# Identify this actor (Herman in Coal Miner's Daughter) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-actor-herman-in-coal-miners-daughter/809012 "2018-02-17T18:34:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-actor-herman-in-coal-miners-daughter/809012/1 "2018-02-17T18:34:42Z")
At the beginning of the 1980 film _[Coal Miner’s Daughter](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080549/)_, there’s a scene where Tommy Lee Jones’s character drives a car up a steep hill. A coal miner named Herman looks on skeptically. Though it’s a speaking part, Herman isn’t listed in the film’s credits, nor is the part listed on IMDb. The actor looks familiar to me but I can’t put a name to the face. Can anyone identify him? [Here’s a film still showing Herman](https://files.nothingisreal.com/tmp/Herman%20from%20Coal%20Miner's%20Daughter.png). At first I thought the actor might be [Gary Cole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole), but the eye colour doesn’t match. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-actor-herman-in-coal-miners-daughter/809012/2 "2018-02-17T18:42:21Z")
It’s Larry from Larry, Darryl and Darryl. Don’t remember the actor’s name though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-actor-herman-in-coal-miners-daughter/809012/3 "2018-02-17T18:44:57Z")
William Sanderson. Goooooood evening, JF. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-actor-herman-in-coal-miners-daughter/809012/4 "2018-02-17T18:47:24Z")
Prolific character actor William Sanderson. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-actor-herman-in-coal-miners-daughter/809012/5 "2018-02-17T20:05:09Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > It’s Larry from Larry, Darryl and Darryl. > > Don’t remember the actor’s name though. He was also prominent in the HBO series “Deadwood”. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-actor-herman-in-coal-miners-daughter/809012/6 "2018-02-17T20:58:17Z")
And, of course, memorable as J. F. Sebastian in _Blade Runner_. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-actor-herman-in-coal-miners-daughter/809012/7 "2018-02-17T21:25:27Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > William Sanderson. Goooooood evening, JF. I make friends. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-actor-herman-in-coal-miners-daughter/809012/8 "2018-02-17T21:44:28Z")
Love that guy. I always have high hopes for a show/movie if I see him. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-actor-herman-in-coal-miners-daughter/809012/9 "2018-02-18T21:49:51Z")
Thanks for the prompt replies! It turns out I was wrong about the character’s name—Herman is actually one of Loretta’s brothers. (I was confused because just before he leaves in his first scene, a voice off-screen yells something like, “Come on, Herman, let’s go”. Turns out the voice was talking to another off-screen character.) And having rewatched the film just now, Sanderson does get billing before the credits roll. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-actor-herman-in-coal-miners-daughter/809012/10 "2018-02-18T23:18:10Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > He was also prominent in the HBO series “Deadwood”. As the unnecessarily articulate EB Farnum. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-actor-herman-in-coal-miners-daughter/809012/11 "2018-02-19T08:02:00Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Thanks for the prompt replies! It turns out I was wrong about the character’s name—Herman is actually one of Loretta’s brothers. (I was confused because just before he leaves in his first scene, a voice off-screen yells something like, “Come on, Herman, let’s go”. Turns out the voice was talking to another off-screen character.) And having rewatched the film just now, Sanderson does get billing before the credits roll. Right, his character’s name is Lee Dollarhide as listed in the IMDB credits.