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catbyte

(34,174 posts)
Tue May 26, 2020, 06:00 PM May 2020

'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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'Seinfeld' Actor Richard Herd Dead at 87 ... Played Mr. Wilhelm (Original Post) catbyte May 2020 OP
At least he escaped from that carpet-cleaning cult Cirque du So-What May 2020 #1
The entire world is carpeted and one day we will do the cleaning! Initech May 2020 #3
Remember him in the China Syndrome?? Bengus81 May 2020 #2
A photo Omaha Steve May 2020 #4
Man that sucks, I've been going through a lot of Seinfeld lately. Initech May 2020 #5
A great line JDC May 2020 #7
Downtown, George...it's all downtown! Drum May 2020 #6
This actor always threw me for a loop. skypilot May 2020 #8
He also was in "Star Trek: Voyager." Archae May 2020 #9
He was on a lot more than Seinfeld Yeehah May 2020 #10

Bengus81

(6,907 posts)
2. Remember him in the China Syndrome??
Tue May 26, 2020, 06:20 PM
May 2020

God damn I'm getting tired of hearing what you can't do.

Scram the son of a bitch...............

skypilot

(8,848 posts)
8. This actor always threw me for a loop.
Tue May 26, 2020, 09:43 PM
May 2020

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.

Yeehah

(4,524 posts)
10. He was on a lot more than Seinfeld
Tue May 26, 2020, 10:20 PM
May 2020

My god, this guy has been on TV ever since I've been watching tv (a long time). What a career!

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