Edward Herrmann
AKA: Ed Hermann
Birthday: 1943-07-21
Died: 2014-12-31
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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.
Hermann died from brain cancer, Wednesday, December 31, 2014, in a hospital in New York City.
Filmography
Character: Raymond Massey
Character: Grant Stayton III
Character: Warden Peter Soffel
Character: James Townsend
Character: Graham Sherbourne
Character: Thomas Craig Anderson
Character: John Goodenough
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Character: Col. Walter Gilchrist
Character: Philip Wellington
Character: Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Herman Munster
Character: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Character: Reverend Cartwright
Character: Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
Character: Headmaster Woodbridge
Character: Nelson Rockefeller
Character: Stephen Holmes
Character: Jack Bennington
Character: Charles Allsworth
Character: Nate Christensen
Character: Morton Treadway
Character: Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
Character: D.A. Luzenberg
Character: Reverend Vernon
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Jeremiah Larson
Character: Governor Dawson
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Senator Warren