Richard Herd
Known for 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.
Filmography
Get Out
2017
as Roman Armitage
The Mule
2018
as Tim Kennedy
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
as Walt
Joseph: King of Dreams
2000
as Jacob (voice)
All the President's Men
1976
as James W. McCord, Jr.
F.I.S.T.
1978
as Mike Monahan
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as Henry Skerridge
Trancers
1984
as Chairman Spencer
Private Benjamin
1980
as General Foley
The China Syndrome
1979
as Evan McCormack
Gleaming the Cube
1989
as Ed Lawndale
Sgt. Bilko
1996
as Gen Tennyson
My First Love
1988
as Chet Townsend
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990
as Ray Goodrich
Pueblo
1973
as Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark
Dog Days of Summer
2007
as Frank Cooper
Summer Rental
1985
as Angus MacLachlan
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
as Dr. Halle
The Onion Field
1979
as Beat Cop
Deal of the Century
1983
as Lyle