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.

Filmography

• 2016Coach of the Year — Bill Ford
• Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life — Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
• Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies — Narrator (voice)
• The Roosevelts: An Intimate History — Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
• 2014The Town that Dreaded Sundown — Reverend Cartwright
• 2013Are You Here — Dr. Vincent
• 2013The Wolf of Wall Street — Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
• 2012Christmas Oranges — Mr. Crampton
• 2012Heaven's Door — Nate Christensen
• Perception — Jack Pierce
• 2012Price Check — Jack Bennington
• 2012Treasure Buddies — Philip Wellington
• 2011A Christmas Wish — Les McCallum
• 2011Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star — Jeremiah Larson
• Harry's Law — Lester Babcock
• 2011Redemption: For Robbing the Dead — Governor Dawson
• 2011Son of Morning — Thomas
• 2011The Christmas Pageant — Garrett Clark
• Better With You — Judge
• Drop Dead Diva — Reverend Phillips
• 2009Hatching Pete — The Principal
• 2009Morristown: Where America Survived — Narrator
• The Good Wife — Lionel Deerfield
• 2009The Six Wives of Henry Lefay — John Goodenough
• 2009The Skeptic — Shepard
• 2007Andrew Jackson — Narrator
• 2007Banned from the Bible II — Narrator
• 2007Columbus The Lost Voyage — Narrator
• 2007I Think I Love My Wife — Mr. Landis
• 2007Sherman's March — Narrator
• The Revolution
• The States
• 2007Titanic's Achilles Heel — Narrator
• 30 Rock — Walter
• 2006Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran — Narrator
• 2006Factory Girl — James Townsend
• 2006Relative Strangers — Doug Clayton
• The Ten Commandments — Narrator
• 2006Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces — Narrator (voice)
• 2006Wedding Daze — Lyle
• American Dad! — Councilman (voice), Old Man (voice)
• 2005Ape to Man — Narrator
• 2005Bible Battles — Narrator (voice)
• 2005FDR: A Presidency Revealed — Narrator
• French Revolution — Narrator
• Grey's Anatomy — Norman Shales
• How I Met Your Mother — Reverend Lowell
• 2005The French Revolution — Narrator
• The Presidents — Narrator
• 2005The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy — Narrator
• 2004Bereft — Lloyd
• 2004First Invasion: The War of 1812 — Narrator
• 2004Isaac's Storm — Narrator
• 2004The Aviator — Joseph Breen
• Tom Goes to the Mayor — Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
• 2004Welcome to Mooseport — Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
• 2003Intolerable Cruelty — Rex Rexroth
• 2003Russia, Land of the Tsars — Narrator
• Russia, Land of the Tsars
• 2003Stalin: Man of Steel — Narrator (voice)
• 2003Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion — Narrator
• Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion — Narrator
• 2003The Louisiana Purchase — Narrator
• 2002Antarctica: A Frozen History — Narrator
• 2002Dinosaur Secrets Revealed — Narrator (voice)
• Rise and Fall of the Spartans — Narrator (voice)
• 2002The Cat's Meow — W. R. Hearst
• 2002The Emperor's Club — Headmaster Woodbridge
• Crossing Jordan — Thomas Malden
• 2001Double Take — Charles Allsworth
• 2001Down — Milligan
• 2001In Search of Christmas — Narrator
• 2001James Dean — Raymond Massey
• 2001The Face: Jesus in Art — Narrator (voice)
• The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution — Narrator
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Mr. Vogel
• Founding Fathers — Narrator
• Gilmore Girls — Richard Gilmore
• Atomic Train — The President
• 1999Niagara: A History of the Falls — Narrator, Presenter
• 1999Norman Rockwell: Painting America — Narrator
• The Korean War: Fire and Ice — Narrator
• Ultimate autos — host
• 1999Vendetta — D.A. Luzenberg
• 1999Walking Across Egypt — Reverend Vernon
• 1998Better Living — Jack
• 1998Saint Maybe — Doug Bedloe
• 1997Critical Care — Robert Payne
• Liberty! — Narrator
• The Practice — Anderson Pearson
• A Season in Purgatory — Dr. Shugrue
• Pandora's Clock — President
• 1996Soul of the Game — Branch Rickey
• 1996What Love Sees — Morton Treadway
• 1995Here Come the Munsters — Herman Munster
• 1995Nixon — Nelson Rockefeller
• 1995The Face on the Milk Carton — Frank Jessmon
• Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain — Thomas Jefferson (voice)
• 1994Don't Drink the Water — Mr. Kilroy
• 1994Foreign Student — Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
• 1994Ri¢hie Ri¢h — Mr. Rich
• 1993A Foreign Field — Ralph
• 1993Born Yesterday — Ed Deverey
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Thomas Pandolfi
• 1993My Boyfriend's Back — Mr. Dingle
• 1992Hero — Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
• 1991Fire in the Dark — Robert
• 1991Sweet Poison — Henry
• The General Motors Playwrights Theater — Ben Cunningham
• Law & Order — Frederic Matson, Drew Seeley, Defense Attorney Mosbeck
• 1990So Proudly We Hail — James Wagner
• Wings — Y.M. Burg
• Screen One — Ralph
• 1988Big Business — Graham Sherbourne
• Hothouse — Woods
• 1987Overboard — Grant Stayton III
• The Lawrenceville Stories — Headmaster
• 1987The Lost Boys — Max
• 1986Murrow — Fred Friendly
• 1985Compromising Positions — Bob Singer
• 1985The Man with One Red Shoe — Brown
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
• 1985The Purple Rose of Cairo — Henry
• 1984Mrs. Soffel — Warden Peter Soffel
• 1983Memorial Day — Ned Larwin
• 1982A Little Sex — Tommy
• American Playhouse — Alger Hiss, The Headmaster, Professor
• 1982Annie — FDR
• 1982Death Valley — Paul Stanton
• Nature — Narrator (voice)
• St. Elsewhere — Father Joseph McCabe
• 1982The Electric Grandmother — Father
• 1982The Gift of Life — Dr. Quinn
• 1981Dear Liar — George Bernard Shaw
• 1981Harry's War — Harry Johnson
• 1981Reds — Max Eastman
• 1981The Private History of a Campaign That Failed — The Stranger
• 1979Freedom Road — Stephen Holmes
• 1979O Youth and Beauty! — Kip Lawton
• 1979Portrait of a Stripper — Frank Andrews
• 1979Take Down — Ed Branish
• 1979The North Avenue Irregulars — Michael Hill
• 1979The Sorrows of Gin — Kip Lawton
• 1978A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story — Lou Gehrig
• 1978Brass Target — Col. Walter Gilchrist
• 1978The Betsy — Dan Weyman
• 1977Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years — Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Eleanor and Franklin — Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
• Beacon Hill — Richard Palmer
• 1975The Great Waldo Pepper — Ezra Stiles
• 1975Valley Forge — Folsom
• 1974The Great Gatsby — Klipspringer
• 1973The Day of the Dolphin — Mike
• 1973The Paper Chase — Thomas Craig Anderson
• M*A*S*H
• 1971Lady Liberty — Policeman (uncredited)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Folsom, Doug Bedloe
• History's Lost & Found
• Wonder Woman — Senator Warren

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2009Ring Christmas Bells — Self
• 2006Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2006Witness to 'Reds' — Self
• 2003The Samurai — self (voice)
• 2002It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') — Self
• Frank Lloyd Wright — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• Great Performances — Self