He portrayed Nelson Rockefeller in Oliver Stone’s 1995 biopic “Nixon” and William Randolph Hearst in Peter Bogdanovich’s 2001 film “The Cat’s Meow” and portrayed Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1976 ABC miniseries “Eleanor and Franklin” and in the 1977 sequel, “Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years,” both of which brought the actor Emmy nominations. He played the head of a vampire gang in the satirical 1987 film “The Lost Boys” and a wacky inventor in 1975’s “The Great Waldo Pepper.” Herrmann won the Emmy in 1999 for his guest role in the ABC legal drama “The Practice.” He was also a spokesman for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s, as an automotive enthusiast.
