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Edward Herrmann


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He has played Franklin Roosevelt three times in Eleanor and Frankin (TV)(1976), Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (TV)(1977) and Annie (1982). In 2005, he hosted the documentary about Roosevelt called FDR: A Presidency Revealed. See more trivia »
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2012 Treasure Buddies (video)
Philip Wellington
 
2012 Price Check
Bennington
 
2010-2012 The Good Wife (TV series)
Lionel Deerfield
Alienation of Affection (2012) … Lionel Deerfield
Cleaning House (2010) … Lionel Deerfield
 
2011 The Christmas Pageant (TV movie)
Garrett
 
2011 A Christmas Wish (TV movie)
Les
 
2011 Drop Dead Diva (TV series)
Reverend Phillips
Ah, Men (2011) … Reverend Phillips (as Ed Herrmann)
 
2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Jeremiah Larson
 
2011 Better with You (TV series)
Judge
Better with the Baby (2011) … Judge
 
2011 Son of Morning
Thomas
 
2011 Wonder Woman (TV movie)
Senator Warren
 
2011 For Robbing the Dead
Governor Dawson
 
2010 The Surge: The Untold Story (short)
Narrator
 
2009 The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Goodenough
 
2009 Hatching Pete (TV movie)
Principal Fred Daly
 
2009 The Skeptic
Dr. Shepard (as Ed Herrmann)
 
1995-2009 Law & Order (TV series)
Drew Seely / Frederic Matson / Mr. Mosbeck
Anchors Away (2009) … Frederic Matson
Empire (1999) … Mr. Mosbeck
Progeny (1995) … Drew Seely
 
2008 30 Rock (TV series)
Walter
Episode 210 (2008) … Walter
 
2007 Andrew Jackson (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
2007 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Dr. Norman Shales
 
2000-2007 Gilmore Girls (TV series)
Richard Gilmore
Bon Voyage (2007) … Richard Gilmore
It's Just Like Riding a Bike (2007) … Richard Gilmore (credit only)
Hay Bale Maze (2007) … Richard Gilmore (credit only)
 
2006 Factory Girl
James Townsend
 
2006 The Mayflower (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2006 Wedding Daze
Lyle
 
2006 Violent Earth: New England's Killer Hurricane (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2006 Relative Strangers
Doug Clayton
 
2006 Eighty Acres of Hell (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2006 The Revolution (TV series)
Narrator
 
2005 Bible Battles (TV special)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 UFO Files (TV series documentary)
Narrator
Beyond the War of the Worlds (2005) … Narrator
 
2005 Tom Goes to the Mayor (TV series)
Benjamin Kaplan
Porcelain Birds (2005) … Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
 
2004 Men of Valor (Video Game)
Narrator (voice) (as Edward Herman)
 
2004 Bereft (TV movie)
Lloyd
 
2004 First Invasion: The War of 1812 (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2004 Isaac's Storm (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
2004 Welcome to Mooseport
Avery Hightower (Debate Moderator) (uncredited)
 
2003 Crossing Jordan (TV series)
Captain Thomas Malden
Pandora's Trunk: Part 2 (2003) … Captain Thomas Malden
 
2000-2003 Oz (TV series)
Harrison Beecher
Gray Matter (2000) … Harrison Beecher
Obituaries (2000) … Harrison Beecher
 
2002 The Emperor's Club
Headmaster Woodbridge
 
1997-2001 The Practice (TV series)
Anderson Pearson
Honor Code (2001) … Anderson Pearson
Trench Work (1998) … Anderson Pearson
Body Count (1998) … Anderson Pearson
 
2001 James Dean (TV movie)
Raymond Massey
 
2001 Down
Milligan
 
2001 Double Take
Charles Allsworth
 
1999 Walking Across Egypt
Rev. Vernon
 
1999 Vendetta (TV movie)
D.A. Luzenberg
 
1999 Atomic Train (TV movie)
The President
 
1998 A Civil Action ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1998 Saint Maybe (TV movie)
Doug Bedloe
 
1997 Liberty! The American Revolution (TV mini-series)
Narrator
Are We to Be a Nation? 1783-1788 (1997) … Narrator (voice)
The World Turned Upside Down: 1778-1783 (1997) … Narrator (voice)
Oh, Fatal Ambition: 1777-1778 (1997) … Narrator (voice)
The Times That Try Men's Souls: 1776-1777 (1997) … Narrator (voice)
Blows Must Decide: 1774-1776 (1997) … Narrator (voice)
 
