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Louis Herthum Biography

Birth Name:Louis Herthum

Birth Place:Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Profession Actor, Stunts, Producer, Editorial department

Fast Facts

  • Best known for performing the character of young sheriff Andy Broom in 25 episodes of the crime television series “Murder, She Wrote” alongside Angela Lansbury from 1989 to 1996
  • He is the nephew of actor Harold G․ Herthum, who performed the character of the doctor in the iconic movie “Forest Gump” starring Tom Hanks in 1994
  • He performed the character of police chief Arnold Nail in the episode “Red Alert” of the police procedural television series “The Mentalist” in 2011
  • He performed the character of the father of Dolores, Peter Abernathy, in the science fiction television series “Westworld” from 2016 to 2018