Edward Herrmann Net Worth
Edward Herrmann Net Worth is
$10 Million
Edward Herrmann Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Edward Kirk Herrmann is an American television and film actor. He is best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt on television, and to younger generations for his role as Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, as a ubiquitous narrator for historical prog... | Full Name | Edward Herrmann |
| Net Worth | $10 Million |
| Date Of Birth | July 21, 1943, Washington, D.C., United States |
| Died | December 31, 2014, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Washington, D.C. |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.956 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Spokesperson, Presenter, Voice Actor, Screenwriter, Film director |
| Education | Bucknell University, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, University of Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | Star Herrmann (m. 1992–2014), Leigh Curran (m. 1978–1991) |
| Children | Rory Herrmann, Ryan Herrmann, Emma Herrmann |
| Parents | John Anthony Herrmann, Jean Eleanor Herrmann |
| Nicknames | Edward Herman , Ed Hermann , Ed Herrmann , The History Channel Guy , Edward Kirk Herrmann , Edward Hermann |
| Awards | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Obie Award for Susta... |
| Nominations | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding F... |
| Movies | The Lost Boys, Annie, Overboard, Richie Rich, The Aviator, The Paper Chase, The Cat's Meow, Intolerable Cruelty, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The Great Waldo Pepper, The Emperor's Club, Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, Reds, I Think I Love My Wife, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star, Harry's W... |
| TV Shows | Gilmore Girls, The American Revolution, History's Lost & Found, Eleanor and Franklin, Beacon Hill, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, Liberty!, Russia, Land of the Tsars, The States |
| Star Sign | Cancer |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Towering height. |
| 2 | Often plays wealthy men, political figures, millionaires. |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | I love the spoken word. I love hearing it. The way the words can seduce you. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | His remains were cremated. |
| 2 | His father was of German descent and his mother was of Irish and English ancestry. |
| 3 | One of his last acting credits was narrating a documentary series on cancer, while he himself was dying of brain cancer. He thought of it as a fitting and important final performance. |
| 4 | Was a TV pitchman for the now defunct Fair Financing Company which operated a Ponzi scheme by Tim Durham and others resulting in convictions for wire and securities fraud. |
| 5 | His future second wife, Star Roman, sued him for paternity after he fathered a child with her during the filming of Harry's War (1981). |
| 6 | Has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Reds (1981), The Aviator (2004) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). |
| 7 | Known as "Mr. Pathmark" in the 1980s by appearing in a series of commercials for the grocery chain. |
| 8 | Currently the voice of many specials on The History Channel. [May 2004] |
| 9 | Bears a striking resemblance to Branch Rickey, whom he portrayed in Soul of the Game (1996). |
| 10 | He was nominated for a 1975 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for his performance in "The Cherry Orchard", at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. |
| 11 | In 1999, he hosted a program on The History Channel, History's Lost & Found (1999) which chronicles the whereabouts of history's best known artifacts. Since that time Herrmann has hosted (or narrated) dozens of History Channel specials mostly about historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
| 12 | He has played Franklin D. Roosevelt three times: Eleanor and Franklin (1976), Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977) and Annie (1982). In 2005, he hosted the documentary, about Roosevelt, called FDR: A Presidency Revealed (2005). |
| 13 | Won his Tony the same year that Kelly Bishop - who portrays his wife in Gilmore Girls (2000) - won hers. |
| 14 | Won Broadway's 1976 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for George Bernard Shaw's "Mrs. Warren's Profession." Was also Tony-nominated in 1983 as Best Actor (Play) for "Plenty.". |
| 15 | He has completed many voiceover assignments: from Dodge TV commercials, to documentaries to dozens of audiobooks (in many cases, using different accents and dialects). |
| 16 | He grew up in the Detroit area, studied drama in England at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (on a Fullbright Fellowship no less) and performed in several repertory stage productions in the Dallas area early in his career. |
