Hollywood actor Richard Herd has died aged 87. The veteran actor was best known for playing Mr. Wilhelm in Seinfled, and he reportedly passed away in his Los Angeles home on Tuesday.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor died from complications from cancer. The Boston native broke into show business as a stage actor in New York, before he made his film debut in 1970s Hercules in New York.
Herd made 11 appearances as Mr. Wilhelm on Seinfeld, playing the inept New York Yankees exec who supervised George Costanza (Jason Alexander) after he landed a job as an assistant to the traveling secretary.
Some of his other credits included his role as Supreme Commander John in the 1983 NBC miniseries V and its sequel; the Klingon L’Kor on Star
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