Actor
Richard Herd

from "Future Boy"
as Moe Stein / Captain Galaxy

- and -

from "Mirror Image"
as Seymour "Ziggy" Ziganovich

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Richard met with Brian (Al's Place Bartender) at the Landfall Park Hampton Inn & Suites on Friday, May 5th, 2006 (exactly 13 years to the day after the final episode featuring Herd aired on NBC)!

 




Richard and Brian at the Landfall Hampton Inn & Suites

 


Winged hats the children wore in "Future Boy"

 


Brian wearing one of the hats purchased from Richard


Side view of the silver-coated paper hats


Signed photo of Richard and Scott Bakula in "Future Boy"

 


1990 costume drawing by Jean-Pierre Dorleac of the Future Boy costume signed by Richard

 


Signed photo of Richard as 'Ziggy' Ziganovich in "Mirror Image"
Meeting Captain Galaxy

Meeting Richard was a great experience. He called me Friday morning and left a message saying he would be able to meet with me later that day. So, I left work a bit early and ran a couple of errands in Wilmington while I waited for him to call back. He called around 5:30pm and said "Brian, this is Captain Galaxy!" I was thrilled, needless to say. I drove across town to the Hampton Inn and Suites near the golf club that Richard was going to be playing at the next day. He and his wife were so nice to me and we chatted for a few minutes about various topics from where we grew up to how life in the quiet coastal towns of North Carolina is starting to be not-so-quiet anymore. While we were there, he introduced me to Gil Gerard who played 'Buck Rogers' in "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century!" Richard mentioned that one of his top favorite characters to play was Moe Stien in Future Boy. He said that after playing bad guys for the bulk of his career, he really enjoyed playing a character with so much value and heart. He also said that his favorite comedic character was Mr. Wilhelm in "Seinfeld." It was a pleasure meeting and speaking with him and he wanted me to pass along a message to you:

"Say hello to the fans, from Captain Galaxy!"

See you in the future.
Brian

 


Richard Herd passed away on May 26, 2020.

Making this episode was his favorite thing he had ever done on television, according to his comments made at The Leap Back 2009 convention.


 
Richard Herd has starred and guest-starred in many films and television shows! This list is taken from his official website:
  1. Song of the Lark, The (2000) (TV) .... Reverend Larsen
  2. Joseph: King of Dreams (2000) (V) (voice) .... Jacob
  3. Vic (1999) .... Richard Hanson
    ... aka Final Act (1999) (USA)
  4. Survivor, The (1998) .... Bradford
  5. I Married a Monster (1998) (TV) .... Dr. Paul Drummond, Kelly's Uncle
  6. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) .... Henry Skerridge
  7. Journey of the Heart (1997) (TV)
  8. Yesterday's Target (1996) .... Aaron
  9. Shattered Mind (1996) (TV) .... Chester
    ... aka Terror Inside, The (1996) (TV)
  10. Sgt. Bilko (1996) .... Gen. Tennyson
    ... aka Sergeant Bilko (1996)
  11. Case for Life, A (1996) (TV) .... Bud Cromwell
  12. "Seinfeld" (1990) TV Series .... Wilhelm (1995-1998)
  13. Secretary, The (1995) (TV) .... Chuck Bosnell
  14. Cosmic Slop (1994) (TV) .... Cardinal (segment "The First Commandment")
  15. Gift of Love, The (1994/II) (TV)
    ... aka Set for Life (1994) (TV)
  16. "Winnetka Road" (1994) TV Series .... Mike
  17. SeaQuest DSV (1993) (TV) .... Adm. Noyce
  18. Skeeter (1993) (uncredited)
  19. "Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The" (1993) TV Series .... President Cleveland
    ... aka "Brisco County Jr." (1993)
  20. Majority Rule (1992) (TV)
  21. Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum' (1992) (TV) .... Charles Hackley
  22. Judas Project, The (1990) .... Arthur Cunningham
  23. Nashville Beat (1990) (TV)
  24. Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake, The (1990) (TV) .... Ray
    ... aka Great Los Angeles Earthquake, The (1990) (TV)
  25. Corporate Affairs (1990) .... Cyrus Kinkaid
  26. Camp Cucamonga (1990) (TV) .... Thornton Bradley
    ... aka How I Spent My Summer (1990) (TV)
  27. Fall from Grace (1990) (TV) .... Richard Dortch
  28. Gleaming the Cube (1989) .... Ed Lawndale
    ... aka Brother's Justice, A (1989)
    ... aka Skate or Die (1989)
  29. My First Love (1988) (TV) .... Chet Townsend
  30. "Favorite Son" (1988) (mini) TV Series
    ... aka "Target: Favorite Son" (1988) (mini)
  31. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) .... Walt
  32. Trancers (1985) .... Chairman Spencer
    ... aka Future Cop (1985)
  33. Summer Rental (1985) .... Angus MacLachlan
  34. "V: The Final Battle" (1984) (mini) TV Series .... John
  35. Deal of the Century (1983) .... Lyle
  36. V (1983) (TV) .... John
    ... aka V: The Original Mini Series (2001) (TV) (USA: DVD title)
  37. "T.J. Hooker" (1982) TV Series .... Capt. Dennis Sheridan (1982-1985)
  38. Farrell for the People (1982) (TV) (as Richard T. Herd) .... Randolph Gardner
  39. T.J. Hooker (1982) (TV) .... Captain Sheridan
  40. Lovely But Deadly (1981) .... Honest Charley Gilmarten
  41. Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981) (TV) .... Thompson
  42. Fighting Back (1980) (TV) .... Chuck Noll
    ... aka Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier (1980) (TV)
  43. Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980) (TV) .... General Groves
  44. Schizoid (1980) .... Donahue
    ... aka Murder by Mail (1980)
  45. Private Benjamin (1980) .... Brig. Gen. Foley
  46. Marciano (1979) (TV) .... John Furst
  47. Onion Field, The (1979) .... Beat Cop
  48. "Ike" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Gen. Omar Bradley
  49. China Syndrome, The (1979) .... Evan Mc Cormack
  50. Wolf Lake (1978) .... George
    ... aka Honor Guard, The (1978)
  51. Terror Out of the Sky (1978) (TV) .... Col. Mangus
    ... aka Revenge of the Savage Bees, The (1978) (TV) (USA)
  52. Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978) (TV) .... Donovan
  53. F.I.S.T. (1978) .... Mike Monahan
  54. Dr. Scorpion (1978) (TV) .... Bill Worthington
  55. Hunted Lady, The (1977) (TV) .... Capt. Wilson
  56. "Captains and the Kings" (1976) (mini) TV Series
  57. All the President's Men (1976) .... James W. McCord Jr.
  58. Pueblo (1973) (TV) .... Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark
    ... aka Pueblo Affair (1973) (TV) (USA)
  59. Hercules in New York (1970)
    ... aka Hercules - The Movie (1970)
    ... aka Hercules Goes Bananas (1970)

