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.
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Silent Natural (2019) | Mr. Beagle | - |
| 2 | The Mule (2018) | Tim Kennedy | 7.2 |
| 3 | Get Out (2017) | Roman Armitage | 7.9 |
| 4 | Star Trek: Renegades (2015) | Admiral Paris | - |
| 5 | The Anna Nicole Smith Story (2007) | J. Howard Marshall | 5 |
| 6 | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005) | Commissioner Hans Raab | - |
| 7 | Joseph: King of Dreams (2000) | Jacob (voice) | 6.8 |
| 8 | I Married a Monster (1998) | Dr. Paul Drummond | - |
| 9 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) | Henry Skerridge | 6.8 |
| 10 | Sgt. Bilko (1996) | General Tennyson | 7 |
| 11 | Yesterday's Target (1996) | Aaron Winfield | 4 |
| 12 | The Secretary (1995) | Chuck Bosnell | - |
| 13 | Cosmic Slop (1994) | Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment') | - |
| 14 | Corporate Affairs (1990) | Cyrus Kinkaid | - |
| 15 | The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990) | Ray Goodrich | 5 |
| 16 | Gleaming the Cube (1989) | Ed Lawndale | 8 |
| 17 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) Recently popular movies | Walt | 7.2 |
| 18 | Summer Rental (1985) | Angus MacLachlan | 6.7 |
| 19 | Trancers (1984) | Chairman Spencer | 7 |
| 20 | Lovely But Deadly (1981) | Charley Gilmarten | - |
| 21 | Schizoid (1980) | Donahue | 6 |
| 22 | Private Benjamin (1980) | General Foley | 6.5 |
| 23 | The China Syndrome (1979) | Evan McCormack | 7 |
| 24 | The Onion Field (1979) | Beat Cop | 6.3 |
| 25 | F.I.S.T. (1978) | Mike Monahan | 6 |
| 26 | All the President's Men (1976) | James W. McCord Jr. | 7.7 |
| 27 | Hercules in New York (1970) | Television Presenter | 4.3 |
