'Seinfeld' Actor Richard Herd Dead at 87 ... Played Mr. Wilhelm
Source: TMZ
Richard Herd -- who played George Costanza's Yankees boss on "Seinfeld" -- has died.
The veteran actor -- who's possibly best remembered as Mr. Wilhelm on the hit sitcom -- passed away Tuesday at his home in L.A. due to complications from cancer.
Herd only appeared on 11 episodes of "Seinfeld," but his time was memorable (and hilarious). He portrayed a (fake) New York Yankees executive who supervised George when he was the assistant to the traveling secretary, and would often give GC complicated tasks he'd fumble his way through completing (or not completing, more often).
Mr. Wilhelm eventually stole George's dream gig of scouting for the Mets ... a great farewell to his character.
Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2020/05/26/seinfeld-actor-richard-herd-mr-wilhelm-seinfeld-dead-dies/
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Cirque du So-What
(25,812 posts)Cross gently, Mr. Herd.
Initech
(99,915 posts)Bengus81
(6,907 posts)God damn I'm getting tired of hearing what you can't do.
Scram the son of a bitch...............
Omaha Steve
(99,073 posts)K&R!
Initech
(99,915 posts)RIP Mr. Wilhelm!
Drum
(8,917 posts)skypilot
(8,848 posts)I would always mistake him for Karl Malden even though I knew that Malden was dead. The two of them have to be on someones Separated at Birth list.
Archae
(46,262 posts)He played Tom Paris' father, Admiral Paris.
Yeehah
(4,524 posts)My god, this guy has been on TV ever since I've been watching tv (a long time). What a career!