Louis Herthum (born July 5, 1956) is an American actor and producer.
Herthum has worked as a stage, television, and film actor, and he has
also appeared in national television commercials. He is best known for
his recurring role as Dep. Andy Broom, the young sheriff of Jessica
Fletcher (played by Angela Lansbury) on Murder, She Wrote and Peter
Abernathy in the HBO television series Westworld.Herthum is from Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, where he was born in 1956.Herthum started his career
as an actor in 1978, performing in local theater, local and regional
TV commercials and print advertisements. In 1991, after years of being
an unfamiliar actor, he joined the cast of Murder, She Wrote; he
played Deputy Andy Broom in 25 episodes of the show's final five
seasons (1991â€"96). Before he played Dep. Broom, he played 2 roles of
2 separate characters in the same show, beginning in 1989. It was his
first television role. After the series' cancelation, he remains close
to Angela Lansbury. In 2015, he said in an interview that he saw her
steal the show in the play, Blithe Spirit, at the Ahmanson Theater in
Los Angeles, California, at the age of 89.He has appeared in such
television series as CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, NCIS, Criminal Minds,
True Blood (joining the cast in 2011 for 7 of its 5th season's
episodes), JAG, The Mentalist, Men of a Certain Age, True Detective,
Treme, Breaking Bad and The Gates. He appears in two ongoing
television series during 2016. He plays Omar on the Netflix series
Longmire, and Peter Abernathy, a host (robot) on the HBO series
Westworld. After appearing in a recurring role in the first season of
Westworld, Herthum was promoted to main cast in the second season.
Herthum has worked as a stage, television, and film actor, and he has
also appeared in national television commercials. He is best known for
his recurring role as Dep. Andy Broom, the young sheriff of Jessica
Fletcher (played by Angela Lansbury) on Murder, She Wrote and Peter
Abernathy in the HBO television series Westworld.Herthum is from Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, where he was born in 1956.Herthum started his career
as an actor in 1978, performing in local theater, local and regional
TV commercials and print advertisements. In 1991, after years of being
an unfamiliar actor, he joined the cast of Murder, She Wrote; he
played Deputy Andy Broom in 25 episodes of the show's final five
seasons (1991â€"96). Before he played Dep. Broom, he played 2 roles of
2 separate characters in the same show, beginning in 1989. It was his
first television role. After the series' cancelation, he remains close
to Angela Lansbury. In 2015, he said in an interview that he saw her
steal the show in the play, Blithe Spirit, at the Ahmanson Theater in
Los Angeles, California, at the age of 89.He has appeared in such
television series as CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, NCIS, Criminal Minds,
True Blood (joining the cast in 2011 for 7 of its 5th season's
episodes), JAG, The Mentalist, Men of a Certain Age, True Detective,
Treme, Breaking Bad and The Gates. He appears in two ongoing
television series during 2016. He plays Omar on the Netflix series
Longmire, and Peter Abernathy, a host (robot) on the HBO series
Westworld. After appearing in a recurring role in the first season of
Westworld, Herthum was promoted to main cast in the second season.
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