Notable TV Guest Appearances

  1. "Family Law" (1999) playing "Judge Neil Walker" in episode: "Big Brother" (episode # 3.17) 18 March 2002
  2. "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) playing "Admiral Owen Paris" in episode: "Endgame: Part 1" (episode # 7.25) 23 May 2001
  3. "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) playing "Admiral Owen Paris" in episode: "Endgame: Part 2" (episode # 7.26) 23 May 2001
  4. "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) playing "Admiral Owen Paris" in episode: "Author, Author" (episode # 7.20) 18 April 2001
  5. "Fugitive, The" (2000) playing "Jack" in episode: "Jenny" (episode # 1.15) 16 February 2001
  6. "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) playing "Admiral Owen Paris" in episode: "Inside Man" (episode # 7.6) 8 November 2000
  7. "JAG" (1995) playing "Charlie Hoskins" in episode: "The Bridge at Kang So Ri" (episode # 5.18) 29 February 2000
  8. "Caroline in the City" (1995) playing "Barney" in episode: "Caroline and the Big Night" (episode # 4.7) 9 November 1998
  9. "Diagnosis Murder" (1993) playing "Archie Mullen" in episode: "Write, She Murdered" (episode # 6.7) 5 November 1998
  10. "Pacific Blue" (1995) playing "Ethan Callaway" in episode: "With This Ring" (episode # 3.20) 5 April 1998
  11. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) playing "Dr. Stanley Backer" in episode: "Killed by Death" (episode # 2.18) 3 March 1998
  12. "Pacific Blue" (1995) playing "Ethan Callaway" in episode: "Cop in a Box" (episode # 3.9) 2 November 1997
  13. "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" (1993) playing "Dr. Hansen" in episode: "Colleen's Paper" (episode # 5.17) 8 February 1997
  14. "Grace Under Fire" (1993) playing "Police Captain" in episode: "Road to Nowhere" (episode # 4.7) 6 November 1996
  15. "Walker, Texas Ranger" (1993) playing "General Garrity" in episode: "Codename: Dragonfly" (episode # 5.7) 2 November 1996
  16. "ER" (1994) playing "Dr. Murphy" in episode: "Men Plan, God Laughs" (episode # 1.21) 27 April 1995
  17. "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" (1993) playing "Dr. John Hansen" in episode: "Where the Heart Is: Part 1" (episode # 2.6) 20 November 1993
  18. "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" (1993) playing "Dr. John Hansen" in episode: "Where the Heart Is: Part 2" (episode # 2.7) 20 November 1993
  19. "Quantum Leap" (1989) playing "Ziggy Ziganovich" in episode: "Mirror Image - August 8, 1953" (episode # 5.22) 4 May 1993
  20. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) playing "L'Kor" in episode: "Birthright: Part 2" (episode # 6.17) 27 February 1993
  21. "Murder, She Wrote" (1984) playing "Arnett Cobb" in episode: "The Petrified Florist" (episode # 9.15) 21 February 1993
  22. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) playing "L'Kor" in episode: "Birthright: Part 1" (episode # 6.16) 20 February 1993
  23. "Renegade" (1992) playing "Sheriff Frank Brown" in episode: "Mother Courage" (episode # 1.5) 17 October 1992
  24. "Tales from the Crypt" (1989) playing "Phil Stone" in episode: "Deadline" (episode # 3.12) 14 August 1991
  25. "Quantum Leap" (1989) playing "Moe Stein" in episode: "Future Boy - October 6, 1957" (episode # 3.13) 13 March 1991
  26. "FBI: The Untold Stories" (1991)
  27. "Jake and the Fatman" (1987) in episode: "God Bless the Child" (episode # 4.1) 12 September 1990
  28. "China Beach" (1988) playing "Bartender" in episode: "The Thanks of a Grateful Nation" (episode # 3.17) 28 February 1990
