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Edward Herrmann
1 FOLLOWER • 48 CREDITS • JUL 21, 1943 - DEC 31, 2014 • 71
Biography
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.
Hermann died from brain cancer, Wednesday, December 31, 2014, in a hospital in New York City.
Known For
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
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How I Met Your Mother
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Grey's Anatomy
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American Dad!
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lasNCd45fpPLirlA7QxkuopWro.jpg)
The Good Wife
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7OKZSUIWhjFP0F2s478zTrAYwDB.jpg)
The Practice
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mEfcA56iisaOfnK8FsY1sSE2wLu.jpg)
St. Elsewhere
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mCJgmCdMZRArcP3pOg6cZ6OpxpV.jpg)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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Crossing Jordan
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Drop Dead Diva
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Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nb5310xlFjx5r9TnpKoaOTQsAlP.jpg)
Homicide: Life on the Street
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30 Rock
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M*A*S*H
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Nature
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Wonder Woman
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eqf5p8fU7liYAMznUBMWMeSYfCQ.jpg)
Wings
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jECzaCRzJdR24jfKs5Bcn346Do5.jpg)
Tom Goes to the Mayor
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Hero
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The Wolf of Wall Street
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The Ten Commandments
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Pandora's Clock
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Nixon
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The Aviator
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6dG7UTAISJGh6FqTKIwN7sR11w2.jpg)
Annie
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8hWwBpB1mLUKqzjdGrcvJcIklp4.jpg)
Gilmore Girls
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eUCUN9DUViJkELq2iklaBKM5lyq.jpg)
Atomic Train
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Vendetta
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pU44yxpd1IkczxdCyCs7UfqqVgy.jpg)
What Love Sees
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The Great Gatsby
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wpXmc1PSQ8Ye1XWhiuAEpeHCjMj.jpg)
Hatching Pete
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m9zTQr4TYS98UFSiA1k0mMfECPe.jpg)
Law & Order
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8OZ7XFfZqN9tUWX4S6jNoZ2InUw.jpg)
Treasure Buddies
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lTxICI7PrGj4jNRC6CPO6erI9pt.jpg)
Beacon Hill
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/s7BRKAq0DNcXe8Bphm6Wd5KnvlF.jpg)
The Emperor's Club
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7K8hDwOWsZv0MluyrB8nWlhJOgB.jpg)
Intolerable Cruelty
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nH1lvyQvfbL5GKScTtT6zkIvDEn.jpg)
The Lost Boys
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dxbXbR1P44caMUKtBdq7sX6aSgw.jpg)
Big Business
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Witness to 'Reds'
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Ri¢hie Ri¢h
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Reds
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Overboard
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Soul of the Game
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Compromising Positions
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Portrait of a Stripper
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So Proudly We Hail
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French Revolution
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