Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1932-09-26
Day of Death
2020-05-26
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Richard Herd
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 (60)
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
2019
The Silent Natural
2019
The Mule
2018
A Christmas in New York
2017
Get Out
2017
Star Trek: Renegades
2015
InAlienable
2008
Dog Days of Summer
2007
The Anna Nicole Smith Story
2007
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
2005
Roddenberry on Patrol
2003
Joseph: King of Dreams
2000
A Fare to Remember
1999
I Married a Monster
1998
