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.
The Lost Boys
As Max
James Dean
As Raymond Massey
Don't Drink the Water
As Mr. Kilroy
The Man with One Red Shoe
As Brown
Overboard
As Grant Stayton III
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
As Richard Rich
My Boyfriend's Back
As Mr. Dingle
Intolerable Cruelty
As Rex Rexroth
The Skeptic
As Shepard
Wedding Daze
As Lyle
Mrs. Soffel
As Warden Peter Soffel
Factory Girl
As James Townsend
Big Business
As Graham Sherbourne
The Cat's Meow
As W. R. Hearst
I Think I Love My Wife
As Mr. Landis
Banned from the Bible II
As Narrator
The Paper Chase
As Thomas Craig Anderson
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
As John Goodenough
Ape to Man
As Narrator
Annie
As FDR
Bereft
As Lloyd
Isaac's Storm
As Narrator
The North Avenue Irregulars
As Michael Hill
Reds
As Max Eastman
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
As Self - Narrator (voice)
Down
As Milligan
The Great Waldo Pepper
As Ezra Stiles
Brass Target
As Col. Walter Gilchrist
Death Valley
As Paul Stanton
Soul of the Game
As Branch Rickey
Saint Maybe
As Doug Bedloe
Foreign Student
As Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
As Self
The Electric Grandmother
As Father
Harry's War
As Harry Johnson
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
As Narrator (voice)
Treasure Buddies
As Philip Wellington
The Face on the Milk Carton
As Frank Jessmon
Compromising Positions
As Bob Singer
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
As Narrator
Columbus The Lost Voyage
As Narrator
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
As Lou Gehrig
The French Revolution
As Narrator
The World Trade Center -Rise and Fall of an American Icon
As Narrator
Portrait of a Stripper
As Frank Andrews
The Face: Jesus in Art
As Narrator (voice)
Lady Liberty
As Policeman (uncredited)
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
As Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
As The Stranger
The Emperor's Club
As Headmaster Woodbridge
The Day of the Dolphin
As Mike
The Betsy
As Dan Weyman
Are You Here
As Dr. Vincent
Niagara: A History of the Falls
As Narrator
The Purple Rose of Cairo
As Henry
Night of 100 Stars III
As Self
So Proudly We Hail
As James Wagner
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
As Reverend Cartwright
Here Come the Munsters
As Herman Munster
Christmas Oranges
As Mr. Crampton
Better Living
As Jack
The Great Gatsby
As Klipspringer
Ring Christmas Bells
As Self
Critical Care
As Robert Payne
Fire in the Dark
As Robert
In Search of Christmas
As Narrator
Sherman's March
As Narrator
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
As Narrator
Russia, Land of the Tsars
As Narrator
The Gift of Life
As Dr. Quinn
A Christmas Wish
As Les McCallum
The Wolf of Wall Street
As Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
A Little Sex
As Tommy
Take Down
As Ed Branish
The Aviator
As Joseph Breen
The Sorrows of Gin
As Kip Lawton
Andrew Jackson
As Narrator
O Youth and Beauty!
As Kip Lawton
Nixon
As Nelson Rockefeller
Murrow
As Fred Friendly
Welcome to Mooseport
As Debate Moderator
Memorial Day
As Ned Larwin
First Invasion: The War of 1812
As Narrator
Freedom Road
As Stephen Holmes
Morristown: Where America Survived
As Narrator
Double Take
As Charles Allsworth
Price Check
As Jack Bennington
Heaven's Door
As Nate Christensen
A Foreign Field
As Ralph
What Love Sees
As Morton Treadway
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
As Narrator
Hero
As Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
Vendetta
As D.A. Luzenberg
Coach of the Year
As Bill Ford
Walking Across Egypt
As Reverend Vernon
The Christmas Pageant
As Garrett Clark
A Season in Purgatory
As Dr. Shugrue
Relative Strangers
As Doug Clayton
Valley Forge
Bible Battles
As Narrator (voice)
Hatching Pete
As The Principal
Son of Morning
As Thomas
Titanic's Achilles Heel
As Narrator
Born Yesterday
As Ed Deverey
Stalin: Man of Steel
As Narrator (voice)
The Samurai
As self (voice)
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
As Jeremiah Larson
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
As Governor Dawson
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
As Narrator
Antarctica: A Frozen History
As Narrator
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
As Narrator (voice)
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
As Narrator
Witness to 'Reds'
As Self
Sweet Poison
As Henry
The Louisiana Purchase
As Narrator
St. Elsewhere
M*A*S*H
Crossing Jordan
As Thomas Malden
How I Met Your Mother
As Reverend Lowell
Wings
As Y.M. Burg
Tom Goes to the Mayor
As Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
The Practice
As Anderson Pearson
30 Rock
As Walter
Homicide: Life on the Street
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Folsom
Gilmore Girls
As Richard Gilmore
The States
History's Lost & Found
Nature
As Narrator (voice)
Beacon Hill
As Richard Palmer
The Revolution
Russia, Land of the Tsars
Law & Order
As Frederic Matson
Screen One
As Ralph
French Revolution
As Narrator
Perception
As Jack Pierce
The Presidents
As Narrator
American Dad!
As Councilman (voice)
Grey's Anatomy
As Norman Shales
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
As Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
As Thomas Jefferson (voice)
The Good Wife
As Lionel Deerfield
Liberty!
As Narrator
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
As Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
As Mr. Vogel
Drop Dead Diva
As Reverend Phillips
Atomic Train
As The President
Eleanor and Franklin
As Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
Frank Lloyd Wright
As Himself - Narrator (voice)
Pandora's Clock
As President
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
As Narrator (voice)
Founding Fathers
As Narrator
The Lawrenceville Stories
As Head Master
Better With You
As Judge
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
Great Performances
As Self
Wonder Woman
As Senator Warren
The Ten Commandments
As Narrator