Richard Herd
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 26, 1932
- Died
- May 26, 2020
- Birthplace
- 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Herd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars 2019
as Self
The Silent Natural 2019
as Mr. Beagle
The Mule 2018
as Tim Kennedy
A Christmas in New York 2017
as Bob Burgess
Get Out 2017
as Roman Armitage
InAlienable 2008
as Professor Randolph Barnett
Dog Days of Summer 2007
as Frank Cooper
The Anna Nicole Smith Story 2007
as J. Howard Marshall
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 2005
as Commissioner Hans Raab
Joseph: King of Dreams 2000
as Jacob (voice)
A Fare to Remember 1999
as Mr. Jennings
I Married a Monster 1998
as Dr. Paul Drummond
The Survivor 1998
as Bradford
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 1997
as Henry Skerridge
Journey of the Heart 1997
as Principal Martin
Yesterday's Target 1996
as Aaron Winfield
Sgt. Bilko 1996
as General Tennyson
- A Case for Life
A Case for Life 1996
as Bud Cromwell
The Secretary 1995
as Chuck Bosnell
The Gift of Love 1994
Actor
Cosmic Slop 1994
as Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment')
SeaQuest DSV 1993
as Admiral Noyce
The Judas Project 1993
as Arthur Cunningham
Majority Rule 1992
as Rep. Harold Reynolds
Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum' 1992
as Charles Hackley
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake 1990
as Ray Goodrich
Corporate Affairs 1990
as Cyrus Kinkaid
Camp Cucamonga 1990
as Thornton Bradley
Fall From Grace 1990
as Richard Dortch
Nashville Beat 1989
as Chief Kincaid
Gleaming the Cube 1989
as Ed Lawndale
My First Love 1988
as Chet Townsend
Planes, Trains and Automobiles 1987
as Walt
Summer Rental 1985
as Angus MacLachlan
Trancers 1984
as Chairman Spencer
Deal of the Century 1983
as Lyle
Farrell: For the People 1982
as Randolph Gardner
Lovely But Deadly 1981
as Charley Gilmarten
Elvis and the Beauty Queen 1981
as Sanford Thompson
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier 1980
as Chuck Knoll
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb 1980
as Gen. Groves
Private Benjamin 1980
as General Foley
Schizoid 1980
as Donahue
Wolf Lake 1980
as George
Marciano 1979
as John Furst
The Onion Field 1979
as Beat Cop
Ike 1979
as Gen. Omar N. Bradley
The China Syndrome 1979
as Evan McCormack
Terror Out of the Sky 1978
as Col. Mangus
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid 1978
as Donovan
F.I.S.T. 1978
as Mike Monahan
Dr. Scorpion 1978
as Bill Worthington
The Hunted Lady 1977
as Capt. Wilson
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1977
as Dr. Halle
All the President's Men 1976
as James W. McCord Jr.
Pueblo 1973
as Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark
Libertad para la juventud 1971
Actor
Hercules in New York 1970
as Television Presenter
Credits from TMDB.