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.
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Perception
Better With You
The Good Wife
Drop Dead Diva
The Revolution
The States
30 Rock
The Ten Commandments
How I Met Your Mother
Grey's Anatomy
American Dad!
French Revolution
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Russia, Land of the Tsars
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
Crossing Jordan
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Gilmore Girls
The Korean War: Fire and Ice
Atomic Train
Frank Lloyd Wright
Liberty!
The Practice
Pandora's Clock
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Homicide: Life on the Street
Law & Order
Wings
Screen One
The Lawrenceville Stories
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
St. Elsewhere
Nature
Eleanor and Franklin
Beacon Hill
M*A*S*H
Great Performances
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Lost Boys
