Birth name | Edward Kirk Herrmann |
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Birth date | July 21, 1943 |
Birth place | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1967–present |
He is known for his portrayal of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the made-for-TV movie, Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and the sequel, (1977) (both of which earned him Best Actor Emmy nominations), as well as in the first feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical Annie (1982). Herrmann portrayed Herman Munster in the Fox telefilm Here Come The Munsters which aired on Halloween 1995.
Herrmann also earned an Emmy in 1999 for his guest appearances on The Practice. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Plenty in 1983 and Emmys in 1986 and 1987 for his guest-starring role as Father Joseph McCabe on St. Elsewhere. Herrmann also played Tobias Beecher's father on the HBOs series Oz. From 2000 to 2007, he portrayed Richard Gilmore on The WB's Gilmore Girls.
Herrmann's film career began in the mid-1970s, playing supporting roles as Robert Redford's partner in The Great Waldo Pepper, a law student in The Paper Chase, the idle, piano-playing Klipspringer in The Great Gatsby and opposite Laurence Olivier in The Betsy (1978). Among Herrmann's better known roles are as the title character in Harry's War (1981), Goldie Hawn's rich husband in Overboard, Reverend Michael Hill in Disney's The North Avenue Irregulars, one of the characters in the film-within-a-film in Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo, and as Max, the mild-mannered head vampire in the teen vampire film The Lost Boys.
Herrmann is also known for his voluminous voice work for The History Channel and various PBS specials, and made appearances and done voiceovers in Dodge commercials from 1992 until 2001. His voice work also includes dozens of audio books, for which he's won several Audie awards. He played Gutman in Blackstone Audio's Grammy-nominated dramatization of The Maltese Falcon and played Cauchon in Blackstone's audio version of Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan. Herrmann is a well-known automotive enthusiast and restores classic automobiles. He is the MC for the Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance every August and hosts the television show Automobiles on The History Channel. After his well-received portrayal of J. Alden Weir in My Dearest Anna at the Wilton Playshop in Wilton, Connecticut, he was a special guest of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square in their Ring Christmas Bells holiday concert in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 11–14, 2008.
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