| 17 | He loves restoring classic cars. He has several in his collection. |
| 18 | Member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Bucknell University, where he was a graduate. |
| 19 | Father of Ryen Herrmann and Emma Herrmann. His step-son Rory Herrmann (after the Gilmore Girls main character is named) works as Chef. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach of the Year | 2015 | post-production | Bill Ford |
| American Dad! | 2012-2016 | TV Series | |
| Perception | 2015 | TV Series | Jack Pierce |
| The Town That Dreaded Sundown | 2014 | Reverend Cartwright | |
| Black Box | 2014 | TV Series | Dr. Reynaud |
| The Wolf of Wall Street | 2013 | Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice) | |
| The Good Wife | 2010-2013 | TV Series | Lionel Deerfield |
| How I Met Your Mother | 2013 | TV Series | Reverend Robert Lowell |
| Are You Here | 2013 | Dr. Vincent | |
| Heaven's Door | 2013 | Nate Christensen | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2013 | TV Series | Mr. Vogel |
| Christmas Oranges | 2012 | Mr. Crampton | |
| Harry's Law | 2012 | TV Series | Judge Lester Babcock |
| Treasure Buddies | 2012 | Video | Philip Wellington |
| Price Check | 2012 | Jack Bennington | |
| Wonder Woman | 2011 | TV Movie | Senator Warren |
| The Christmas Pageant | 2011 | TV Movie | Garrett Clark |
| A Christmas Wish | 2011 | TV Movie | Les McCallum |
| Redemption: For Robbing the Dead | 2011 | Governor Dawson | |
| Drop Dead Diva | 2011 | TV Series | Reverend Phillips |
| Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | 2011 | Jeremiah Larson | |
| Better with You | 2011 | TV Series | Judge |
| Son of Morning | 2011 | Thomas | |
| The Surge: The Untold Story | 2010 | Short | Narrator |
| Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Edward Herrmann | 2009 | TV Movie | Narrator |
| The Six Wives of Henry Lefay | 2009 | Goodenough | |
| Hatching Pete | 2009 | TV Movie | Principal Fred Daly |
| The Skeptic | 2009 | Dr. Shepard (as Ed Herrmann) | |
| Law & Order | 1995-2009 | TV Series | Frederic Matson / Mr. Mosbeck / Drew Seely |
| 30 Rock | 2008 | TV Series | Walter |
| Andrew Jackson | 2007 | TV Movie | Narrator (voice) |
| Grey's Anatomy | 2007 | TV Series | Dr. Norman Shales |
| Gilmore Girls | 2000-2007 | TV Series | Richard Gilmore |
| I Think I Love My Wife | 2007 | Mr. Landis | |
| Eighty Acres of Hell | 2006 | TV Movie | Narrator |
| Factory Girl | 2006 | James Townsend | |
| The Mayflower | 2006 | TV Movie | Narrator |
| Wedding Daze | 2006 | Lyle | |
| Violent Earth: New England's Killer Hurricane | 2006 | TV Movie | Narrator |
| Relative Strangers | 2006 | Doug Clayton | |
| The Ten Commandments: Part 2 - The Laws of Man | 2006 | TV Movie | Narrator |
| Bible Battles | 2005 | TV Special documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| UFO Files | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Tom Goes to the Mayor | 2005 | TV Series | Benjamin Kaplan |
| The Aviator | 2004 | Joseph Breen | |
| Bereft | 2004 | Lloyd | |
| Men of Valor | 2004 | Video Game | Narrator (voice, as Edward Herman) |
| First Invasion: The War of 1812 | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Isaac's Storm | 2004 | TV Movie | Narrator (voice) |
| Welcome to Mooseport | 2004 | Avery Hightower (Debate Moderator) (uncredited) | |
| Intolerable Cruelty | 2003 | Rex Rexroth | |
| Crossing Jordan | 2003 | TV Series | Captain Thomas Malden |
| Oz | 2000-2003 | TV Series | Harrison Beecher |
| The Emperor's Club | 2002 | Headmaster Woodbridge | |
| The Practice | 1997-2001 | TV Series | Anderson Pearson |
| James Dean | 2001 | TV Movie | Raymond Massey |
| The Cat's Meow | 2001 | W.R. Hearst | |
| The Shaft | 2001 | Milligan | |
| Double Take | 2001 | Charles Allsworth | |
| Walking Across Egypt | 1999 | Rev. Vernon | |
| Vendetta | 1999 | TV Movie | D.A. Luzenberg |
| Atomic Train | 1999 | TV Mini-Series | The President |
| A Civil Action | 1998 | unconfirmed, uncredited | |
| Saint Maybe | 1998 | TV Movie | Doug Bedloe |
| Better Living | 1998 | Jack | |
| Liberty! The American Revolution | 1997 | TV Mini-Series | Narrator |
| Critical Care | 1997 | Robert Payne | |
| Biography | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Pandora's Clock | 1996 | TV Mini-Series | President |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | 1996 | TV Series | Thomas Pandolfi |
| What Love Sees | 1996 | TV Movie | Morton Treadway |
| A Season in Purgatory | 1996 | TV Movie | Dr. Shugrue |
| Soul of the Game | 1996 | TV Movie | Branch Rickey |
| Nixon | 1995 | Nelson Rockefeller (as Ed Herrmann) | |
| Wings | 1995 | TV Series | Y.M. Burg |
| Here Come the Munsters | 1995 | TV Movie | Herman Munster |
