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'Richard Herd' (born September 26,1932 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American character actor in television and film. He is well known in the science fiction community for his role in the 1983 NBC mini-series ''V'' and the 1984 sequel '', as John, the Visitors' Supreme Commander. Other major genre roles include recurring parts on the NBC series ''SeaQuest DSV'' as Admiral Noyce, and on '' as Admiral ''Owen Paris'', the father of Tom Paris. In two guest appearances on ''Quantum Leap'', he played children's show host "Captain Galaxy" (Moe Stein), 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.
Outside of science fiction, he was a regular as Captain Dennis Sheridan on ''T.J. Hooker'' from 1982 to 1985, and appeared on ''Seinfeld'' as Mr. Wilhelm, George Costanza's boss at the Yankees. Guest appearances included ''The Rockford Files'', ''Starsky and Hutch,'' ''Quantum Leap'', ''The A-Team,'' ''NYPD Blue'', and ''JAG''.
He made his film debut in ''Hercules in New York'' (1970), and at one point served as 3rd National Vice President of the Screen Actors Guild.
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 McCormick, the corrupt Chairman of the California Gas & Electric Board. This role helped make him well-known outside of the United States.
As his IMDB entry notes, he has similar facial features to actor Karl Malden and is often mistaken for him. [1]. It can be assumed that he was given the role of General Omar N. Bradley in the 1979 miniseries ''Ike'' not for his resemblance to Bradley but because of his resemblance to Malden who had previously played Bradley in the 1970 film ''Patton''.

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Selected filmography

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Selected filmography

★ ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (2005)

★ ''Vice'' (1999)

★ ''Sgt. Bilko'' (1996)

★ ''Planes, Trains & Automobiles'' (1987)

★ ''Summer Rental'' (1985)

★ ''Trancers'' (1985)

★ ''Private Benjamin'' (1980)

★ ''The Onion Field'' (1979)

★ ''The China Syndrome'' (1979)

External links

★ Official site

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★ ilana's "V" Celebrity site at http://www.mindpulse.com/users/lizlady

★ Interview with Richard Herd & The Enterprise Blues Band on Slice of SciFi