Filmography
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Known For
Overboard Grant Stayton III (1987) -
The Lost Boys Max (1987) -
Annie FDR (1982) -
Known For
Intolerable Cruelty Rex Rexroth (2003) -
Actor
American Dad! Councilman (2012-2016) -
Coach of the Year Bill Ford (2015) -
Perception Jack Pierce (2015) -
The Town That Dreaded Sundown Reverend Cartwright (2014) -
Black Box Dr. Reynaud (2014) -
The Wolf of Wall Street Stratton Oakmont Commercial (2013) -
The Good Wife Lionel Deerfield (2010-2013) -
How I Met Your Mother Reverend Lowell (2013) -
Are You Here Dr. Vincent (2013) -
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mr. Vogel (2013) -
![Enduring Legacy]( "Enduring Legacy")
Enduring Legacy Charles Francis Adams (2012) -
![Heaven's Door]( "Heaven's Door")
Heaven's Door Nate Christensen (2012) -
Christmas Oranges Behind the Scenes Dvd-extra Mr. Crampton (2012)
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![Christmas Oranges]( "Christmas Oranges")
Christmas Oranges Mr. Crampton (2012) -
![Harry's Law]( "Harry's Law")
Harry's Law Judge Lester Babcock (2012) -
![Treasure Buddies]( "Treasure Buddies")
Treasure Buddies Philip Wellington (2012) -
![Price Check]( "Price Check")
Price Check Jack Bennington (2012) -
![Wonder Woman]( "Wonder Woman")
Wonder Woman Senator Warren (2011) -
![The Christmas Pageant]( "The Christmas Pageant")
The Christmas Pageant Garrett Clark (2011) -
![Redemption: For Robbing the Dead]( "Redemption: For Robbing the Dead")
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead Governor Dawson (2011) -
![Drop Dead Diva]( "Drop Dead Diva")
Drop Dead Diva Reverend Phillips (2011) -
![A Christmas Wish]( "A Christmas Wish")
A Christmas Wish Les McCallum (2011) -
![Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star]( "Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star")
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star Jeremiah Larson (2011) -
![Better with You]( "Better with You")
Better with You Judge (2011) -
![Son of Morning]( "Son of Morning")
Son of Morning Thomas (2011) -
![The Surge: The Untold Story]( "The Surge: The Untold Story")
The Surge: The Untold Story Narrator (2010) -
![The Six Wives of Henry Lefay]( "The Six Wives of Henry Lefay")
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay Goodenough (2009) -
![Hatching Pete]( "Hatching Pete")
Hatching Pete Principal Fred Daly (2009) -
![The Skeptic]( "The Skeptic")
The Skeptic Dr. Shepard (2009) -
![Law & Order]( "Law & Order")
Law & Order Frederic Matson (1995-2009) -
![Monsterquest]( "Monsterquest")
Monsterquest Narrator (2008) -
![30 Rock]( "30 Rock")
30 Rock Walter (2008) -
![Andrew Jackson]( "Andrew Jackson")
Andrew Jackson Narrator (2007) -
![Grey's Anatomy]( "Grey's Anatomy")
Grey's Anatomy Dr. Norman Shales (2007) -
![Gilmore Girls]( "Gilmore Girls")
Gilmore Girls Richard Gilmore (2000-2007) -
![I Think I Love My Wife]( "I Think I Love My Wife")
I Think I Love My Wife Mr. Landis (2007) -
Eighty Acres of Hell Narrator (2006)
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![Factory Girl]( "Factory Girl")
Factory Girl James Townsend (2006) -
![Desperate Crossing - The True Story of the Mayflower]( "Desperate Crossing - The True Story of the Mayflower")
Desperate Crossing - The True Story of the Mayflower Narrator (2006) -
![Wedding Daze]( "Wedding Daze")
Wedding Daze Lyle (2006) -
Violent Earth: New England's Killer Hurricane Narrator (2006)
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![Relative Strangers]( "Relative Strangers")
Relative Strangers Doug Clayton (2006) -
![The Ten Commandments]( "The Ten Commandments")
The Ten Commandments Narrator (2006) -
![Ape to Man]( "Ape to Man")
Ape to Man Narrator (2005) -
![Bible Battles]( "Bible Battles")
Bible Battles Narrator (2005) -
![UFO Files]( "UFO Files")
UFO Files Narrator (2005) -
![Tom Goes to the Mayor]( "Tom Goes to the Mayor")
Tom Goes to the Mayor Benjamin Kaplan (2005) -
![The French Revolution]( "The French Revolution")
The French Revolution Narrator (2005) -
![The Aviator]( "The Aviator")
The Aviator Joseph Breen (2004) -
![Men of Valor]( "Men of Valor")
Men of Valor Narrator (2004) -
![Bereft]( "Bereft")
Bereft Lloyd (2004) -
![First Invasion: The War of 1812]( "First Invasion: The War of 1812")
First Invasion: The War of 1812 Narrator (2004) -
Isaac's Storm Narrator (2004)
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![Welcome to Mooseport]( "Welcome to Mooseport")