| The Face on the Milk Carton | 1995 | TV Movie | Frank Jessmon |
| Ri¢hie Ri¢h | 1994 | Richard Rich | |
| Don't Drink the Water | 1994 | TV Movie | Mr. Kilroy |
| Foreign Student | 1994 | Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore | |
| Screen One | 1993 | TV Series | Ralph |
| My Boyfriend's Back | 1993 | Mr. Dingle | |
| Born Yesterday | 1993 | Ed Devery | |
| Hero | 1992/I | Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide (uncredited) | |
| Fire in the Dark | 1991 | TV Movie | Robert |
| Sweet Poison | 1991 | TV Movie | Henry |
| The General Motors Playwrights Theater | 1991 | TV Series | Ben Cunningham |
| So Proudly We Hail | 1990 | TV Movie | James Wagner |
| Hothouse | 1988 | TV Series | Woods |
| Big Business | 1988 | Graham Sherbourne | |
| Overboard | 1987 | Grant Stayton III | |
| The Lost Boys | 1987 | Max (as Ed Herrmann) | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1987 | TV Series | Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton |
| American Playhouse | 1984-1987 | TV Series | Alger Hiss / Headmaster / Alger Hiss |
| The Lawrenceville Stories | 1986-1987 | TV Mini-Series | Head Master |
| Laughter in the Dark | 1986 | ||
| St. Elsewhere | 1984-1986 | TV Series | Father Joseph McCabe / Priest |
| Murrow | 1986 | TV Movie | Fred Friendly |
| Compromising Positions | 1985 | Bob Singer | |
| The Man with One Red Shoe | 1985 | Brown (as Ed Herrmann) | |
| The Purple Rose of Cairo | 1985 | Henry | |
| Mrs. Soffel | 1984 | Warden Peter Soffel | |
| Memorial Day | 1983 | TV Movie | Ned Larwin |
| Freedom to Speak | 1983 | TV Mini-Series | Andrew Carnegie Robert Ingersoll Abraham Lincoln ... |
| Annie | 1982 | FDR | |
| A Little Sex | 1982 | Tommy | |
| The Gift of Life | 1982 | TV Movie | Dr. Quinn |
| Death Valley | 1982 | Paul Stanton | |
| The Electric Grandmother | 1982 | TV Movie | Father |
| Reds | 1981 | Max Eastman | |
| Dear Liar | 1981 | TV Movie | George Bernard Shaw |
| The Private History of a Campaign That Failed | 1981 | TV Movie | The Stranger |
| Harry's War | 1981 | Harry Johnson | |
| M*A*S*H | 1980 | TV Series | Capt. Steven J. Newsome |
| 3 by Cheever | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Kip Lawton |
| Freedom Road | 1979 | TV Movie | Stephen Holms |
| Portrait of a Stripper | 1979 | TV Movie | Frank Andrews |
| The North Avenue Irregulars | 1979 | Michael Hill | |
| Take Down | 1979 | Ed Branish | |
| Brass Target | 1978 | Col. Walter Gilchrist | |
| The Betsy | 1978 | Dan Weyman | |
| A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | 1977 | TV Movie | Lou Gehrig |
| Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | 1977 | TV Movie | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Eleanor and Franklin | 1976 | TV Series | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, age 20-50 |
| Valley Forge | 1975 | TV Movie | Folsom |
| Beacon Hill | 1975 | TV Series | Richard Palmer |
| The Great Waldo Pepper | 1975 | Ezra Stiles | |
| The Great Gatsby | 1974 | Klipspringer | |
| The Day of the Dolphin | 1973 | Mike - Research Team | |
| The Paper Chase | 1973 | Thomas Craig Anderson | |
| Lady Liberty | 1971 | Policeman (uncredited) |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmore Girls | TV Series 1 episode, 2001 performer - 3 episodes, 2003 - 2007 | ||
| Intolerable Cruelty | 2003 | performer: "I've Been Working on the Railroad" - uncredited | |
| Annie | 1982 | performer: "Tomorrow White House Version" - uncredited |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| How the Earth Was Made | 2007 | TV Movie documentary narrator | |
| Decoding the Past: Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle | 2005 | TV Movie documentary narrator | |
| Siberia: How the East Was Won | 2004 | TV Movie documentary narrator |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2015 | TV Series in memory of - 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| FDR: A Presidency Revealed | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| The Presidents | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Host |
| The French Revolution | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Beyond the Da Vinci Code | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Ape to Man | 2005 | Video documentary | Narrator |
| Countdown to Armageddon | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Announcer |
| The Lost Boys: A Retrospective | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Gilmore Girls Backstage Special | 2004 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Nature | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty' | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself - 'Rex Rexroth' (as Ed Hermann) |
