RIP Edward Herrmann

[Bob Juch]

Edward Herrmann, an actor perhaps best known for playing Richard Gilmore on “Gilmore Girls,” has died, his manager confirmed to Buzzfeed News. He was 71.

Also known for roles in “The Lost Boys” and 1976 TV movie “Eleanor and Franklin,” the actor had been previously diagnosed with brain cancer. His family told TMZ that he had been in the ICU in a New York hospital for the past three and a half weeks, and they decided to take him off the respirator when his condition did not improve.

His accolades include an Emmy in 1999 for his guest appearances as a law professor on “The Practice” and a Tony. Most recently, he appeared on several episodes of “The Good Wife,” “How I Met Your Mother” and ABC’s “Black Box.”

[silverscreenselect]

For a lot of people, Herrmann was FDR. I had no idea he was sick. He was a fine actor and will be missed.

[SpacemanSpiff]

For a lot of people, Herrmann was FDR. I had no idea he was sick. He was a fine actor and will be missed.

Not only FDR in Eleanor and Franklin but also in the 1980s version of Annie.

[T_Bone0806]

I remember him playing Lou Gehrig in a tv movie back in the 70's. It was memorable to me in that it showed you how ALS REALLY affected its victims...As much as I loved Pride of the Yankees, we never saw Gary Cooper suffer the way Gehrig did.

[Ritterskoop]

T-Bone, I get why the story is important to you, and it is to me, too, but ... I thought Pride of the Yankees was terrible as a movie. They made no attempt to make us think Cooper was young in the first part, and I was horribly distracted by that. Also, I've read that Cooper batted and ran to third, and they reversed the film so he could appear left-handed. I don't mind that as a movie-making technique but it does seem lazy.

Story good. Movie-making poor.

[Estonut]

T-Bone, I get why the story is important to you, and it is to me, too, but ... I thought Pride of the Yankees was terrible as a movie. They made no attempt to make us think Cooper was young in the first part, and I was horribly distracted by that. Also, I've read that Cooper batted and ran to third, and they reversed the film so he could appear left-handed. I don't mind that as a movie-making technique but it does seem lazy.

Story good. Movie-making poor.

I've never seen Pride of the Yankees. How did Cooper throw? That's a common criticism of many early baseball movies, that the stars looked as if they never had played the game before.

[mellytu74]

I especially like his William Randolph Hearst in 2001's The Cat's Meow, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

[mellytu74]

I remember him playing Lou Gehrig in a tv movie back in the 70's. It was memorable to me in that it showed you how ALS REALLY affected its victims...As much as I loved Pride of the Yankees, we never saw Gary Cooper suffer the way Gehrig did.

Love Affair, with Blythe Danner as Eleanor Gehrig. Have not seen it in years but, YES!

[SportsFan68]

I thought Overboard was great and still watch it whenever it comes around on the late show, or the early Saturday afternoon show. That's one of the movies where the supporting players are just as good as the leads, and it makes for wonderful moviemaking.