'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
(25,942 posts)Cross gently, Mr. Herd.
Initech
(100,081 posts)Bengus81
(6,931 posts)God damn I'm getting tired of hearing what you can't do.
Scram the son of a bitch...............
Omaha Steve
(99,660 posts)K&R!
Initech
(100,081 posts)RIP Mr. Wilhelm!
Drum
(9,162 posts)skypilot
(8,854 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
(46,337 posts)He played Tom Paris' father, Admiral Paris.
Yeehah
(4,588 posts)My god, this guy has been on TV ever since I've been watching tv (a long time). What a career!