About
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...
Known for
ShamelessSeries • 2011
Hawaii Five-0Series • 2010
CSI: MiamiSeries • 2002
Desperate HousewivesSeries • 2004
JAGSeries • 1995
SeinfeldSeries • 1989
Star Trek: The Next GenerationSeries • 1987
Star Trek: VoyagerSeries • 1995
Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanSeries • 1993
Diagnosis: MurderSeries • 1993
Buffy the Vampire SlayerSeries • 1997
DallasSeries • 1978
Rizzoli & IslesSeries • 2010
ERSeries • 1994
M*A*S*HSeries • 1972
Ghost WhispererSeries • 2005
Falcon CrestSeries • 1981
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
Cold CaseSeries • 2003
The A-TeamSeries • 1983
Knots LandingSeries • 1979
Quantum LeapSeries • 1989
The Rockford FilesSeries • 1974
Knight RiderSeries • 1982