Welcome to Mooseport Avery Hightower (Debate Moderator) (2004) -
Nostradamus: 500 Years Later Narrator (2003)
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![Intolerable Cruelty]( "Intolerable Cruelty")
Intolerable Cruelty Rex Rexroth (2003) -
![Crossing Jordan]( "Crossing Jordan")
Crossing Jordan Captain Thomas Malden (2003) -
![Oz]( "Oz")
Oz Harrison Beecher (2000-2003) -
![The Emperor's Club]( "The Emperor's Club")
The Emperor's Club Headmaster Woodbridge (2002) -
![The Practice]( "The Practice")
The Practice Anderson Pearson (1997-2001) -
![James Dean]( "James Dean")
James Dean Raymond Massey (2001) -
![The Cat's Meow]( "The Cat's Meow")
The Cat's Meow W.R. Hearst (2001) -
![The Shaft]( "The Shaft")
The Shaft Milligan (2001) -
![Double Take]( "Double Take")
Double Take Charles Allsworth (2001) -
![Walking Across Egypt]( "Walking Across Egypt")
Walking Across Egypt Rev. Vernon (1999) -
![Vendetta]( "Vendetta")
Vendetta D.A. Luzenberg (1999) -
![Atomic Train]( "Atomic Train")
Atomic Train The President (1999) -
![Nova]( "Nova")
Nova Narrator (1998-1999) -
![A Civil Action]( "A Civil Action")
A Civil Action (1998) -
![Saint Maybe]( "Saint Maybe")
Saint Maybe Doug Bedloe (1998) -
![Better Living]( "Better Living")
Better Living Jack (1998) -
![Liberty! The American Revolution]( "Liberty! The American Revolution")
Liberty! The American Revolution Narrator (1997) -
![Critical Care]( "Critical Care")
Critical Care Robert Payne (1997) -
![Biography]( "Biography")
Biography Narrator (1997) -
![Pandora's Clock]( "Pandora's Clock")
Pandora's Clock President (1996) -
![Homicide: Life on the Street]( "Homicide: Life on the Street")
Homicide: Life on the Street Thomas Pandolfi (1996) -
![What Love Sees]( "What Love Sees")
What Love Sees Morton Treadway (1996) -
![A Season in Purgatory]( "A Season in Purgatory")
A Season in Purgatory Dr. Shugrue (1996) -
![Soul of the Game]( "Soul of the Game")
Soul of the Game Branch Rickey (1996) -
![Nixon]( "Nixon")
Nixon Nelson Rockefeller (1995) -
![Wings]( "Wings")
Wings Y.M. Burg (1995) -
![Here Come the Munsters]( "Here Come the Munsters")
Here Come the Munsters Herman Munster (1995) -
![The Face on the Milk Carton]( "The Face on the Milk Carton")
The Face on the Milk Carton Frank Jessmon (1995) -
![Richie Rich]( "Richie Rich")
Richie Rich Richard Rich (1994) -
![Don't Drink the Water]( "Don't Drink the Water")
Don't Drink the Water Mr. Kilroy (1994) -
![Foreign Student]( "Foreign Student")
Foreign Student Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore (1994) -
![Screen One]( "Screen One")
Screen One Ralph (1993) -
![My Boyfriend's Back]( "My Boyfriend's Back")
My Boyfriend's Back Mr. Dingle (1993) -
![Born Yesterday]( "Born Yesterday")
Born Yesterday Ed Devery (1993) -
![Hero]( "Hero")
Hero Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide (1992) -
![Fire in the Dark]( "Fire in the Dark")
Fire in the Dark Robert (1991) -
![Sweet Poison]( "Sweet Poison")
Sweet Poison Henry (1991) -
![The General Motors Playwrights Theater]( "The General Motors Playwrights Theater")
The General Motors Playwrights Theater Ben Cunningham (1991) -
![So Proudly We Hail]( "So Proudly We Hail")
So Proudly We Hail James Wagner (1990) -
![Hothouse]( "Hothouse")
Hothouse Woods (1988) -
![Big Business]( "Big Business")
Big Business Graham Sherbourne (1988) -
![Overboard]( "Overboard")
Overboard Grant Stayton III (1987) -
![The Lost Boys]( "The Lost Boys")
The Lost Boys Max (1987) -
![Alfred Hitchcock Presents]( "Alfred Hitchcock Presents")
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Dr. Maxwell Stoddard (1987) -
![The Lawrenceville Stories]( "The Lawrenceville Stories")
The Lawrenceville Stories Head Master (1986-1987) -
![American Playhouse]( "American Playhouse")
American Playhouse Alger Hiss (1984-1987) -
![Laughter in the Dark]( "Laughter in the Dark")
Laughter in the Dark (1986) -
![St. Elsewhere]( "St. Elsewhere")
St. Elsewhere Father Joseph McCabe (1984-1986) -
![Murrow]( "Murrow")
Murrow Fred Friendly (1986) -
![Compromising Positions]( "Compromising Positions")
Compromising Positions Bob Singer (1985) -
![The Man with One Red Shoe]( "The Man with One Red Shoe")
The Man with One Red Shoe Brown (1985) -
![The Purple Rose of Cairo]( "The Purple Rose of Cairo")
The Purple Rose of Cairo Henry (1985) -
![Mrs. Soffel]( "Mrs. Soffel")
Mrs. Soffel Warden Peter Soffel (1984) -
![Memorial Day]( "Memorial Day")
Memorial Day Ned Larwin (1983) -
Freedom to Speak (1983)
