Richard Thomas Herd Jr. (September 26, 1932 – May 26, 2020) was an American actor appearing in numerous supporting, recurring, and guest roles in television series and occasional film roles from the 1970s to the 2010s. He was well known in the science fiction community for his role in the 1983 NBCminiseries ''V'' and 1984 sequel ''V: The Final Battle'', as John, the Visitors' Supreme Commander. Other major roles in his career included recurring parts on the NBC series ''seaQuest DSV'' as Admiral William Noyce; on ''Star Trek: Voyager'' as Admiral Owen Paris, the father of helmsman Tom Paris; and as George Costanza's boss Matt Wilhelm on ''Seinfeld''. In two guest appearances on ''Quantum Leap'', he played children's show host "Captain Galaxy", a would-be time traveler, and a miner named Ziggy Ziganovich. He also voiced Father Elijah in the ''Dead Money'' expansion for ''Fallout: New Vegas''. Herd appeared at several fan conventions for his science fiction roles.
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