Richard Herd
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: 26 September 1932 • Died: 26 May 2020
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That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
Self
The Silent Natural
Mr. Beagle
The Mule
Tim Kennedy
A Christmas in New York
Bob Burgess
Get Out
Roman Armitage
Star Trek: Renegades
Admiral Paris
Shameless
Gerald
Hawaii Five-0
Old Milton
Rizzoli & Isles
Patrick Doyle, Sr.
InAlienable
Professor Randolph Barnett
Dog Days of Summer
Frank Cooper
The Anna Nicole Smith Story
J. Howard Marshall
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Commissioner Hans Raab
Ghost Whisperer
Stephen Devine
Desperate Housewives
Harry Gaunt
Roddenberry on Patrol
Captain Kirkus
Cold Case
Gene Karnow (2008)
The O.C.
Uncle Shaun
CSI: Miami
Judge Paul Landsman
Everwood
Herb Roberts
Joseph: King of Dreams
Jacob (voice)
The District
Sam SheridanAndi
Family Law
Judge Neil Walker
A Fare to Remember
Mr. Jennings
I Married a Monster
Dr. Paul Drummond
The Survivor
Bradford
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Henry Skerridge
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Dr. Stanley Backer
Journey of the Heart
Principal Martin
Yesterday's Target
Aaron Winfield
Sgt. Bilko
General Tennyson
Pacific Blue
Ethan Callaway
A Case for Life
Bud Cromwell
JAG
Charlie Hoskins
Caroline in the City
Barney Baxter
The Secretary
Chuck Bosnell
Star Trek: Voyager
Adm. Owen Paris
The Gift of Love
Cosmic Slop
Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment')
ER
Dr. Murphy
Winnetka Road
Mike
Diagnosis: Murder
Archie Mullen
SeaQuest DSV
Admiral Noyce
seaQuest DSV
Admiral Noyce
seaQuest DSV
Secretary General Noyce
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
President Cleveland
Walker, Texas Ranger
General Garrity
The Judas Project
Arthur Cunningham
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dr. John Hansen
Majority Rule
Rep. Harold Reynolds
Renegade
Sheriff Frank Brown
Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'
Charles Hackley
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Ray Goodrich
Corporate Affairs
Cyrus Kinkaid
Camp Cucamonga
Thornton Bradley
Fall From Grace
Richard Dortch
Nashville Beat
Chief Kincaid
Mancuso, F.B.I.
Seinfeld
Wilhelm
Tales from the Crypt
Phil Stone
Quantum Leap
Moe Stein
Quantum Leap
Ziggy Ziganovich / Moe Stein
Gleaming the Cube
Ed Lawndale
My First Love
Chet Townsend
Favorite Son
China Beach
Bartender (uncredited)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Walt
Star Trek: The Next Generation
L'Kor
Jake and the Fatman
Beauty and the Beast
Richard Barnes
Matlock
Police Capt. Edward Hanna / The Mad Hatter
The Golden Girls
Ernie
Summer Rental
Angus MacLachlan
Trancers
Chairman Spencer
Murder, She Wrote
Harvey McKittrick
Murder, She Wrote
Arnett Cobb
V: The Final Battle
John
Deal of the Century
Lyle
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Jake Williamson
Hardcastle and McCormick
Arthur Huntley / Lonnie Vanatta
V
John
The A-Team
Jonathan Durcell
Farrell: For the People
Randolph Gardner
The Devlin Connection
Lt. Harvey Bukowski
Knight Rider
Lyle Jastrow
Matt Houston
T. J. Hooker
Captain Dennis Sheridan
Cassie & Co.
John Beringer
Falcon Crest
Calvin Kleeger
Simon & Simon
Simon & Simon
Consul Dearborn
Lovely But Deadly
Charley Gilmarten
The Greatest American Hero
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
Sanford Thompson
Hill Street Blues
Mike
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
Chuck Knoll
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
Gen. Groves
Private Benjamin
General Foley
Schizoid
Donahue
Wolf Lake
George
Knots Landing
Dr. Aaron Stahl
Marciano
John Furst
Hart to Hart
Hart to Hart
Lieutenant Fredricks
The Onion Field
Beat Cop
Ike
Gen. Omar N. Bradley
Ike
Gen. Omar Bradley
The China Syndrome
Evan McCormack
Terror Out of the Sky
Col. Mangus
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Donovan
F.I.S.T.
Mike Monahan
Dallas
John Mackey
Dr. Scorpion
Bill Worthington
The Hunted Lady
Capt. Wilson
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Dr. Halle
Eight Is Enough
All the President's Men
James W. McCord, Jr.
Starsky & Hutch
FBI Agent Smithers
The Rockford Files
Cliff Gladish
Kojak
Bob
Pueblo
Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark
The Streets of San Francisco
Greene
M*A*S*H
Libertad para la juventud
Hercules in New York
Television Presenter