Richard Herd

Richard Herd
Herd in 2005
Born	Richard Thomas Herd Jr. (1932-09-26)September 26, 1932 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	May 26, 2020(2020-05-26) (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970–2019
Spouses	Amilda Cuddy ​ ​ (m. 1954; div. 1955)​ Dolores Wozadlo ​ ​ (m. 1957, divorced)​ Patricia Crowder ​ (m. 1980)​
Children	2

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.^[1]