Richard Herd
Actor
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.
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Filmography
The Mule
as Tim Kennedy 2018
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as Walt 1987
All the President's Men
as James W. McCord, Jr. 1976
Joseph: King of Dreams
as Jacob (voice) 2002
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as Henry Skerridge 1997
The China Syndrome
as Evan McCormack 1979
Private Benjamin
as General Foley 1980
Sgt. Bilko
as Gen Tennyson 1996
Hercules in New York
as Television Presenter 1970
Summer Rental
as Angus MacLachlan 1985
Trancers
as Chairman Spencer 1984
F.I.S.T.
as Mike Monahan 1978
Gleaming the Cube
as Ed Lawndale 1989
The Onion Field
as Beat Cop 1979
Deal of the Century
as Lyle 1983
Schizoid
as Donahue 1980