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Acting
Birthday
September 26, 1932
Died
May 26, 2020
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Richard Herd
1.5 Popularity
Biography
Richard Thomas Herd Jr. (September 26, 1932 – May 26, 2020) was an American actor appearing in numerous supporting, recurring, and guest roles in television series and occasional film roles from the 1970s to the 2010s. He was well known in the science fiction community for his role in the 1983 NBC miniseries V and 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, as John, the Visitors' Supreme Commander. Other major roles in his career included recurring parts on the NBC series seaQuest DSV as Admiral William Noyce; on Star Trek: Voyager as Admiral Owen Paris, the father of helmsman Tom Paris; and as George Costanza's boss Matt Wilhelm on Seinfeld. In two guest appearances on Quantum Leap, he played children's show host "Captain Galaxy", a would-be time traveler, and a miner named Ziggy Ziganovich. He also voiced Father Elijah in the Dead Money expansion for Fallout: New Vegas. Herd appeared at several fan conventions for his science fiction roles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Herd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
6.9
Self
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
2021
🎬
1.5
Self
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
2019
6.3
Mr. Beagle
The Silent Natural
2019
6.9
Tim Kennedy
The Mule
2018
4.8
Bob Burgess
A Christmas in New York
2017
7.6
Roman Armitage
Get Out
2017
5.0
Admiral Paris
Star Trek: Renegades
2015
8.2
Gerald
Shameless
2011
7.8
Old Milton
Hawaii Five-0
2010
7.9
Patrick Doyle, Sr.
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
Credits
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
as Self
2021
6.9
🎬
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
as Self
2019
1.5
The Silent Natural
as Mr. Beagle
2019
6.3
The Mule
as Tim Kennedy
2018
6.9
A Christmas in New York
as Bob Burgess
2017
4.8
Get Out
as Roman Armitage
2017
7.6
Star Trek: Renegades
as Admiral Paris
2015
5.0
Shameless
as Gerald
2011
8.2
Hawaii Five-0
as Old Milton
2010
7.8
Rizzoli & Isles
as Patrick Doyle, Sr.
2010
7.9
Dog Days of Summer
as Frank Cooper
2007
4.3
The Anna Nicole Smith Story
as J. Howard Marshall
2007
3.5
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
as Commissioner Hans Raab
2005
6.2
Ghost Whisperer
as Stephen Devine
2005
8.1
Desperate Housewives
as Harry Gaunt
2004
7.9
Roddenberry on Patrol
as Captain Kirkus
2003
0.0
Cold Case
as Gene Karnow (2008)
2003
7.8
The O.C.
as Uncle Shaun
2003
7.8
Joseph: King of Dreams
as Jacob (voice)
2002
6.9
CSI: Miami
as Judge Paul Landsman
2002
7.7
Everwood
as Herb Roberts
2002
7.6
The District
as Sam SheridanAndi
2000
6.8
Family Law
as Judge Neil Walker
1999
8.2
A Fare to Remember
as Mr. Jennings
1999
4.0
I Married a Monster
as Dr. Paul Drummond
1998
3.0
The Survivor
as Bradford
1998
3.4
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as Henry Skerridge
1997
6.4
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Dr. Stanley Backer
1997
8.1
Journey of the Heart
as Principal Martin
1997
4.8
Yesterday's Target
as Aaron Winfield
1996
3.9
Sgt. Bilko
as Gen Tennyson
1996
5.9
Pacific Blue
as Ethan Callaway
1996
5.3
🎬
A Case for Life
as Bud Cromwell
1996
4.3
JAG
as Charlie Hoskins
1995
7.3
Caroline in the City
as Barney Baxter
1995
6.4
The Secretary
as Chuck Bosnell
1995
4.7
Star Trek: Voyager
as Adm. Owen Paris
1995
7.8
The Gift of Love
1994
0.0
Cosmic Slop
as Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment')
1994
4.3
ER
as Dr. Murphy
1994
7.8
Winnetka Road
as Mike
1994
3.0
Diagnosis: Murder
as Archie Mullen
1993
7.1
seaQuest DSV
as Admiral Noyce
1993
7.0
seaQuest DSV
as Secretary General Noyce
1993
7.0
