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Richard Herd
Actor· Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Get Out
Roman Armitage · 2017
The Mule
Tim Kennedy · 2018
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Walt · 1987
All the President's Men
James W. McCord, Jr. · 1976
Joseph: King of Dreams
Jacob (voice) · 2000
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Henry Skerridge · 1997
The China Syndrome
Evan McCormack · 1979
Private Benjamin
1980
Filmography
40 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Mule | Tim Kennedy | Film |
| 2017 | Get Out | Roman Armitage | Film |
| 2007 | Dog Days of Summer | Frank Cooper | Film |
| 2007 | The Anna Nicole Smith Story | J. Howard Marshall | Film |
| 2005 | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | Commissioner Hans Raab | Film |
| 2003 | Roddenberry on Patrol | Captain Kirkus | Film |
| 2000 | Joseph: King of Dreams | Jacob (voice) | Film |
| 1999 | A Fare to Remember | Mr. Jennings | Film |
| 1998 | The Survivor | Bradford | Film |
| 1997 | Journey of the Heart | Principal Martin | Film |
| 1997 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Henry Skerridge | Film |
| 1996 | Sgt. Bilko | General Tennyson | Film |
| 1996 | Yesterday's Target | Aaron Winfield | Film |
| 1995 | The Secretary | Chuck Bosnell | Film |
| 1993 | The Judas Project | Arthur Cunningham | Film |
| 1993 | SeaQuest DSV | Admiral Noyce | TV |
| 1992 | Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum' | Charles Hackley | Film |
| 1990 | Camp Cucamonga | Thornton Bradley | Film |
| 1990 | Fall From Grace | Richard Dortch | Film |
| 1990 | The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Ray Goodrich | Film |
| 1989 | Nashville Beat | Chief Kincaid | Film |
| 1989 | Gleaming the Cube | Ed Lawndale | Film |
| 1988 | My First Love | Chet Townsend | Film |
| 1987 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Walt | Film |
| 1985 | Summer Rental | Angus MacLachlan | Film |
| 1984 | V: The Final Battle | John | TV |
| 1984 | Trancers | Chairman Spencer | Film |
| 1983 | Deal of the Century | Lyle | Film |
| 1983 | V | John | TV |
| 1981 | Lovely But Deadly | Charley Gilmarten | Film |
| 1980 | Schizoid | Donahue | Film |
| 1980 | Wolf Lake | George | Film |
| 1980 | Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb | Gen. Groves | Film |
| 1979 | The China Syndrome | Evan McCormack | Film |
| 1979 | The Onion Field | Beat Cop | Film |
| 1979 | Ike | Gen. Omar N. Bradley | Film |
| 1978 | Terror Out of the Sky | Col. Mangus | Film |
| 1978 | F.I.S.T. | Mike Monahan | Film |
| 1976 | All the President's Men | James W. McCord, Jr. | Film |
| 1970 | Hercules in New York | Television Presenter | Film |
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