Just read on www.tv.com that veteran character actor Edward Herrmann passed away on New Year's Eve at age 71.
This is an actor who, though not really being a household name, became one of our most solid and most dependable character actors who consistently worked in the business for over 4 decades and rarely disappointed on the big screen or the little one.
He is probably most famous for playing FDR in the ABC mini-series Eleanor and Franklin and its sequel and even reprised the role in the 1982 film version of the Broadway musical Annie. He also played Goldie Hawn's slimy husband in Overboard and was also wonderful in the George Clooney comedy Intolerable Cruelty; however, this doesn't even come close to covering this actor's distinguished career, another of those actors with an instant recognizable face that not very many people knew by name. I guess this was the final Hollywood loss of 2014, so sad...RIP.
This is an actor who, though not really being a household name, became one of our most solid and most dependable character actors who consistently worked in the business for over 4 decades and rarely disappointed on the big screen or the little one.
He is probably most famous for playing FDR in the ABC mini-series Eleanor and Franklin and its sequel and even reprised the role in the 1982 film version of the Broadway musical Annie. He also played Goldie Hawn's slimy husband in Overboard and was also wonderful in the George Clooney comedy Intolerable Cruelty; however, this doesn't even come close to covering this actor's distinguished career, another of those actors with an instant recognizable face that not very many people knew by name. I guess this was the final Hollywood loss of 2014, so sad...RIP.
Last edited by Gideon58; 01-02-15 at 06:43 PM.