Richard Thomas Herd Jr. (September 26, 1932 – May 26, 2020) was an American actor appearing in numerous supporting, recurring, and guest roles in television series and occasional film roles from the 1970s to the 2010s. He was well known in the science fiction community for his role in the 1983 NBC miniseries V and 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, as John, the Visitors' Supreme Commander. Other major roles in his career included recurring parts on the NBC series seaQuest DSV as Admiral William Noyce; on Star Trek: Voyager as Admiral Owen Paris, the father of helmsman Tom Paris; and as George Costanza's boss Matt Wilhelm on Seinfeld. In two guest appearances on Quantum Leap, he played children's show host "Captain Galaxy", a would-be time traveler, and a miner named Ziggy Ziganovich. He also voiced Father Elijah in the Dead Money expansion for Fallout: New Vegas. Herd appeared at several fan conventions for his science fiction roles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Herd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2019The Silent Natural — Mr. Beagle
• 2018The Mule — Tim Kennedy
• 2017A Christmas in New York — Bob Burgess
• 2017Get Out — Roman Armitage
• Shameless — Gerald
• Hawaii Five-0 — Old Milton
• Rizzoli & Isles — Patrick Doyle, Sr.
• 2008InAlienable — Professor Randolph Barnett
• 2007Dog Days of Summer — Frank Cooper
• 2007The Anna Nicole Smith Story — J. Howard Marshall
• Ghost Whisperer — Stephen Devine
• 2005The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari — Commissioner Hans Raab
• Desperate Housewives — Harry Gaunt
• Cold Case — Gene Karnow (2008)
• The O.C. — Uncle Shaun
• CSI: Miami — Judge Paul Landsman
• Everwood — Herb Roberts
• 2000Joseph: King of Dreams — Jacob (voice)
• The District — Sam SheridanAndi
• 1999A Fare to Remember — Mr. Jennings
• Family Law — Judge Neil Walker
• 1998I Married a Monster — Dr. Paul Drummond
• 1998The Survivor — Bradford
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Dr. Stanley Backer
• 1997Journey of the Heart — Principal Martin
• 1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil — Henry Skerridge
• 1996A Case for Life — Bud Cromwell
• Pacific Blue — Ethan Callaway
• 1996Sgt. Bilko — General Tennyson
• 1996Yesterday's Target — Aaron Winfield
• Caroline in the City — Barney Baxter
• JAG — Charlie Hoskins
• Star Trek: Voyager — Adm. Owen Paris
• 1995The Secretary — Chuck Bosnell
• 1994Cosmic Slop — Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment')
• ER — Dr. Murphy
• 1994The Gift of Love
• Winnetka Road — Mike
• Diagnosis: Murder — Archie Mullen
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — Dr. John Hansen
• 1993SeaQuest DSV — Admiral Noyce
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. — President Cleveland
• 1993The Judas Project — Arthur Cunningham
• Walker, Texas Ranger — General Garrity
• seaQuest DSV — Admiral Noyce, Secretary General Noyce
• 1992Majority Rule — Rep. Harold Reynolds
• Renegade — Sheriff Frank Brown
• 1992Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum' — Charles Hackley
• 1990Camp Cucamonga — Thornton Bradley
• 1990Corporate Affairs — Cyrus Kinkaid
• 1990Fall From Grace — Richard Dortch
• 1990The Great Los Angeles Earthquake — Ray Goodrich
• 1989Gleaming the Cube — Ed Lawndale
• Mancuso, F.B.I. — Red Burrows
• 1989Nashville Beat — Chief Kincaid
• Quantum Leap — Moe Stein, Ziggy Ziganovich / Moe Stein
• Seinfeld — Wilhelm
• Tales from the Crypt — Phil Stone
• China Beach — Bartender (uncredited)
• Favorite Son
• 1988My First Love — Chet Townsend
• Beauty and the Beast — Richard Barnes
• Jake and the Fatman
• 1987Planes, Trains and Automobiles — Walt
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — L'Kor
• Matlock — Police Capt. Edward Hanna / The Mad Hatter
• 1985Summer Rental — Angus MacLachlan
• The Golden Girls — Ernie
• Murder, She Wrote — Harvey McKittrick, Arnett Cobb
• 1984Trancers — Chairman Spencer
• V: The Final Battle — John
• 1983Deal of the Century — Lyle
• Hardcastle and McCormick — Arthur Huntley / Lonnie Vanatta
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King — Jake Williamson
• The A-Team — Jonathan Durcell
• V — John
• Cassie & Co. — John Beringer
• 1982Farrell: For the People — Randolph Gardner
• Knight Rider — Lyle Jastrow
• Matt Houston
• T. J. Hooker — Captain Dennis Sheridan
• The Devlin Connection — Lt. Harvey Bukowski
• 1981Elvis and the Beauty Queen — Sanford Thompson
• Falcon Crest — Calvin Kleeger
• Hill Street Blues — Mike
• 1981Lovely But Deadly — Charley Gilmarten
• Simon & Simon — Consul Dearborn
• The Greatest American Hero
• 1980Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb — Gen. Groves
• 1980Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier — Chuck Knoll
• 1980Private Benjamin — General Foley
• 1980Schizoid — Donahue
• 1980Wolf Lake — George
• Hart to Hart — Lieutenant Fredricks
• 1979Ike — Gen. Omar N. Bradley
• Ike — Gen. Omar Bradley
• Knots Landing — Dr. Aaron Stahl
• 1979Marciano — John Furst
• 1979The China Syndrome — Evan McCormack
• 1979The Onion Field — Beat Cop
• Dallas — John Mackey
• 1978Dr. Scorpion — Bill Worthington
• 1978F.I.S.T. — Mike Monahan
• 1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid — Donovan
• 1978Terror Out of the Sky — Col. Mangus
• Eight Is Enough
• 1977I Never Promised You a Rose Garden — Dr. Halle
• 1977The Hunted Lady — Capt. Wilson
• 1976All the President's Men — James W. McCord Jr.
• Starsky & Hutch — FBI Agent Smithers
• The Rockford Files — Cliff Gladish
• Kojak — Bob
• 1973Pueblo — Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark
• M*A*S*H
• The Streets of San Francisco — Greene
• 1971Libertad para la juventud
• 1970Hercules in New York — Television Presenter

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2019That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars — Self