Edward Herrmann
Highest Rated: 93% James Dean (2001)
Lowest Rated: 3% Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)
Birthday: Jul 21, 1943
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA
The embodiment of erudite, well-bred men of means in American entertainment, Edward Herrmann was an Emmy- and Tony-winning actor whose gift for quiet drama and frothy comedy enlivened such projects as "Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC, 1976), "Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story" (NBC, 1978), "Reds" (1981), "The Lost Boys" (1987) and "Gilmore Girls" (The WB, 2000-07). Tall, reserved and possessed of a marvelously fluid voice, Herrmann's characters ran the gamut of the rich, intelligent and powerful - from multiple portrayals of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the kindly founder of St. Eligius hospital on "St. Elsewhere" (NBC, 1982-88) to a venal William Randolph Hearst in the feature film "The Cat's Meow" and the emotionally complex patriarch on "Gilmore Girls." In all cases, Herrmann's portrayals found the humanity behind the occasionally stuffy veneer of his roles, which kept him busy in films, documentary narration, advertising and on television and the stage for over four decades. His death on December 31, 2014, following a brief battle with brain cancer, was mourned by fans and peers alike.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66% | 40% | The Town That Dreaded Sundown | Reverend Hardwood (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 8% | 22% | Are You Here | Dr. Vincent (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Redemption | Governor Dawson (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Doorway to Heaven | Nate (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Treasure Buddies | Philip Wellington (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 64% | 30% | Price Check | Bennington (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Christmas Oranges | Mr. Crampton (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 16% | Son of Morning | Thomas (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | The Christmas Pageant | Garrett Clark (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | A Christmas Wish | Les (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 3% | 25% | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | Jeremiah Larson (Character) | $2.3M | 2011 |
| 8% | 27% | The Skeptic | Dr. Shepard (Character) | $6.2K | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alzheimer's Disease: Facing the Facts | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Columbus: The Lost Voyage | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Decoding the Past - Templar Code: Parts 1 & 2 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Relative Strangers | Doug Clayton (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 20% | 60% | Factory Girl | James Townsend (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 33% | 38% | Wedding Daze | Lyle (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Bereft | Lloyd (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 86% | 79% | The Aviator | Joseph Breen (Character) | $102.6M | 2004 |
| 75% | 48% | Intolerable Cruelty | Rex Rexroth (Character) | $35.1M | 2003 |
| 50% | 67% | The Emperor's Club | Headmaster Woodbridge (Character) | $14.1M | 2002 |
| 12% | 50% | Double Take | Charles Allsworth (Character) | $29.8M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | The Face: Jesus In Art | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 75% | 51% | The Cat's Meow | William Randolph Hearst (Character) | $3.2M | 2001 |
| 93% | 76% | James Dean | Raymond Massey (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 20% | 18% | Down | Milligan (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Better Living | Jack (Character) | $1.4K | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Vendetta | D.A. Luzenberg (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Atomic Train | The President (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | Atomic Train | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Saint Maybe | Doug Bedloe (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Frank Lloyd Wright | Narrator | - | 1998 |
| 59% | 30% | Critical Care | Robert Payne (Character) | $169.4K | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What Love Sees | Morton Treadway (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 67% | 64% | Soul of the Game | Branch Rickey (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Season in Purgatory | Dr. Shugrue (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Here Come the Munsters | Herman Munster (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | The Face on the Milk Carton | Frank Jessmon (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 74% | 74% | Nixon | Nelson Rockefeller (Character) | $13.7M | 1995 |
| 24% | 31% | Richie Rich | Richard Rich Sr. (Character) | $37.1M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Foreign Student | Zachary `'Zach'` Gilmore (Character) | $95.6K | 1994 |
| 23% | 27% | Born Yesterday | Ed Devery (Character) | $17.8M | 1993 |
| 14% | 45% | My Boyfriend's Back | Mr. Dingle (Character) | $3.2M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fire in the Dark | Robert (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sweet Poison | Henry (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | So Proudly We Hail | James Wagner (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hickey and Company | Head Master (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 44% | 69% | Big Business | Graham Sherbourne (Character) | $39.6M | 1988 |
| 76% | 85% | The Lost Boys | Max (Character) | $31.7M | 1987 |
| 44% | 74% | Overboard | Grant Stayton III (Character) | $23.9M | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Prodigious Mr. William Hicks | Headmaster (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Return of Hickey | Head Master (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murrow | Fred Friendly (Character) | - | 1986 |
| 56% | 35% | Compromising Positions | Bob Singer (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 47% | 40% | The Man With One Red Shoe | Brown (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 36% | 44% | Mrs. Soffel | Warden Peter Soffel (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Memorial Day | Ned Larwin (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gift of Life | Dr. Quinn (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 57% | 69% | Annie | Franklin Roosevelt (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Death Valley | Paul Stanton (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Private History of a Campaign That Failed | The Stranger (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | Harry's War | Harry Johnson (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | A Little Sex | Tommy (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dear Liar | Franklin Delano Roosevelt age 20-50 (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 89% | 83% | Reds | Max Eastman (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Take Down | Ed Branish (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 78% | 79% | The North Avenue Irregulars | Michael Hill (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Portrait of a Stripper | Frank Andrews (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 20% | 23% | The Betsy | Dan Weyman (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | Lou Gehrig (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | Brass Target | Col. Walter Gilchrist (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Eleanor and Franklin | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 67% | 57% | The Great Waldo Pepper | Ezra Stiles (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 39% | 47% | The Great Gatsby | Klipspringer (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 42% | 41% | The Day of the Dolphin | Mike (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 83% | 72% | The Paper Chase | Thomas Craig Anderson (Character) | - | 1973 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 90% | American Dad | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2016 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies | Narrator | 2015 |
| 100% | 100% | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Unknown (Voice) | 2014 |
| 23% | 59% | Black Box | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 93% | 92% | The Good Wife | Lionel Deerfield (Guest Star) | 2012-2013 2010 |
| 83% | 84% | How I Met Your Mother | Reverend Robert Lowell (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| 72% | 56% | Drop Dead Diva | Reverend Phillips (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 65% | No Score Yet | Better With You | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 1999 1995 |
| 78% | 93% | 30 Rock | Walter (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 84% | 77% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 85% | 85% | Gilmore Girls | Edward Hermann (Character) | 2000-2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Revolution | Narrator | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ten Commandments | Narrator | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Decoding the Past | Narrator | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Presidents | Narrator | 2005 |
| 27% | No Score Yet | MDs | Unknown (Character) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Founding Fathers | Narrator | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Atomic Train | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997-1998 |
| 91% | No Score Yet | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wings | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | St. Elsewhere | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | M*A*S*H | Capt. Steven J. Newsome (Guest Star) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Founding Fathers & Founding Brothers | Unknown (Voice) |
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