Richard Herd
Acting
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.
Born: September 26, 1932
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
My First Love
Widow Jean Miller thinks she's ready for a new romance with her high school sweetheart, Sam Morrissey, a physician of considerable means. The only thing standing in the way of rekindling this first love is the presence of his very attractive, very together 39-year-old girlfriend, Claire.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
Seinfeld
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
Family Law
Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
Shameless
Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
Ghost Whisperer
Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.
Quantum Leap
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
Quantum Leap
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
Tales from the Crypt
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
Filmography
as Mr. Beagle
as Tim Kennedy
as Bob Burgess
as Roman Armitage
as Admiral Paris
as Gerald
as Old Milton
as Patrick Doyle, Sr.
as Frank Cooper
as J. Howard Marshall
as Commissioner Hans Raab
as Stephen Devine
as Harry Gaunt
as Captain Kirkus
as Gene Karnow (2008)
as Uncle Shaun
as Judge Paul Landsman
as Herb Roberts
as Jacob (voice)
as Sam SheridanAndi
as Judge Neil Walker
as Mr. Jennings
as Dr. Paul Drummond
as Bradford
as Henry Skerridge
as Dr. Stanley Backer
as Principal Martin
as Aaron Winfield
as Gen Tennyson
as Ethan Callaway
as Charlie Hoskins
as Barney Baxter
as Chuck Bosnell
as Adm. Owen Paris
as Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment')
as Dr. Murphy
as Mike
as Archie Mullen
as Admiral Noyce
as Secretary General Noyce
as President Cleveland
as General Garrity
as Arthur Cunningham
as Dr. John Hansen
as Rep. Harold Reynolds
as Sheriff Frank Brown
as Charles Hackley
as Ray Goodrich
as Cyrus Kinkaid
as Thornton Bradley
as Richard Dortch
as Chief Kincaid
as Wilhelm
as Phil Stone
as Moe Stein
as Ziggy Ziganovich / Moe Stein
as Ed Lawndale
as Chet Townsend
as Bartender (uncredited)
as L'Kor
as Police Capt. Edward Hanna / The Mad Hatter
as Ernie
as Angus MacLachlan
as Chairman Spencer
as Harvey McKittrick
as Arnett Cobb
as John
as Lyle
as Jake Williamson
as Arthur Huntley / Lonnie Vanatta
as John
as Jonathan Durcell
as Randolph Gardner
as Lt. Harvey Bukowski
as Lyle Jastrow
as Captain Dennis Sheridan
as Calvin Kleeger
as Consul Dearborn
as Charley Gilmarten
as Sanford Thompson
as Mike
as Chuck Knoll
as Gen. Groves
as General Foley
as Donahue
as George
as Dr. Aaron Stahl
as John Furst
as Lieutenant Fredricks
as Beat Cop
as Gen. Omar Bradley
as Gen. Omar N. Bradley
as Evan McCormack
as Col. Mangus
as Donovan
as Mike Monahan
as John Mackey
as Bill Worthington
as Capt. Wilson
as Dr. Halle
as James W. McCord, Jr.
as FBI Agent Smithers
as Cliff Gladish
as Bob
as Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark
as Greene
as Television Presenter