'Seinfeld' Actor Richard Herd Dead at 87 ... Played Mr. Wilhelm

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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]

1. At least he escaped from that carpet-cleaning cult

Cross gently, Mr. Herd.

[Initech]

3. The entire world is carpeted and one day we will do the cleaning!

[Bengus81]

2. Remember him in the China Syndrome??

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

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

[Omaha Steve]

4. A photo

K&R!

[Initech]

5. Man that sucks, I've been going through a lot of Seinfeld lately.

RIP Mr. Wilhelm!

[JDC]

7. A great line

[Drum]

6. Downtown, George...it's all downtown!

[skypilot]

8. This actor always threw me for a loop.

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]

9. He also was in "Star Trek: Voyager."

He played Tom Paris' father, Admiral Paris.

[Yeehah]

10. He was on a lot more than Seinfeld

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