Richard Herd
Acting • Born 1932-09-26 – Died 2020-05-26
Biography
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
124 credits
The China Syndrome
Movie • 1979
Evan McCormack
Gleaming the Cube
Movie • 1989
Ed Lawndale
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Movie • 1987
Walt
Deal of the Century
Movie • 1983
Lyle
Trancers
Movie • 1984
Chairman Spencer
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Movie • 2005
Commissioner Hans Raab
The Onion Field
Movie • 1979
Beat Cop
Joseph: King of Dreams
Movie • 2000
Jacob (voice)
Camp Cucamonga
Movie • 1990
Thornton Bradley
Roddenberry on Patrol
Movie • 2003
Captain Kirkus
Summer Rental
Movie • 1985
Angus MacLachlan
Dog Days of Summer
Movie • 2007
Frank Cooper
Terror Out of the Sky
Movie • 1978
Col. Mangus
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Movie • 1990
Ray Goodrich
Schizoid
Movie • 1980
Donahue
The Survivor
Movie • 1998
Bradford
Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'
Movie • 1992
Charles Hackley
Corporate Affairs
Movie • 1990
Cyrus Kinkaid
Yesterday's Target
Movie • 1996
Aaron Winfield
Majority Rule
Movie • 1992
Rep. Harold Reynolds
The Judas Project
Movie • 1993
Arthur Cunningham
Cosmic Slop
Movie • 1994
Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment')
Sgt. Bilko
Movie • 1996
Gen Tennyson
Private Benjamin
Movie • 1980
General Foley
All the President's Men
Movie • 1976
James W. McCord, Jr.
Ike
Movie • 1979
Gen. Omar N. Bradley
Marciano
Movie • 1979
John Furst
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Movie • 1978
Donovan
My First Love
Movie • 1988
Chet Townsend
Libertad para la juventud
Movie • 1971
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
Movie • 1980
Gen. Groves
A Fare to Remember
Movie • 1999
Mr. Jennings
Lovely But Deadly
Movie • 1981
Charley Gilmarten
The Secretary
Movie • 1995
Chuck Bosnell
I Married a Monster
Movie • 1998
Dr. Paul Drummond
Get Out
Movie • 2017
Roman Armitage
A Case for Life
Movie • 1996
Bud Cromwell
Journey of the Heart
Movie • 1997
Principal Martin
Wolf Lake
Movie • 1980
George
The Anna Nicole Smith Story
Movie • 2007
J. Howard Marshall
A Christmas in New York
Movie • 2017
Bob Burgess
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
Movie • 1981
Sanford Thompson
The Mule
Movie • 2018
Tim Kennedy
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
Movie • 1980
Chuck Knoll
Hercules in New York
Movie • 1970
Television Presenter
The Hunted Lady
Movie • 1977
Capt. Wilson
F.I.S.T.
Movie • 1978
Mike Monahan
Fall From Grace
Movie • 1990
Richard Dortch
Pueblo
Movie • 1973
Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark
Nashville Beat
Movie • 1989
Chief Kincaid
The Silent Natural
Movie • 2019
Mr. Beagle
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Movie • 1997
Henry Skerridge
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Movie • 1977
Dr. Halle
Farrell: For the People
Movie • 1982
Randolph Gardner
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
Movie • 2019
Self
Dr. Scorpion
Movie • 1978
Bill Worthington
Star Trek: Renegades
Movie • 2015
Admiral Paris
The Gift of Love
Movie • 1994
InAlienable
Movie • 2008
Professor Randolph Barnett
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Calvin Kleeger
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Harvey McKittrick
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Wilhelm
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
The District
TV • 2000
Sam SheridanAndi
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
L'Kor
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
TV • 1993
President Cleveland
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Captain Dennis Sheridan
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Harry Gaunt
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Jonathan Durcell
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Stephen Devine
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Ernie
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Adm. Owen Paris
Matlock
TV • 1986
Police Capt. Edward Hanna / The Mad Hatter
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
seaQuest DSV
TV • 1993
Admiral Noyce
The Greatest American Hero
TV • 1981
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Lyle Jastrow
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Gene Karnow (2008)
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Phil Stone
Everwood
TV • 2002
Herb Roberts
Beauty and the Beast
TV • 1987
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
General Garrity
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Dr. Aaron Stahl
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Moe Stein
The O.C.
TV • 2003
Uncle Shaun
Kojak
TV • 1973
Bob
Mancuso, F.B.I.
TV • 1989
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV • 1993
Dr. John Hansen
Dallas
TV • 1978
John Mackey
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
JAG
TV • 1995
Charlie Hoskins
Eight Is Enough
TV • 1977
Family Law
TV • 1999
Judge Neil Walker
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
V
TV • 1983
John
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Archie Mullen
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV • 1997
Dr. Stanley Backer
Rizzoli & Isles
TV • 2010
Patrick Doyle, Sr.
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Old Milton
Favorite Son
TV • 1988
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Ziggy Ziganovich / Moe Stein
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Mike
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Greene
seaQuest DSV
TV • 1993
Secretary General Noyce
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Cliff Gladish
Winnetka Road
TV • 1994
Mike
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV • 1983
Arthur Huntley / Lonnie Vanatta
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Arnett Cobb
Caroline in the City
TV • 1995
Barney Baxter
ER
TV • 1994
Dr. Murphy
Renegade
TV • 1992
Sheriff Frank Brown
Pacific Blue
TV • 1996
Ethan Callaway
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
Jake Williamson
Shameless
TV • 2011
Gerald
China Beach
TV • 1988
Bartender (uncredited)
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Lieutenant Fredricks
V: The Final Battle
TV • 1984
John
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
Consul Dearborn
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
FBI Agent Smithers
The Devlin Connection
TV • 1982
Lt. Harvey Bukowski
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Judge Paul Landsman
Ike
TV • 1979
Gen. Omar Bradley
Cassie & Co.
TV • 1982
John Beringer