Richard Thomas Herd Jr. (September 26, 1932 - May 26, 2020) was an American actor best known for All the President's Men (1976), The China Syndrome (1979), and Get Out (2017).
He was married to Amilda Cuddy, Dolores Wozadlo, and Patricia Crowder, and had two children with Wozadlo.
Herd died in 2020 at the age of 87 from colon cancer.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1970: Hercules in New York as Television Presenter
- 1973: Pueblo as Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark
- 1976: All the President's Men as James W. McClord Jr.
- 1976: Hazards People as Howard Frederickson
- 1977: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden as Dr. Halle
- 1977: The Hunted Lady as Capt. Wilson
- 1978: Dr Scorpion as Bill Worthington
- 1978: F.I.S.T. as Mike Monahan
- 1978: Kate Bliss And The Ticker Tape Kid as Donovan
- 1978: Terror Out Of The Sky as Col. Magnus
- 1979: The China Syndrome as Evan McCormack
- 1979: The Onion Field as Beat Cop
- 1979: Marciano as John Furst
- 1980: Wolf Lake as George
- 1980: Schizoid as Donahue
- 1980: Private Benjamin as Gen. Foley
- 1980: Enola Gay The Men The Mission The Atomic Bomb as Gen. Groves
- 1980: Fighting Back The Story Of Rocky Bleier as Chuck Noll
- 1980: Ike The War Years as Gen. Omar N. Bradley
- 1981: Elvis And The Beauty Queen as Thompson
- 1981: Lovely But Deadly as 'Honest Charley' Gilmarten
- 1982: Farrell For The People as Randolph Gardner
- 1983: Deal of the Century as Lyle
- 1984: Trancers as Chairman Spencer
- 1985: Summer Rental as Angus MacLachlan
- 1987: Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Walt
- 1987: My First Love as Chet Townsend
- 1989: Gleaming the Cube as Ed Lawndale
- 1989: Nashville Beat as Chief Kincaid
- 1990: Fall from Grace as Richard Dortch
- 1990: Camp Cucamonga as Thornton Bradley
- 1990: Corporate Affairs as Cyrus Kinkaid
- 1990: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake as Ray Goodrich
- 1990: The Judas Project as Arthur Cunningham
- 1992: Seduction Three Tales From The Inner Sanctum as Charles Hackley
- 1994: Cosmic Slop as Cardinal
- 1995: The Secretary as Chuck Bosnell
- 1996: A Case For Life as Bud Cromwell
- 1996: Sgt Bilko as Gen. Tennyson
- 1996: Yesterdays Target as Aaron Winfield
- 1996: Shattered Mind as Chester
- 1997: Journey of the Heart as Principal Martin
- 1997: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as Henry Skerridge
- 1998: The Survivor as Bradford
- 1998: I Married A Monster as Dr. Paul Drummond
- 1999: A Fare To Remember as Mr. Jennings
- 2000: Joseph: King of Dreams as Jacob
- 2001: The Song Of The Lark as Rev. Larsen
- 2005: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as Comm. Hans Raab
- 2005: Confessions Of A Pit Fighter as Father Mark
- 2005: Checkers as Phillip
- 2007: TV Virus as Prof. Black
- 2007: The Anna Nicole Smith Story as J. Howard Marshall
- 2007: Dog Days Of Summer as Frank Cooper
- 2007: Loves Unfolding Dream as Windsor
- 2007: In Alienable as Prof. Randolph Barnett
- 2010: Elf Sparkle And The Special Red Dress as Sparks
- 2016: A Christmas In New York as Bob Burgess
- 2017: Get Out as Roman Armitage
- 2018: The Oath as Old Man
- 2018: The Mule as Tim Kennedy
- 2018: The Silent Natural as Mr. Beagle
Television Roles
- 1975: Kojak as Bob
- 1975: The Rockford Files as Sheriff Cliff Gladish
- 1976: Captains And The Kings as Talmadge
- 1977: The Streets of San Francisco as Greene
- 1977: The Feather And Father Gang as Applegate
- 1979: Eight is Enough as George McCormack
- 1979: Starsky & Hutch as FBI Agent Smithers
- 1979: Ike The War Years as Gen. Omar Bradley