| The Day They Died | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Nostradamus: 500 Years Later | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Mavericks, Miracles and Medicine | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Modern Marvels | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Biography | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| TR: An American Lion | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| The Louisiana Purchase | 2003 | TV Movie | Himself - Narrator |
| Russia, Land of the Tsars | 2003 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator |
| The Samurai | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| First Mothers | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (for The History Channel) |
| Save Our History | 1999-2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host / Himself - Narrator |
| The World Trade Center: Rise and Fall of an American Icon | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Founding Brothers | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Antarctica: A Frozen History | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Horror in the East | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator for The History Channel (voice) |
| The Impressionists | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Anatomy of a Scene | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Face: Jesus in Art | 2001 | Video documentary | Narrator |
| In Search of Christmas | 2001 | TV Movie | Himself - Host and Narrator |
| Founding Fathers | 2000 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator |
| History's Lost & Found | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Niagara: A History of the Falls | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series |
| The Korean War: Fire and Ice | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| New York: A Documentary Film | 1999 | TV Series documentary voice | |
| Ultimate Autos | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Host / Narrator |
| Nova | 1998-1999 | TV Series documentary | Narrator / Himself |
| Working in the Theatre | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | 1998 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Fifties | 1997 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator |
| Night of 100 Stars III | 1990 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series |
| The Making of 'Mrs. Soffel' | 1984 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 37th Annual Tony Awards | 1983 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Play |
| Great Performances | 1982 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 30th Annual Tony Awards | 1976 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Featured Actor in a Play |
| Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| First Encounter | 2014 | TV Movie documentary voice | |
| The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Why We (Heart) Vampires | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| The Story of the Battle of Outpost Harry | 2010 | Documentary voice | |
| Hold at All Costs: The Story of the Battle of Outpost Harry | 2010 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Monsterquest | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Columbus: The Lost Voyage | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself - Narrator (voice, as Ed Herrmann) |
| The Revolution | 2007 | TV Series | Himself - Narrator |
| The States | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Titanic's Achilles Heel | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Banned from the Bible II | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Witness to 'Reds' | 2006 | Video | Himself |
| Mayan Doomsday Prophecy | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| The Ten Commandments: Part 1 - The Laws of God | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Giganto: The Real King Kong | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Decoding the Past: Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - In Memoriam |
| The 87th Annual Academy Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Actor (In Memoriam) |
| The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - In Memoriam |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | The Practice (1997) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast | Nixon (1995) |
| 1987 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series | St. Elsewhere (1982) |
| 1986 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series | St. Elsewhere (1982) |
| 1977 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special | Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977) |
| 1976 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special | Eleanor and Franklin (1976) |
Known for movies
Gilmore Girls (2000-2007)
as Richard Gilmore
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial
The Aviator (2004)
as Joseph Breen
The Lost Boys (1987)
as Max