Edward Herrmann, the actor best known for his role as lead vampire in The Lost Boys has died.
He was 71.
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To a generation of fans, Herrmann was the loving, astute patriarch on the hit TV show but his career spanned much wider than that. On TV he appeared regularly on The Good Wife, St. Elsewhere, The Practice, and Oz. In movies, he’s probably best known for his Richard Gilmore on the Gilmore Girls, but he appeared in Nixon, The Aviator, Richie Rich, Intolerable Cruelty, Annie, The Great Gatsby, The Purple Rose of Cairo and many others. He worked with the best of the best. h/t slashfilm
Whenever Herrmann appeared on screen, he quickly and quietly lent a commanding presence to his characters.
Here a complete list of films Herrmann appeared:
Day of the Dolphin
Mike
1973
Paper Chase
Anderson
1973
Great Gatsby
Klipspringer
1974
Great Waldo Pepper
Ezra Stiles
1975
Eleanor and Franklin
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1976
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1977
Betsy
Dan Weyman
1978
Brass Target
Colonel Walter Gilchrist
1978
Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Lou Gehrig
1978
North Avenue Irregulars
Michael Hill
1979
Portrait of a Stripper
1979
Freedom Road
1979
Take Down
Ed Branish
1979
Reds
Max Eastman
1981
Harry’s War
Harry Johnson
1981
Little Sex
1981
Annie
F.D.R.
1982
Death Valley
Paul Stanton
1982
Memorial Day
Ned Larwin
1983
Mrs. Soffel
Peter Soffel
1984
Man with One Red Shoe
Brown
1985
Purple Rose of Cairo
Henry
1985
Compromising Positions
Bob Singer
1985
Murrow
1986
Overboard
Grant Stayton III
1987
Return of Hickey
1987
Lost Boys
Max
1987
Big Business
Graham Sherbourne
1988
My Boyfriend’s Back
Mr. Dingle
1989
Sweet Poison
1991
Fire in the Dark
Robert
1991
Hero
(uncredited)
1992
Born Yesterday
Ed Devery
1993
My Boyfriend’s Back
1993
Foreign Field
Ralph
1993
Foreign Student
Zach Gilmore
1994
Don’t Drink the Water
Mr. Kilroy
1994
Richie Rich
Mr. Rich
1994
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
1995
Face on the Milk Carton
Frank Jessmon
1995
Baseball in Black and White
Branch Rickey
1996
Critical Care
1997
Intolerable Cruelty
Rex Rexroth
2003
Aviator
Joseph Breen
2004
Factory Girl
James Townsend
2006
Wolf of Wall Street
Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
2013
M*A*S*H
Heal Thyself
as Capt. Steven J. Newsome
01/14/1980
American Playhouse
Concealed Enemies
as Alger Hiss
05/07/1984
American Playhouse
The Prodigious Hickey
as Headmaster
01/26/1987
Gilmore Girls
Nick & Nora/Sid & Nancy
as Richard Gilmore
10/30/2001
Gilmore Girls
It Should’ve Been Lorelai
as Richard Gilmore
02/12/2002
Gilmore Girls
I Can’t Get Started
as Richard Gilmore
05/21/2002
Gilmore Girls
A Tale of Poes and Fire
as Richard Gilmore
04/15/2003
Gilmore Girls
Lorelai? Lorelai?
as Richard Gilmore
05/01/2007
Grey’s Anatomy
Let the Truth Sting
as Dr. Norman Shales
10/11/2007
Grey’s Anatomy
The Heart of the Matter
as Dr. Norman Shales
10/18/2007
Grey’s Anatomy
Haunt You Every Day
as Dr. Norman Shales