- 1979: The Lazarus Syndrome as Morton
- 1979-1981: Hart to Hart as Waldo Sommerton/Lt. Fredricks (2 episodes)
- 1980: M*A*S*H as Capt. Bill Snyder
- 1980-1981: Dallas as John Mackey (3 episodes)
- 1981: The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo as Dr. Smith
- 1981: The Greatest American Hero as Adam Taft
- 1981: Walking Tall as Philip Ballard
- 1982: The Devlin Connection as Lt. Harvey Bukowski
- 1982-1984: T.J. Hooker as Capt. Dennis Sheridan (36 episodes)
- 1982-1988: Simon & Simon as Police Officer Harry Flank/Consul Dearborn/Kyle Edmunds (4 episodes)
- 1983: The Powers of Matthew Star as Dave Wellman
- 1983: V as John
- 1984: V The Final Battle as John
- 1984: Falcon Crest as Calvin Kleeger
- 1984-1985: Hardcastle and McCormick as Col. Joe Bartz/Arthur Huntley/Lonnie Vanatta (2 episodes)
- 1985: Matt Houston as Patrick Moffett
- 1985: The A-Team as Jonathan Durcell
- 1985: Knight Rider as Lyle Jastrow
- 1986: Dynasty as Jim Ellison
- 1986: Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Jake Williamson
- 1986-1993: Murder, She Wrote as Arnett Cobb/Harvey McKittrick (2 episodes)
- 1987: Hill Street Blues as Mike
- 1987: Ohara as Dan Stillwell
- 1987: The Law And Harry Mc Graw as Gen. Buckram
- 1987: Beauty and the Beast (1987) as Richard Barnes
- 1989: Matlock as Police Capt. Edward Hanna/The Mad Hatter
- 1989: The Golden Girls as Ernie
- 1989: Mancuso FBI as Red Burrows
- 1990: Knots Landing as Dr. Aaron Stahl
- 1990: China Beach as Bartender
- 1990: Midnight Caller as Medina
- 1990: Jake and the Fatman as Frank Bronski
- 1991: Tales from the Crypt as Phil Stone
- 1991-1993: Quantum Leap as Moe Stein/Ziggy Ziganovich (2 episodes)
- 1992: FBI The Untold Stories as Robert Mackle
- 1992: Renegade as Sheriff Frank Brown
- 1993: Star Trek: The Next Generation as L'Kor
- 1993: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Dr. John Hansen
- 1993-1994: SeaQuest DSV as Adm./Secretary Gen. Noyce (12 episodes)
- 1994: Winnetka Road as Mike
- 1994: The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Pres. Cleveland
- 1994: Robins Hoods as Col. Beckett
- 1995: ER as Dr. Murphy
- 1995-1998: Seinfeld as Wilhelm (11 episodes)
- 1996: Walker, Texas Ranger as Gen. Garrity
- 1996: Grace Under Fire as Police Captain
- 1997-1998: Pacific Blue as Ethan Callaway (2 episodes)
- 1998: Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Dr. Stanley Backer
- 1998: Diagnosis: Murder as Archie Mullen
- 1998: Caroline in the City as Barney Baxter
- 1999-2001: Star Trek: Voyager as Adm. Owen Paris (4 episodes)
- 2000: JAG as Charlie Hoskins
- 2001: The Fugitive as Jack
- 2002: Family Law as Judge Neil Walker
- 2002: The District as Sam SheridanAndi
- 2003-2004: Everwood as Herb Roberts (2 episodes)
- 2004: The O.C. as Bill 'Uncle Shaun' Shaughnessy
- 2004: NYPD Blue as Jimmy McGowan
- 2005: Ghost Whisperer as Stephen Devine
- 2007: Desperate Housewives as Harry Gaunt
- 2008: Cold Case as Gene Karnow
- 2012: CSI: Miami as Judge Paul Landsman
- 2012: Betty Whites Off Their Rockers as Various
- 2012: Odessa as Ben
- 2013: Rizzoli & Isles as Patrick Doyle Sr.
- 2018: Shameless (US) as Gerald
- 2018: Hawaii Five-0 as Old Milton
Video Game Roles
- 2006: Blue Dragon as Old Nene
- 2010: Fallout: New Vegas as Father Elijah
- 2010: Fallout New Vegas Dead Money as Father Elijah
- 2013: BioShock Infinite as Preacher Whitting
Shorts
- 2003: Roddenberry On Patrol as Capt. Kirkus
- 2006: Vic as Richard Hanson
- 2015: Thom And Gerry as Gerry Klein
- 2015: Zeide as Benjamin Weinstein
Web Series
- 2015: Star Trek: Renegades as Adm. Paris
Misc.
- 2006: The Hunt For Eagle One Crash Point (Adr Loop Group)
