Richard Thomas Herd Jr. (September 26, 1932 â€" 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. Herd has appeared at a
number of fan conventions on the basis of his science fiction
roles.Herd was born in Boston, the son of Katherine (Lydon) and
Richard Herd Sr., a train engineer who died while serving in World War
II.Herd started out his career as an actor on the New York stage, it
wasn't until 1970, that he started his screen careerHe made his film
debut in Hercules in New York (1970). Herd's first major film role was
in the thriller The China Syndrome alongside Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon
and Michael Douglas, where he played the character Evan McCormack, the
corrupt Chairman of the California Gas & Electric Board. This role
helped make him well known outside the United States. He portrayed
James W. McCord, Jr. in the Academy Award-winning All the President's
Men (1976).In addition to science fiction, he was a regular as Captain
Dennis Sheridan on T. J. Hooker from 1982 to 1983 (he continued to
appear on the series sporadically until 1984), and appeared on
Seinfeld as Mr. Wilhelm, George Costanza's boss at the Yankees. Guest
appearances included M*A*S*H, The Rockford Files, The Feather and
Father Gang, The Golden Girls, Starsky & Hutch, Quantum Leap, The
A-Team, Midnight Caller, Hart to Hart, NYPD Blue, Renegade, Pacific
Blue, and JAG.
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. Herd has appeared at a
number of fan conventions on the basis of his science fiction
roles.Herd was born in Boston, the son of Katherine (Lydon) and
Richard Herd Sr., a train engineer who died while serving in World War
II.Herd started out his career as an actor on the New York stage, it
wasn't until 1970, that he started his screen careerHe made his film
debut in Hercules in New York (1970). Herd's first major film role was
in the thriller The China Syndrome alongside Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon
and Michael Douglas, where he played the character Evan McCormack, the
corrupt Chairman of the California Gas & Electric Board. This role
helped make him well known outside the United States. He portrayed
James W. McCord, Jr. in the Academy Award-winning All the President's
Men (1976).In addition to science fiction, he was a regular as Captain
Dennis Sheridan on T. J. Hooker from 1982 to 1983 (he continued to
appear on the series sporadically until 1984), and appeared on
Seinfeld as Mr. Wilhelm, George Costanza's boss at the Yankees. Guest
appearances included M*A*S*H, The Rockford Files, The Feather and
Father Gang, The Golden Girls, Starsky & Hutch, Quantum Leap, The
A-Team, Midnight Caller, Hart to Hart, NYPD Blue, Renegade, Pacific
Blue, and JAG.
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