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Richard Herd

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Richard Herd

Born September 26, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, USADied May 26, 202057 films

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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57 films as actor
  1. 2019The Silent NaturalMr. Beagle
  2. 2018The MuleTim Kennedy
  3. 2017A Christmas in New YorkBob Burgess
  4. 2017Get OutRoman Armitage
  5. 2008InAlienableProfessor Randolph Barnett
  6. 2007Dog Days of SummerFrank Cooper
  7. 2007The Anna Nicole Smith StoryJ. Howard Marshall
  8. 2005The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariCommissioner Hans Raab
  9. 2000Joseph: King of DreamsJacob (voice)
  10. 1999A Fare to RememberMr. Jennings
  11. 1998I Married a MonsterDr. Paul Drummond
  12. 1998The SurvivorBradford
  13. 1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilHenry Skerridge
  14. 1997Journey of the HeartPrincipal Martin
  15. 1996Yesterday's TargetAaron Winfield
  16. 1996Sgt. BilkoGeneral Tennyson
  17. 1996A Case for LifeBud Cromwell
  18. 1995The SecretaryChuck Bosnell
  19. 1994The Gift of Love
  20. 1994Cosmic SlopCardinal (segment 'The First Commandment')
  21. 1993SeaQuest DSVAdmiral Noyce
  22. 1993The Judas ProjectArthur Cunningham
  23. 1992Majority RuleRep. Harold Reynolds
  24. 1992Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'Charles Hackley
  25. 1990The Great Los Angeles EarthquakeRay Goodrich
  26. 1990Corporate AffairsCyrus Kinkaid
  27. 1990Camp CucamongaThornton Bradley
  28. 1990Fall From GraceRichard Dortch
  29. 1989Nashville BeatChief Kincaid
  30. 1989Gleaming the CubeEd Lawndale
  31. 1988My First LoveChet Townsend
  32. 1987Planes, Trains and AutomobilesWalt
  33. 1985Summer RentalAngus MacLachlan
  34. 1984TrancersChairman Spencer
  35. 1983Deal of the CenturyLyle
  36. 1982Farrell: For the PeopleRandolph Gardner
  37. 1981Lovely But DeadlyCharley Gilmarten
  38. 1981Elvis and the Beauty QueenSanford Thompson
  39. 1980Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky BleierChuck Knoll
  40. 1980Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic BombGen. Groves
  41. 1980Private BenjaminGeneral Foley
  42. 1980SchizoidDonahue
  43. 1980Wolf LakeGeorge
  44. 1979MarcianoJohn Furst
  45. 1979The Onion FieldBeat Cop
  46. 1979IkeGen. Omar N. Bradley
  47. 1979The China SyndromeEvan McCormack
  48. 1978Terror Out of the SkyCol. Mangus
  49. 1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape KidDonovan
  50. 1978F.I.S.T.Mike Monahan
  51. 1978Dr. ScorpionBill Worthington
  52. 1977The Hunted LadyCapt. Wilson
  53. 1977I Never Promised You a Rose GardenDr. Halle
  54. 1976All the President's MenJames W. McCord Jr.
  55. 1973PuebloLt. Cmdr. C. Clark
  56. 1971Libertad para la juventud
  57. 1970Hercules in New YorkTelevision Presenter