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Richard Herd

1932 - 2020

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Herd is the 5,931st most popular actor (down from 5,453rd in 2024), the 9,198th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,960th in 2019) and the 2,728th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Richard Herd ranks 5,930 out of 13,578. Before him are Lee Pace, Jason Biggs, Hanns Kräly, Zeenat Aman, and Fyvush Finkel. After him are Lilyan Chauvin, Victor Argo, Shari Headley, Jane Lapotaire, Barbro Kollberg, Maria Andreyeva, and Eduard Fernández.

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Among people born in 1932, Richard Herd ranks 447. Before him are Roald Sagdeev, Policarpo Paz García, Rokurō Naya, Alberto Winkler, Ernst Hinterseer, and Dobrosav Krstić. After him are R. B. Kitaj, Yasutomi Nishizuka, Amleto Frignani, Eeva Ruoppa, Nikolay Anikin, and Bruno Visintin. Among people deceased in 2020, Richard Herd ranks 603. Before him are Tatyana Prorochenko, Diane di Prima, Ignacio Trelles, Vidin Apostolov, Tomás Herrera Martínez, and John Davies. After him are Papa Bouba Diop, Yasumasa Kanada, Irina Kirichenko, Lajos Szűcs, Keiji Fujiwara, and Richard K. Guy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Herd ranks 9,198 out of 20,380. Before him are Jason Biggs (1978), Kerri Walsh Jennings (1978), Fyvush Finkel (1922), and Mary Wilson (1944). After him are Ron Wright (1953), Victor Argo (1934), Richard Evans Schultes (1915), Shari Headley (1964), Seymour Benzer (1921), Julieta Venegas (1970), Wovoka (1856), and Leo Burnett (1891).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Herd ranks 2,729. Before him are Gladys George (1904), Russell Simpson (1880), Jamie Farr (1934), Lee Pace (1979), Jason Biggs (1978), and Fyvush Finkel (1922). After him are Victor Argo (1934), Shari Headley (1964), Amy Yasbeck (1962), Matthew McGrory (1973), Peter Jurasik (1950), and Betty Bronson (1906).

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