1997 Critical Care
Robert Payne
 
1997 Biography (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
1996 Pandora's Clock (TV movie)
President
 
1996 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series)
Thomas Pandolfi
M.E., Myself and I (1996) … Thomas Pandolfi
 
1996 What Love Sees (TV movie)
Morton Treadway
 
1996 A Season in Purgatory (TV movie)
Dr. Shugrue
 
1996 Soul of the Game (TV movie)
Branch Rickey
 
1995 Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller (as Ed Herrmann)
 
1995 Wings (TV series)
Y.M. Burg
So Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong (1995) … Y.M. Burg
 
1995 The Face on the Milk Carton (TV movie)
Frank Jessmon
 
1994 Don't Drink the Water (TV movie)
Mr. Kilroy
 
1994 Foreign Student
Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
 
1993 Screen One (TV series)
Ralph
A Foreign Field (1993) … Ralph
 
1993 My Boyfriend's Back
Mr. Dingle
 
1992/I Hero
Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide (uncredited)
 
1991 Fire in the Dark (TV movie)
Robert
 
1991 Sweet Poison (TV movie)
Henry
 
1991 The General Motors Playwrights Theater (TV series)
Ben Cunningham
The Last Act Is a Solo (1991) … Ben Cunningham
 
1990 So Proudly We Hail (TV movie)
James Wagner
 
1988 Hothouse (TV series)
Woods
The Actress (1988) … Woods
 
1987 The Lost Boys
Max (as Ed Herrmann)
 
1987 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
The Mole (1987) … Dr. Maxwell Stoddard/Litton
 
1984-1987 American Playhouse (TV series)
Alger Hiss / Headmaster
The Prodigious Hickey (1987) … Headmaster
Concealed Enemies (1984) … Alger Hiss
 
1984-1986 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Father Joseph McCabe / Priest
Playing God: Part 1 (1984) … Priest
 
1986 The Lawrenceville Stories (TV mini-series)
Head Master
 
1986 Murrow (TV movie)
Fred Friendly
 
1985 Compromising Positions
Bob Singer
 
1985 The Man with One Red Shoe
Brown (as Ed Herrmann)
 
1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo
Henry
 
1983 Memorial Day (TV movie)
Ned Larwin
 
1982 Annie
FDR
 
1982 A Little Sex
Tommy
 
1982 The Gift of Life (TV movie)
Dr. Quinn
 
1982 Death Valley
Paul Stanton
 
1982 The Electric Grandmother (TV movie)
Father
 
1982 Freedom to Speak (TV mini-series)
Andrew Carnegie / Robert Ingersoll / Abraham Lincoln / …
 
1981 Reds
Max Eastman
 
1981 Dear Liar (TV movie)
George Bernard Shaw
 
1981 The Private History of a Campaign That Failed (TV movie)
The Stranger
 
1981 Harry's War
Harry Johnson
 
1980 M*A*S*H (TV series)
Capt. Steven J. Newsome
Heal Thyself (1980) … Capt. Steven J. Newsome
 
1979 3 by Cheever: O Youth and Beauty! (TV movie)
Kip Lawton
 
1979 Freedom Road (TV movie)
Stephen Holms
 
1979 3 by Cheever: The Sorrows of Gin (TV movie)
Kip Lawton
 
1979 Portrait of a Stripper (TV movie)
Frank Andrews
 
1979 The North Avenue Irregulars
Michael Hill
 
1979 Take Down
Ed Branish
 
1978 Brass Target
Col. Walter Gilchrist
 
1978 The Betsy
Dan Weyman
 
1975 Valley Forge (TV movie)
Folsom
 
1975 Beacon Hill (TV series)
Richard Palmer
 
1975 The Great Waldo Pepper
Ezra Stiles
 
1973 The Day of the Dolphin
Mike
 
1971 Lady Liberty
Policeman (uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
2007 How the Earth Was Made (TV documentary) (narrator)
 
