
1995 Actor
Herman Munster
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★ 5.5
Richie Rich
1994 Actor
Richard Rich, Sr.
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★ 6.2
Don't Drink the Water
1994 Actor
Mr. Kilroy
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★ 5.9
Foreign Student
1994 Actor
Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
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★ 5.5
My Boyfriend's Back
1993 Actor
Mr. Dingle
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★ 5.2
Born Yesterday
1993 Actor
Ed Devery
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★ 6.0
Sweet Poison
1991 Actor
Henry
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★ 6.6
Fire in the Dark
1991 Actor
Robert
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★ 5.6
So Proudly We Hail
1990 Actor
James Wagner
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★ 6.4
Big Business
1988 Actor
Graham Sherbourne
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★ 7.2
The Lost Boys
1987 Actor
Max
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★ 6.9
Overboard
1987 Actor
Grant Stayton III
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★ 8.2
The Lawrenceville Stories
1986 Actor
Head Master
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★ 6.9
Laughter in the Dark
1986 Actor