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as President Cleveland
1993
7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
as General Garrity
1993
6.9
The Judas Project
as Arthur Cunningham
1993
4.3
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Dr. John Hansen
1993
7.6
Majority Rule
as Rep. Harold Reynolds
1992
3.0
Renegade
as Sheriff Frank Brown
1992
6.7
Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'
as Charles Hackley
1992
0.0
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
as Ray Goodrich
1990
6.7
Corporate Affairs
as Cyrus Kinkaid
1990
1.0
Camp Cucamonga
as Thornton Bradley
1990
4.7
Fall From Grace
as Richard Dortch
1990
5.3
Nashville Beat
as Chief Kincaid
1989
0.0
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
6.0
Seinfeld
as Wilhelm
1989
8.3
Tales from the Crypt
as Phil Stone
1989
8.0
Quantum Leap
as Moe Stein
1989
8.0
Quantum Leap
as Ziggy Ziganovich / Moe Stein
1989
8.0
Gleaming the Cube
as Ed Lawndale
1989
6.0
My First Love
as Chet Townsend
1988
10.0
Favorite Son
1988
4.0
China Beach
as Bartender (uncredited)
1988
7.4
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as Walt
1987
7.3
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as L'Kor
1987
8.4
Jake and the Fatman
1987
6.2
Beauty and the Beast
1987
7.4
Matlock
as Police Capt. Edward Hanna / The Mad Hatter
1986
7.1
The Golden Girls
as Ernie
1985
7.6
Summer Rental
as Angus MacLachlan
1985
6.1
Trancers
as Chairman Spencer
1984
5.9
Murder, She Wrote
as Harvey McKittrick
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Arnett Cobb
1984
7.5
V: The Final Battle
as John
1984
7.3
Deal of the Century
as Lyle
1983
4.7
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as Jake Williamson
1983
6.4
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Arthur Huntley / Lonnie Vanatta
1983
6.4
V
as John
1983
7.7
The A-Team
as Jonathan Durcell
1983
7.5
Farrell: For the People
as Randolph Gardner
1982
1.0
The Devlin Connection
as Lt. Harvey Bukowski
1982
5.0
Knight Rider
as Lyle Jastrow
1982
7.5
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
T. J. Hooker
as Captain Dennis Sheridan
1982
6.4
Falcon Crest
as Calvin Kleeger
1981
5.5
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
Simon & Simon
as Consul Dearborn
1981
6.7
Lovely But Deadly
as Charley Gilmarten
1981
2.9
The Greatest American Hero
1981
7.2
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
as Sanford Thompson
1981
3.3
Hill Street Blues
as Mike
1981
7.6
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
as Chuck Knoll
1980
5.0
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
as Gen. Groves
1980
5.7
Private Benjamin
as General Foley
1980
6.0
Schizoid
as Donahue
1980
5.2
Wolf Lake
as George
1980
6.2
Knots Landing
as Dr. Aaron Stahl
1979
6.7
Marciano
as John Furst
1979
0.0
Hart to Hart
1979
6.9
Hart to Hart
as Lieutenant Fredricks
1979
6.9
The Onion Field
as Beat Cop
1979
6.0
Ike
as Gen. Omar N. Bradley
1979
6.2
Ike
as Gen. Omar Bradley
1979
6.5
The China Syndrome
as Evan McCormack
1979
7.2
Terror Out of the Sky
as Col. Mangus
1978
4.8
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
as Donovan
1978
5.0
F.I.S.T.
as Mike Monahan
1978
6.5
Dallas
as John Mackey
1978
6.8
Dr. Scorpion
as Bill Worthington
1978
5.0
The Hunted Lady
as Capt. Wilson
1977
7.6
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Dr. Halle
1977
5.8
Eight Is Enough
1977
6.1
All the President's Men
as James W. McCord, Jr.
1976
7.7
Starsky & Hutch
as FBI Agent Smithers
1975
7.3
The Rockford Files
as Cliff Gladish
1974
7.6
Kojak
as Bob
1973
7.0
Pueblo
as Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark
1973
5.7
The Streets of San Francisco
as Greene
1972
7.0
M*A*S*H
1972
7.9
Libertad para la juventud
1971
0.0
Hercules in New York
as Television Presenter
1970
4.1