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![Annie]( "Annie")
Annie FDR (1982) -
![A Little Sex]( "A Little Sex")
A Little Sex Tommy (1982) -
![The Gift of Life]( "The Gift of Life")
The Gift of Life Dr. Quinn (1982) -
![Death Valley]( "Death Valley")
Death Valley Paul Stanton (1982) -
![The Electric Grandmother]( "The Electric Grandmother")
The Electric Grandmother Father (1982) -
![Reds]( "Reds")
Reds Max Eastman (1981) -
Dear Liar George Bernard Shaw (1981)
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![The Private History of a Campaign That Failed]( "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed")
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed The Stranger (1981) -
![Harry's War]( "Harry's War")
Harry's War Harry Johnson (1981) -
![M*A*S*H]( "M*A*S*H")
M*A*S*H Capt. Steven J. Newsome (1980) -
![3 by Cheever]( "3 by Cheever")
3 by Cheever Kip Lawton (1979) -
![Freedom Road]( "Freedom Road")
Freedom Road Stephen Holms (1979) -
![Portrait of a Stripper]( "Portrait of a Stripper")
Portrait of a Stripper Frank Andrews (1979) -
![The North Avenue Irregulars]( "The North Avenue Irregulars")
The North Avenue Irregulars Michael Hill (1979) -
![Take Down]( "Take Down")
Take Down Ed Branish (1979) -
![Brass Target]( "Brass Target")
Brass Target Col. Walter Gilchrist (1978) -
![The Betsy]( "The Betsy")
The Betsy Dan Weyman (1978) -
![A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story]( "A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story")
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story Lou Gehrig (1977) -
![Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years]( "Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years")
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years Franklin D. Roosevelt (1977) -
![Eleanor and Franklin]( "Eleanor and Franklin")
Eleanor and Franklin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, age 20-50 (1976) -
![Valley Forge]( "Valley Forge")
Valley Forge Folsom (1975) -
Beacon Hill Richard Palmer (1975)
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![The Great Waldo Pepper]( "The Great Waldo Pepper")
The Great Waldo Pepper Ezra Stiles (1975) -
![The Great Gatsby]( "The Great Gatsby")
The Great Gatsby Klipspringer (1974) -
![The Day of the Dolphin]( "The Day of the Dolphin")
The Day of the Dolphin Mike (1973) -
![The Paper Chase]( "The Paper Chase")
The Paper Chase Thomas Craig Anderson (1973) -
Actor
![Lady Liberty]( "Lady Liberty")
Lady Liberty Policeman (1971) -
Soundtrack
![Gilmore Girls]( "Gilmore Girls")
Gilmore Girls (2001-2007) -
![Intolerable Cruelty]( "Intolerable Cruelty")
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) -
Soundtrack
![Annie]( "Annie")
Annie (1982) -
Archive footage
![Nightbooks]( "Nightbooks")
Nightbooks (2021) -
![Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life]( "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life")
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![The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards]( "The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards")
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Archive footage
![The Oscars]( "The Oscars")
The Oscars (2015) -
![The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards]( "The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards")
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Additional Crew
![How the Earth Was Made]( "How the Earth Was Made")
How the Earth Was Made (2007) -
Additional Crew
![Decoding the Past: Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle]( "Decoding the Past: Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle")
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All Filmography
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Did You Know
Trivia
In 1999, he hosted a program on The History Channel, History's Lost & Found (1999) which chronicles the whereabouts of history's best known artifacts. Later Herrmann hosted (or narrated) dozens of History Channel specials mostly about historical...
Quotes
I love the spoken word. I love hearing it. The way the words can seduce you.
Trademark
Often played wealthy men, political figures, millionaires/billionaires.
Nickname
The History Channel Guy
Personal Details
Born
Edward Kirk Herrmann
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died
(age 71)
New York City, New York, USA
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