Acting

Edward Herrmann

1943–2014 · Acting

62.3avg grm

15titles

#576best rank

5honors

best title · #576 on siteGilmore Girls2000 · as Richard Gilmore · series65.3

Honors

5

1976Tony Awards

1999Primetime Emmy Award

1976Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play

1999Emmy — Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

—Fulbright Scholarship

Bio

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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

2010s1 title

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History2014 · as Franklin Roosevelt · series65.2

2000s4 titles

The Revolution2006 · as Self - Narrator · series64.5 D

Desperate Crossing - The True Story of the Mayflower2006 · as Narrator59.0 P

The Presidents2005 · as Narrator · series64.1 G

Gilmore Girls2000 · as Richard Gilmore · series65.3

1990s4 titles

Walking Across Egypt1999 · as Rev. Vernon56.9 F

Frank Lloyd Wright1998 · as Narrator59.6 L

Liberty! The American Revolution1997 · as Narrator · series64.1 K

Ken Burns: American Lives1997 · as Narrator · series64.1

1980s4 titles

The Lost Boys1987 · as Max53.2 R

Reds1981 · as Max Eastman72.0 A

American Playhouse1980 · as The Headmaster · series64.0 A

American Playhouse1980 · as Alger Hiss · series64.0

1970s2 titles

33 by Cheever1979 · as Kip Lawton · series63.9 P

The Paper Chase1973 · as Thomas Craig Anderson54.5

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Edward Herrmann

E

born1943

died2014

known forActing

titles on site15

best title rank#576 · Gilmore Girls (2000)

avg GRM62.3

honors5 · Tony Awards, 1976

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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

2010s

1 title

65.2The Roosevelts: An Intimate History2014 · as Franklin Roosevelt · series

2000s

4 titles

64.5The Revolution2006 · as Self - Narrator · series D

59.0Desperate Crossing - The True Story of the Mayflower2006 · as Narrator P

64.1The Presidents2005 · as Narrator · series G

65.3Gilmore Girls2000 · as Richard Gilmore · series

1990s

4 titles

56.9Walking Across Egypt1999 · as Rev. Vernon F

59.6Frank Lloyd Wright1998 · as Narrator L

64.1Liberty! The American Revolution1997 · as Narrator · series K

64.1Ken Burns: American Lives1997 · as Narrator · series

1980s

4 titles

53.2The Lost Boys1987 · as Max R

72.0Reds1981 · as Max Eastman A

64.0American Playhouse1980 · as The Headmaster · series A

64.0American Playhouse1980 · as Alger Hiss · series

1970s

2 titles

363.93 by Cheever1979 · as Kip Lawton · series P

54.5The Paper Chase1973 · as Thomas Craig Anderson

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