2005 Decoding the Past: Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle (TV documentary) (narrator)
 
2004 Siberia: How the East Was Won (TV documentary) (narrator)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
2003 Intolerable Cruelty ("I've Been Working on the Railroad" - uncredited)
 
1982 Annie (performer: "Tomorrow White House Version" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (52 titles)
2010 Hold at all Costs (documentary)
Narrator
 
2008 MonsterQuest (TV series documentary)
Narrator
Giganto: The Real King Kong (2008) … Narrator
 
2007 Columbus: The Lost Voyage (TV movie)
Himself - Narrator (voice) (as Ed Herrmann)
 
2007 Banned from the Bible II (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2006 Witness to 'Reds' (video)
Himself
 
2006 Mayan Doomsday Prophecy (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2006 The Ten Commandments: Part 1 - The Laws of God (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2006 Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 Decoding the Past: Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 FDR: A Presidency Revealed (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 The Presidents (TV documentary)
Host
 
2005 The French Revolution (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 Time Machine: Beyond the Da Vinci Code (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 Giganto: The Real King Kong (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 Ape to Man (video documentary)
Narrator
 
2004 Countdown to Armageddon (TV documentary)
Announcer
 
2004 The Lost Boys: A Retrospective (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Gilmore Girls Backstage Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Nature (TV series documentary)
Narrator
Holy Cow (2004) … Narrator
 
2004 A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty' (video documentary short)
Himself - 'Rex Rexroth' (also archive footage) (as Ed Hermann)
 
2003 The Day They Died (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 Nostradamus: 500 Years Later (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 Modern Marvels (TV series documentary)
Narrator
4x4 (2003) … Narrator
 
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2003 TR: An American Lion (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 The Samurai (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2003 Russia, Land of the Tsars (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
Episode #1.2 (2003) … Narrator (voice)
Episode #1.3 (2003) … Narrator (voice)
Episode #1.4 (2003) … Narrator (voice)
Ivan the Terrible (2003) … Narrator
 
2002 The World Trade Center: Rise and Fall of an American Icon (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 Founding Brothers (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 Antarctica: A Frozen History (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2002 First Mothers (TV documentary)
Himself (for The History Channel)
 
2001 Anatomy of a Scene (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Cat's Meow … Himself
 
2001 The Face: Jesus in Art (video documentary)
Narrator
 
2001 Horror in the East (TV documentary)
Narrator for The History Channel (voice)
 
2001 The Impressionists (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2000 Founding Fathers (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
 
1999 New York: A Documentary Film (TV series documentary) (voice)
 
1999 Ultimate Autos (TV series documentary)
Host/Narrator
 
1998-1999 Nova (TV series documentary)
Narrator / Himself
Surviving AIDS (1999) … Himself/Narrator
Submarines, Secrets, and Spies (1999) … Himself/Narrator
The Beast of Loch Ness (1998) … Narrator
 
1999 Niagara: A History of the Falls (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1999 History's Lost & Found (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
1999 The Korean War: Fire and Ice (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1998 Frank Lloyd Wright (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1997 The Fifties (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
A Burning Desire (1997) … Narrator (voice)
Let's Play House (1997) … Narrator (voice)
Selling the American Way (1997) … Narrator (voice)
The Beat (1997) … Narrator (voice)
The Fear & the Dream (1997) … Narrator (voice)
 
1990 Night of 100 Stars III (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 The 38th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series
 
1984 The Making of 'Mrs. Soffel' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
 
1976 The 30th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Featured Actor in a Play
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(March 1998): Played Sir William Collyer in "The Deep Blue Sea" play by Terence Rattigan (Roundabout Theater, New York City, New York, USA) See more »

Alternate Names:

Edward Herman | Ed Hermann | Ed Herrmann

Height:

6' 5" (1.96 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I love the spoken word. I love hearing it. The way the words can seduce you. See more »

Trivia:

He has played Franklin Roosevelt three times in Eleanor and Frankin (TV)(1976), Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (TV)(1977) and Annie (1982). In 2005, he hosted the documentary about Roosevelt called FDR: A Presidency Revealed. See more »

Trademark:

Often plays wealthy men, political figures, millionaires. See more »

Nickname:

The History Channel Guy See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer