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Edward Kirk Herrmann (July 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014) was an American television and film actor. Born in Washington, D.C., he is best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the miniseries Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and 1982 film musical Annie, to younger generations for his role as Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls (2000–2007), as a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on the History Channel and PBS, and as the spokesperson for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s. Herrmann started working in theatre on Broadway in 1972 with his debut in Moonchildren alongside James Woods. He received two Tony Award nominations, winning for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Mrs. Warren's Profession at the 30th Tony Awards in 1976. Herrmann received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in The Practice at the 51st Primetime Emmy Awards in 1999. He also received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture with the cast as Nelson Rockefeller in Oliver Stone's Nixon (1995) at the 2nd Screen Actor's Guild Awards. Herrmann became known as a character actor, having appeared in various films such as Warren Beatty's Reds (1981), Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Garry Marshall's Overboard (1987), Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys (1987), Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (2004) and Chris Rock's I Think I Love My Wife (2007). He also played two fictional presidents in two NBC miniseries from the 90s: Doomsday Virus (1996) and Atomic Train (1999).
Edward Herrmann
Uncle Ben
for Uncle Ben in The Amazing Spider-Man 3 (1988)
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Three months after Otto Octavius (Bob Hoskins) had his sinister plan ceased by Spider-Man (Michael J Fox) and put behind bars for the attempted murders of Mary Jane Watson, (Molly Ringwald) Flash Thompson (Emilio Estevez) and Aunt May (Karen Black), Peter Parker continues his double life as the freelance photographer and New York's superhero while still keeping his relationship with MJ afloat. Meanwhile, fresh-face journalist and former war photographer, Eddie Brock (Dolph Lundgren) is currently on a case on break in at the Octavius home as a box contained rock known as Promethium X was stolen from the whereabouts by Harry Osborn (Judd Nelson) is currently taking over his father's business and takes a trip, going to a meeting with Wilson Fisk (Michael Ironside) until a mysterious element that's inside of the rock manages to break free and tries to consume Osborn, causing a car crash in the city. The element known as Symbiote traveled to Eddie Brock while Mary Jane (Molly Ringwald) has been getting disturbing calls from an unknown caller that's rumored to be a serial killer who's active from Brownsville. New York's friendly neighborhood hero has his hands full with the monster known as Venom to the point of an unlikely team up with Felicia Hardy to help against the creature starts.
