# Edward HERRMANN Appreication Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-herrmann-appreication-thread/186729 "2003-07-07T06:52:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-herrmann-appreication-thread/186729/1 "2003-07-07T06:52:24Z")
THE LOST BOYS vampire dad FDR in how many movies? Patriarch in THE GILMORE GIRLS and best of all, the only man to match Fred Gwynn in filling Herman Munster’s boots! HAR HAR HAR!!! (Almost erasing from my mind the abominable TV MUNSTERS rehash with John Schuck as Herman) Edward Herrmann- we salute you! ---
**Author:** ![Peg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Peg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peg)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-herrmann-appreication-thread/186729/2 "2003-07-07T19:19:55Z")
_raises glass_ ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-herrmann-appreication-thread/186729/3 "2003-07-07T19:23:43Z")
Not to mention a great portrayal of a surgeon who suffered a nervous breakdown in M_A_S\*H (the tv series, not the movie) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-herrmann-appreication-thread/186729/4 "2003-07-07T22:39:30Z")
Not to mention the fact that he’s into cool old cars. He was the host of a slightly updated version of The History Channel’s “Automobiles”. ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-herrmann-appreication-thread/186729/5 "2003-07-07T23:23:12Z")
And the philandering evil husband of Meg Ryan in _Overboard_. Though I like his Gilmore Girls role best. It’s impossible to imagine anyone else in that role. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-herrmann-appreication-thread/186729/6 "2003-07-07T23:30:30Z")
Nice guest shot on “The Practice.” Great as Lou Gerhig. And pretty good on “Oz” too. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-herrmann-appreication-thread/186729/7 "2003-07-07T23:40:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrVisible \* > **And the philandering evil husband of Meg Ryan in _Overboard_.** Psst – that was Goldie Hawn. He was also Y.M. Berg, the snooty architect who designed a house shaped like a 7 for Joe and Helen on _Wings_. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-herrmann-appreication-thread/186729/8 "2003-07-08T00:31:40Z")
I adore Edward Herrmann. I fell in love with him during the original airing of the Eleanor and Franklin miniseries. I was lucky enough to see him playing FDR live in a production of Annie. He’s also wonderful as William Randolph Hearst in _The Cat’s Meow_ and in his numerous appearances on Law & Order. He was in the season finale of Crossing Jordan this year too. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-herrmann-appreication-thread/186729/9 "2003-07-08T02:40:13Z")
Edward Herrmann was born to play FDR. There simply aren’t sufficient patricians in movies these days. 😉