  29. "Midnight Caller" (1988) playing "Madina" in episode: "Protection" (episode # 2.20) 1990
  30. "Mancuso, FBI" (1989) playing "Red Burrows" in episode: "Little Saigon" (episode # 1.2) 27 October 1989
  31. "Golden Girls, The" (1985) playing "Ernie Faber" in episode: "The Impotence of Being Ernest" (episode # 4.13) 4 February 1989
  32. "Matlock" (1986) playing "Capt. Edward Hanna" in episode: "The Captain" (episode # 3.6) 10 January 1989
  33. "Simon & Simon" (1981) playing "Harry Flank" in episode: "Ties That Bind" (episode # 7.12) 3 March 1988
  34. "Beauty and the Beast" (1987/I) playing "Mr. Barnes" in episode: "A Children's Story" (episode # 1.10) 4 December 1987
  35. "Rags to Riches" (1987) in episode: "Foley vs. Foley" (episode # 1.2) 22 March 1987
  36. "Hill Street Blues" (1981) in episode: "Norman Conquest" (episode # 7.15) 10 February 1987
  37. "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (1983) playing "Jake Williamson" in episode: "Photo Finish" (episode # 4.8) 14 November 1986
  38. "Simon & Simon" (1981) playing "Harry Flank" in episode: "The Rookie" (episode # 6.7) 6 November 1986
  39. "Dynasty" (1981) playing "Jim Ellison" in episode: "The Cry" (episode # 6.27) 16 April 1986
  40. "Murder, She Wrote" (1984) playing "Harvey McKittrick" in episode: "Murder in the Electric Cathedral" (episode # 2.16) 16 February 1986
  41. "Simon & Simon" (1981) playing "Consul Dearborn" in episode: "The Enchilada Express" (episode # 5.4) 24 October 1985
  42. "Hardcastle and McCormick" (1983) playing "Colonel Joe Bartz" in episode: "The Yankee Clipper" (episode # 3.3) 7 October 1985
  43. "Knight Rider" (1982) playing "Jastrow" in episode: "Knight Strike" (episode # 3.21) 5 April 1985
  44. "A-Team, The" (1983) playing "Jonathan Durcell" in episode: "Waste 'Em!" (episode # 3.21) 5 March 1985
  45. "Matt Houston" (1982) playing "Patrick Moffett" in episode: "The Beach Club Murders" (episode # 3.17) 1 February 1985
  46. "Hardcastle and McCormick" (1983) playing "Arthur Huntley/Lonnie Vanatta" in episode: "Mr. Hardcastle Goes to Washington" (episode # 1.16) 15 January 1984
  47. "Powers of Matthew Star, The" (1982) playing "Dave Wellman" in episode: "Dead Man's Hand" (episode # 1.15) 11 February 1983
  48. "Simon & Simon" (1981) playing "Kyle Edmunds" in episode: "Double Entry" (episode # 1.11) 2 March 1982
  49. "Hart to Hart" (1979) playing "Waldo Sommerton" in episode: "The Hartbreak Kid" (episode # 3.10) 15 December 1981
  50. "Strike Force" (1981) in episode: "Kidnap" (episode # 1.2) 20 November 1981
  51. "Greatest American Hero, The" (1981) playing "Adam Taft" in episode: "The Greatest American Hero" (episode # 1.1) 18 March 1981
  52. "M*A*S*H" (1972) playing "Capt. Bill Snyder" in episode: "Back Pay" (episode # 8.24) 10 March 1980
  53. "Hart to Hart" (1979) playing "Lt. Fredricks" in episode: "Cop Out" (episode # 1.7) 6 November 1979
  54. "Lazarus Syndrome, The" (1979) in episode: "Malpractice" (episode # 1.4) 2 October 1979
  55. "Starsky and Hutch" (1975) playing "Smithers" in episode: "Targets Without a Badge: Part 2" (episode # 4.19) 11 March 1979
  56. "Eight Is Enough" (1977) playing "George McArthur" in episode: "The Better Part of Valour" (episode # 3.23) 21 February 1979
  57. "Rafferty" (1977) in episode: "Rafferty (Pilot)" (episode # 1.1) 5 September 1977
  58. "Streets of San Francisco, The" (1972) playing "Greene" in episode: "The Cannibals" (episode # 5.12) 20 January 1977
  59. "Rockford Files, The" (1974) playing "Sheriff Gladish" in episode: "Pastoria Prime Pick" (episode # 2.11) 28 November 1975

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