
Edward Herrmann
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.
TV Shows(30)

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Narrator (voice)

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Franklin Roosevelt (voice)

Perception
Jack Pierce

Harry's Law
Lester Babcock

Better With You
Judge

The Good Wife
Lionel Deerfield

Drop Dead Diva
Reverend Phillips

The States

The Revolution

30 Rock
Walter

The Ten Commandments
Narrator

How I Met Your Mother
Reverend Lowell

French Revolution
Narrator

The Presidents
Narrator

American Dad!
Councilman (voice)

Grey's Anatomy
Norman Shales

American Dad!
Old Man (voice)

Tom Goes to the Mayor
Benjamin Kaplan (voice)

Russia, Land of the Tsars