EDWARD HERRMANN (Charles Allsworth) was born in Washington, D.C., graduated from Bucknell and studied on a Fulbright Scholarship at London's Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After several years with the Dallas Theater Center, he began appearing in films in the early 1970s. Since then, he has been seen in "The Paper Chase," "The Day of the Dolphin," "The Great Gatsby," "The Great Waldo Pepper," "Reds," "Annie" (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt), "Mrs. Soffel," "The Purple Rose of Cairo," "Compromising Positions," "The Lost Boys," "Overboard," "Big Business," "Hero," "Born Yesterday," "Richie Rich," "Nixon," "Miss Congeniality" and "Down.
Herrmann's numerous television roles have included outstanding portrayals of President Franklin Roosevelt in the telefeature "Eleanor and Franklin" (1976) and its sequel a year later, "Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years." He was also acclaimed for his role as the legendary baseball player in "The Lou Gehrig Story" in 1978. He starred as Herman Munster in the Fox movie-of-the-week "Here Come the Munsters," as well as the role of Branch Rickey in the HBO film "Baseball in Black and White" and the made-for-television movie "James Dean: An Invented Life," and as Raymond Massey in A&E's "Founding Fathers." More recently his distinctive voice was heard narrating "The Korean War: Fire and Ice," "Niagara: A History of the Falls," "Frank Lloyd Wright," "The Fifties" and "Liberty! The American Revolution."
He won an Emmy Award for his guest starring appearance on "The Practice." In addition, he had a recurring role starring on the acclaimed HBO series "Oz" and has a recurring role in the WB television series "The Gilmore Girls." In addition, he starred in such programs as "Walking Across Egypt," "Atomic Train," "Saint Maybe," "Pandora's Clock," "Soul of the Fame" and "The Face on the Milk Carton."
On Broadway, Herrmann won a Tony Award for "Mrs. Warren's Profession" and was nominated for "The Philadelphia Story." He's also starred in "Life Sentences" at New York's Second Stage Theatre, "The Three Sisters" at the McCarter Theatre, "Love Letters" at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre and in London, "A Walk in the Woods" and "Tom & Viv." Herrmann also starred in the original production of Neil Simon's "The Dinner Party" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.
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