Richard Herd
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Acting Credits
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 No...
Known For
Filmography
The Silent Natural
2019
as Mr. Beagle
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
2019
as Self
The Mule
2018
as Tim Kennedy
Get Out
2017
as Roman Armitage
A Christmas in New York
2017
as Bob Burgess
Shameless
2011
as Gerald
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as Patrick Doyle, Sr.
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Old Milton
InAlienable
2008
as Professor Randolph Barnett
Dog Days of Summer
2007
as Frank Cooper
The Anna Nicole Smith Story
2007
as J. Howard Marshall
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
2005
as Commissioner Hans Raab
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Stephen Devine
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Harry Gaunt
Cold Case
2003
as Gene Karnow (2008)
The O.C.
2003
as Uncle Shaun
Everwood
2002
as Herb Roberts
CSI: Miami
2002
as Judge Paul Landsman
Joseph: King of Dreams
2000
as Jacob (voice)
The District
2000
as Sam SheridanAndi
A Fare to Remember
1999
as Mr. Jennings
Family Law
1999
as Judge Neil Walker
The Survivor
1998
as Bradford
I Married a Monster
1998
as Dr. Paul Drummond
Journey of the Heart
1997
as Principal Martin
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as Henry Skerridge
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
as Dr. Stanley Backer
Yesterday's Target
1996
as Aaron Winfield
Sgt. Bilko
1996
as General Tennyson
A Case for Life
1996
as Bud Cromwell
Pacific Blue
1996
as Ethan Callaway
The Secretary
1995
as Chuck Bosnell
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Adm. Owen Paris
JAG
1995
as Charlie Hoskins
Caroline in the City
1995
as Barney Baxter
Cosmic Slop
1994
as Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment')
The Gift of Love
1994
Winnetka Road
1994
as Mike
ER
1994
as Dr. Murphy
The Judas Project
1993
as Arthur Cunningham
SeaQuest DSV
1993
as Admiral Noyce
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
as President Cleveland
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Admiral Noyce
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as General Garrity
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
as Dr. John Hansen
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Archie Mullen
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Secretary General Noyce
Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'
1992
as Charles Hackley
Majority Rule
1992
as Rep. Harold Reynolds
Renegade
1992
as Sheriff Frank Brown
Camp Cucamonga
1990
as Thornton Bradley
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990
as Ray Goodrich
Corporate Affairs
1990
as Cyrus Kinkaid
Fall From Grace
1990
as Richard Dortch
Gleaming the Cube
1989
as Ed Lawndale
Nashville Beat
1989
as Chief Kincaid
Seinfeld
1989
as Wilhelm
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Phil Stone
Quantum Leap
1989
as Moe Stein
Quantum Leap
1989
as Ziggy Ziganovich / Moe Stein
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
as Red Burrows
My First Love
1988
as Chet Townsend
Favorite Son
1988
China Beach
1988
as Bartender (uncredited)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
as Walt
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as L'Kor
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Beauty and the Beast
1987
as Richard Barnes
Matlock
1986
as Police Capt. Edward Hanna / The Mad Hatter
Summer Rental
1985
as Angus MacLachlan
The Golden Girls
1985
as Ernie
Trancers
1984
as Chairman Spencer
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Harvey McKittrick
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Arnett Cobb
V: The Final Battle
1984
as John
Deal of the Century
1983
as Lyle
The A-Team
1983
as Jonathan Durcell
V
1983
as John
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
as Arthur Huntley / Lonnie Vanatta
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
as Jake Williamson
Farrell: For the People
1982
as Randolph Gardner
T. J. Hooker
1982
as Captain Dennis Sheridan
Knight Rider
1982
as Lyle Jastrow
Matt Houston
1982
The Devlin Connection
1982
as Lt. Harvey Bukowski
Cassie & Co.
1982
as John Beringer
Lovely But Deadly
1981
as Charley Gilmarten
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
1981
as Sanford Thompson
Falcon Crest
1981
as Calvin Kleeger
Simon & Simon
1981
The Greatest American Hero
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Mike
Simon & Simon
1981
as Consul Dearborn
Schizoid
1980
as Donahue
Private Benjamin
1980
as General Foley
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980
as Gen. Groves
Wolf Lake
1980
as George
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
1980
as Chuck Knoll
The China Syndrome
1979
as Evan McCormack
The Onion Field
1979
as Beat Cop
Ike
1979
as Gen. Omar N. Bradley
Marciano
1979
as John Furst
Knots Landing
1979
as Dr. Aaron Stahl
Hart to Hart
1979
Hart to Hart
1979
as Lieutenant Fredricks
Ike
1979
as Gen. Omar Bradley
Terror Out of the Sky
1978
as Col. Mangus
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978
as Donovan
F.I.S.T.
1978
as Mike Monahan
Dr. Scorpion
1978
as Bill Worthington
Dallas
1978
as John Mackey
The Hunted Lady
1977
as Capt. Wilson
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
as Dr. Halle
Eight Is Enough
1977
All the President's Men
1976
as James W. McCord Jr.
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as FBI Agent Smithers
The Rockford Files
1974
as Cliff Gladish
Pueblo
1973
as Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark
Kojak
1973
as Bob
M*A*S*H
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Greene
Libertad para la juventud
1971
Hercules in New York
1970
as Television Presenter