
Acting
Born July 21, 1943 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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.

Coach of the Year
2016

The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014

The Wolf of Wall Street
2013

Are You Here
2013

Heaven's Door
2012

Price Check
2012

Christmas Oranges
2012

Treasure Buddies
2012

The Christmas Pageant
2011

A Christmas Wish
2011

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
2011

Wonder Woman
2011

Son of Morning
2011

Ring Christmas Bells
2009

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009

The Skeptic
2009

Hatching Pete
2009

Morristown: Where America Survived
2009

Andrew Jackson
2007

Columbus The Lost Voyage
2007

Titanic's Achilles Heel
2007

Sherman's March
2007

Banned from the Bible II
2007

I Think I Love My Wife
2007

Factory Girl
2006

Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
2006

Witness to 'Reds'
2006

Wedding Daze
2006

Relative Strangers
2006

Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
2006

Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
2006

Ape to Man
2005

Bible Battles
2005

The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
2005
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
2005

The French Revolution
2005

The Aviator
2004

Bereft
2004

First Invasion: The War of 1812
2004

Isaac's Storm
2004

Welcome to Mooseport
2004

Intolerable Cruelty
2003

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003

The Louisiana Purchase
2003

Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003

Stalin: Man of Steel
2003
The Samurai
2003

The Emperor's Club
2002

Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
2002

It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
2002
Antarctica: A Frozen History
2002

In Search of Christmas
2001

The Cat's Meow
2001

Down
2001

James Dean
2001
The Face: Jesus in Art
2001

Double Take
2001

Vendetta
1999

Norman Rockwell: Painting America
1999

Niagara: A History of the Falls
1999

Walking Across Egypt
1999

Saint Maybe
1998

Better Living
1998

Critical Care
1997

What Love Sees
1996

A Season in Purgatory
1996

Soul of the Game
1996

Nixon
1995

The Face on the Milk Carton
1995

Here Come the Munsters
1995

Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994

Don't Drink the Water
1994

Foreign Student
1994

A Foreign Field
1993

My Boyfriend's Back
1993

Born Yesterday
1993

Hero
1992

Fire in the Dark
1991

Sweet Poison
1991

Night of 100 Stars III
1990

So Proudly We Hail
1990

Big Business
1988

Overboard
1987

The Lost Boys
1987

Murrow
1986

Compromising Positions
1985

The Man with One Red Shoe
1985

The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985

Mrs. Soffel
1984
Memorial Day
1983

Annie
1982

Death Valley
1982

A Little Sex
1982

The Gift of Life
1982

The Electric Grandmother
1982

Reds
1981
Dear Liar
1981

The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
1981

Harry's War
1981

O Youth and Beauty!
1979

Freedom Road
1979

The Sorrows of Gin
1979

Portrait of a Stripper
1979

The North Avenue Irregulars
1979

Take Down
1979

Brass Target
1978

The Betsy
1978

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977

Valley Forge
1975

The Great Waldo Pepper
1975

The Great Gatsby
1974

The Day of the Dolphin
1973

The Paper Chase
1973

Lady Liberty
1971