Edward Herrmann
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.
Acting
Movie
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
2013
TV
Grey's Anatomy
as Norman Shales
2005
Movie
The Aviator
as Joseph Breen
2004
TV
How I Met Your Mother
as Reverend Lowell
2005
Movie
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
as Richard Rich
1994
TV
American Dad!
as Councilman (voice)
2005
TV
American Dad!
as Old Man (voice)
2005
Movie
The Lost Boys
as Max
1987
Movie
Intolerable Cruelty
as Rex Rexroth
2003
TV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mr. Vogel
2000
TV
Gilmore Girls
as Richard Gilmore
2000
Movie
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Henry
1985
Movie
Overboard
as Grant Stayton III
1987
TV
30 Rock
as Walter
2006
Movie
Annie
as FDR
1982
TV
M*A*S*H
1972
TV
Law & Order
as Frederic Matson
1990
TV
Law & Order
as Drew Seeley
1990
TV
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Mosbeck
1990
TV
The Good Wife
as Lionel Deerfield
2009
Movie
Hero
as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
1992
Movie
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
as Reverend Cartwright
2014
Movie
The Great Gatsby
as Klipspringer
1974
TV
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
2016