Richard Herd
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.
Movie Appearances
The China Syndrome
as Evan McCormack
1979
Gleaming the Cube
as Ed Lawndale
1989
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as Walt
1987
Deal of the Century
as Lyle
1983
Trancers
as Chairman Spencer
1984
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
as Commissioner Hans Raab
2005
The Onion Field
as Beat Cop
1979
Joseph: King of Dreams
as Jacob (voice)
2000
Roddenberry on Patrol
as Captain Kirkus
2003
Camp Cucamonga
as Thornton Bradley
1990
Summer Rental
as Angus MacLachlan
1985
Dog Days of Summer
as Frank Cooper
2007
Terror Out of the Sky
as Col. Mangus
1978
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
as Ray Goodrich
1990
Schizoid
as Donahue
1980
The Survivor
as Bradford
1998
Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'
as Charles Hackley
1992
Corporate Affairs
as Cyrus Kinkaid
1990
Yesterday's Target
as Aaron Winfield
1996
Majority Rule
as Rep. Harold Reynolds
1992
TV Appearances
Falcon Crest
as Calvin Kleeger
1981
Murder, She Wrote
as Harvey McKittrick
1984
Seinfeld
as Wilhelm
1989
M*A*S*H
1972
The District
as Sam SheridanAndi
2000
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as L'Kor
1987
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as President Cleveland
1993
T. J. Hooker
as Captain Dennis Sheridan
1982
Desperate Housewives
as Harry Gaunt
2004
The A-Team
as Jonathan Durcell
1983
Ghost Whisperer
as Stephen Devine
2005
The Golden Girls
as Ernie
1985