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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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 | 68% | Christmas Oranges | Mr. Crampton (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Doorway to Heaven | Nate (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 64% | 30% | Price Check | Bennington (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Redemption | Governor Dawson (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | Treasure Buddies | Philip Wellington (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | The Christmas Pageant | Garrett Clark (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | A Christmas Wish | Les (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 16% | Son of Morning | Thomas (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 |
| 33% | 38% | Wedding Daze | Lyle (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Relative Strangers | Doug Clayton (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 20% | 60% | Factory Girl | James Townsend (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Decoding the Past - Templar Code: Parts 1 & 2 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Bereft | Lloyd (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 86% | 79% | The Aviator | Joseph Breen (Character) | $102.6M | 2004 |
| 76% | 48% | Intolerable Cruelty | Rex Rexroth (Character) | $35.1M | 2003 |
| 50% | 67% | The Emperor's Club | Headmaster Woodbridge (Character) | $14.1M | 2002 |
| 20% | 18% | Down | Milligan (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 75% | 51% | The Cat's Meow | William Randolph Hearst (Character) | $3.2M | 2001 |
| 93% | 76% | James Dean | Raymond Massey (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 12% | 50% | Double Take | Charles Allsworth (Character) | $29.8M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | The Face: Jesus In Art | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Better Living | Jack (Character) | $1.4K | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | 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 | 87% | Frank Lloyd Wright | Narrator | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Saint Maybe | Doug Bedloe (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 59% | 30% | Critical Care | Robert Payne (Character) | $169.4K | 1997 |
| 67% | 64% | Soul of the Game | Branch Rickey (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What Love Sees | Morton Treadway (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Season in Purgatory | Dr. Shugrue (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 75% | 74% | Nixon | Nelson Rockefeller (Character) | $13.7M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | The Face on the Milk Carton | Frank Jessmon (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Here Come the Munsters | Herman Munster (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | Foreign Student | Zachary `'Zach'` Gilmore (Character) | $95.6K | 1994 |
| 27% | 32% | Richie Rich | Richard Rich Sr. (Character) | $37.1M | 1994 |
| 14% | 45% | My Boyfriend's Back | Mr. Dingle (Character) | $3.2M | 1993 |
| 23% | 28% | Born Yesterday | Ed Devery (Character) | $17.8M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sweet Poison | Henry (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fire in the Dark | Robert (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 |
| 77% | 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 |
| 47% | 40% | The Man With One Red Shoe | Brown (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 56% | 35% | Compromising Positions | Bob Singer (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 | 28% | Death Valley | Paul Stanton (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 53% | 69% | Annie | Franklin Roosevelt (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gift of Life | Dr. Quinn (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | Harry's War | Harry Johnson (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | A Little Sex | Tommy (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 89% | 82% | Reds | Max Eastman (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Private History of a Campaign That Failed | The Stranger (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dear Liar | Franklin Delano Roosevelt age 20-50 (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Portrait of a Stripper | Frank Andrews (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 78% | 79% | The North Avenue Irregulars | Michael Hill (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Take Down | Ed Branish (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | Brass Target | Col. Walter Gilchrist (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 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 | 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% | 58% | The Great Waldo Pepper | Ezra Stiles (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 39% | 47% | The Great Gatsby | Klipspringer (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 44% | 40% | 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) | 2012 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies | Narrator | 2015 |
| 100% | 100% | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Unknown (Voice) | 2014 |
| 26% | 60% | Black Box | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 93% | 91% | The Good Wife | Lionel Deerfield (Guest Star) | 2010 2012-2013 |
| 84% | 84% | How I Met Your Mother | Reverend Robert Lowell (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| 72% | 53% | Drop Dead Diva | Reverend Phillips (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 65% | 25% | Better With You | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 96% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 1999 2009 |
| 78% | 93% | 30 Rock | Walter (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 84% | 76% | 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 |
| 25% | 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% | 100% | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Wings | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | St. Elsewhere | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | M*A*S*H | Capt. Steven J. Newsome (Guest Star) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Founding Fathers & Founding Brothers | Unknown (Voice) |