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Richard Herd

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Acting credits

117

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

2.3

Moderate attention

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Movies: 57Series: 60

TMDB ID: 13732

IMDb ID: nm0378800

Known for: Acting

Born: September 26, 1932

Died: May 26, 2020

Age: 87

Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1970 - 2019

Years active: 50

Average TMDB rating: 6.95

Wikidata: Q1390515

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.

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Series

Series credits linked with Richard Herd.

Shameless poster
8.2

Shameless

as Gerald • 1 eps

2011 Series
Hawaii Five-0 poster
7.8

Hawaii Five-0

as Old Milton • 1 eps

2010 Series
Rizzoli & Isles poster
7.9

Rizzoli & Isles

as Patrick Doyle, Sr. • 1 eps

2010 Series
Ghost Whisperer poster
8.1

Ghost Whisperer

as Stephen Devine • 1 eps

2005 Series
Desperate Housewives poster
7.9

Desperate Housewives

as Harry Gaunt • 1 eps

2004 Series
Cold Case poster
7.8

Cold Case

as Gene Karnow (2008) • 1 eps

2003 Series
The O.C. poster
7.7

The O.C.

as Uncle Shaun • 1 eps

2003 Series
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7.7

CSI: Miami

as Judge Paul Landsman • 1 eps

2002 Series
Everwood poster
7.6

Everwood

as Herb Roberts • 2 eps

2002 Series
The District poster
6.8

The District

as Sam SheridanAndi • 1 eps

2000 Series
Family Law poster
8.2

Family Law

as Judge Neil Walker • 1 eps

1999 Series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster
8.1

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Dr. Stanley Backer • 1 eps

1997 Series
Pacific Blue poster
5.4

Pacific Blue

as Ethan Callaway • 2 eps

1996 Series
JAG poster
7.3

JAG

as Charlie Hoskins • 1 eps

1995 Series
Caroline in the City poster
6.4

Caroline in the City

as Barney Baxter • 1 eps

1995 Series
Star Trek: Voyager poster
7.8

Star Trek: Voyager

as Adm. Owen Paris • 4 eps

1995 Series
ER poster
7.8

ER

as Dr. Murphy • 1 eps

1994 Series
Winnetka Road poster
3.0

Winnetka Road

as Mike • 1 eps

1994 Series
Diagnosis: Murder poster
7.1

Diagnosis: Murder

as Archie Mullen • 1 eps

1993 Series
seaQuest DSV poster
7.1

seaQuest DSV

as Admiral Noyce • 11 eps

1993 Series
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. poster
7.0

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

as President Cleveland • 2 eps

1993 Series
Walker, Texas Ranger poster
6.9

Walker, Texas Ranger

as General Garrity • 1 eps

1993 Series
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman poster
7.6

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

as Dr. John Hansen • 2 eps

1993 Series
Renegade poster
6.7

Renegade

as Sheriff Frank Brown • 1 eps

1992 Series
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