# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-herrmann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:06:00.209Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-herrmann"
name: "Edward Herrmann"
slug: "edward-herrmann"
description: "Edward Kirk Herrmann was an American actor, director, and writer. He was best known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the miniseries Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and 1982 film musical Annie, Richard Gilmore in Amy Sherman-Palladino's comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls (2000–2007), and a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on The History Channel and in such PBS productions as Nova. He was also known in the 1990s as a spokesman for Dodge automobiles."
tagline: "American actor, director (1943–2014)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ov33sPPuTzw21KYwAkkAB8AmjIV.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1943-07-21"
deathDate: "2014-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3726305874965661
  historical:           24.63632933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001346/"
    handle:    "nm0001346"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump