Edward Herrmann - Overview

Date of Birth: Jul 21, 1943

Place of Birth: Washington, DC

Nationality: American

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The tall, oft-bespectacled Herrmann has extensive stage and TV experience, often cast as conservative or executive types. He is perhaps best remembered for his TV portrayals of Franklin Delano Roosevelt opposite Jane Alexander in two ABC TV miniseries, "Eleanor and Franklin" (1976) and "Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years" (1977). He also portrayed FDR in the John Huston musical "Annie" (1982).

Herrmann began his professional stage career almost as soon as arriving in New York in 1970. By the next year, he made his stage debut in an acclaimed off-Broadway production of "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel". His Broadway debut was 1972's "Moonchildren" and he received a Supporting Actor Tony for his work in "Mrs. Warren's Profession" (1976), opposite Lynn Redgrave. In the 1980 revival of "The Philadelphia Story", Herrmann portrayed Mike Connor to Blythe Danner's Tracy Lord.

Herrmann made his film debut in a bit part as policeman in Sophia Loren vehicle, "Lady Liberty" (1972). He had his first substantial role as Anderson, one of the study g... Read More

Filmography (49)

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