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{{Character
|image    = 3richard.jpeg
|born     = 
|birthday = January 1943<ref>[[That'll Do, Pig]]</ref>
|aka      = 
|from     = 
|home     = [[Gilmore Mansion]]
|job      = International Insurance Consultant<br/><small>'''?—2001'''</small><br/>Executive Vice-President at [[Gehrman-Driscoll]]
|edu      = [[Yale]]
|eyes     = Blue
|hair     = Grey
|family   = [[Lorelai Gilmore]]<br/><small>(daughter)</small><br/>[[Rory Gilmore]]<br/><small>(granddaughter)</small><br/>[[Lorelai "Trix" Gilmore]] †<br/><small>(mother)</small><br/>Charles Gilmore †<br/><small>(father)</small><br/>[[Hope]]<br/><small>(sister-in-law)</small><br/>[[Marilyn Gilmore]]<br/><small>(cousin)</small><br/>[[Cinnamon's Wake|Claudia]]<br/><small>(1st cousin once removed)</small><br/>
|romances = [[Emily Gilmore]]<br/><small>(wife)</small><br/>[[Pennilyn Lott]]<br/><small>(ex-fiancée)</small><br/>
|friends  = Douglas Swope<br/>Claude Clemenceau<br/>Janlon Dugray<br/>[[Asher Fleming]]<br/>[[Hanlin Charleston]]<br/>[[Straub Hayden]]<br/>[[Floyd Stiles]]<br/>[[Mitchum Huntzberger]]<br/>[[Lars]]
|actor    = [[Edward Herrmann]]
|first     = [[Pilot]]
|last     = [[Bon Voyage]]
|episodes = [[#Episodes|86]]
}}{{Quote|One wrong man can always find a friend|Richard|Rory's Birthday Parties}}'''Richard Gilmore''' is a principal character on ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', portrayed by [[Edward Herrmann]].

==Character==
Richard is married to [[Emily Gilmore]] and is the father of [[Lorelai Gilmore]] and the grandfather of [[Rory Gilmore]]. His mother is [[Lorelai "Trix" Gilmore]]. Richard is a stern, hard-working, old-fashioned husband and father, who enjoys cigars, golfing and brandy. He rigorously adheres to the traditional life of high society, with its class structures, rules and concepts of appropriate behaviour. He does not tolerate any form of scandal, but shows glimpses of perhaps not a really emotional attachment to the trappings of his and his wife Emily's lifestyle<ref>[[Presenting Lorelai Gilmore]]</ref><ref>[[Twenty-One is the Loneliest Number]]</ref>. While at moments throughout the show, it's obvious Richard has deep affection<ref>[[Forgiveness and Stuff]]</ref> and admiration<ref>[[So... Good Talk]]</ref> for his daughter, Lorelai, he adheres to the confines of his societal standing, and Emily's broken heart<ref name=":0">[[Christopher Returns]]</ref>, and does not easily forgive Lorelai for leaving the family as a teenager<ref name=":0" />.

== Story ==
At the start of the series, Richard is the Executive Vice President of the Gehrman-Driscoll Insurance Corporation, and he oversees their international division. He has taken on several different ventures since he was initially forced into retirement. He gets a teaching job at the Yale University where he holds lectures on economics, which are attended by his granddaughter Rory. Richard suffered a bout of angina in December 2000. He has a serious second heart attack in 2006 and undergoes a open-heart surgery that'll leave him inoperative in his job for a good number of the following episodes.

During the time that Rory stayed with Richard and Emily so that she could have a "do-over", he was the first to admit and realize that "the moment they took Rory away from Lorelai, they lost."

Through the series Richard has adored Rory for her literary taste and sweet nature. He's very protective of her; as shown when he met Dean (her boyfriend during season 2). Richard grills Dean, knowing he's not good enough for Rory. During 'Richard in Stars Hallow' Dean gave Rory a car he made himself, Richard loudly protested (against Lorelai). The two males go to Gypsy's, she finds nothing wrong but Richard makes her check it many times. Dean says he loves Rory, Richard says she's young but doesn't hate Dean, somewhat apologizes for his interrogation. He notices Dean is tall, Dean sarcastically asks if he wants a dance, Richard says "No, thank you. I appreciate the offer though."

When Rory attends Yale, a Gilmore tradition, she enters a relationship with [[Logan Huntzberger]]. Richard is happy she's with a blue-blood but grieves when he learns Rory isn't a virgin.

In Season 7, while he was teaching an Economics class at Yale, he falls and has a heart attack. He is unable to fully function at his job after that.

==Trivia==
*When he was a boy he loved to eat turtle neck soup. Nobody knows what it is.<ref name=":1" />
**He also enjoyed Johnny Machete, a dish he prepares for Rory, Emily and Lorelai at one point.
*He got his first custom-made suit for his father's funeral. He never wore it again, telling Emily that he grew out of it<ref name=":1">[[The Reigning Lorelai]]</ref>.
*He was engaged to [[Pennilyn Lott]]<ref>[[Love and War and Snow]]</ref>, but ended up marrying Emily instead<ref>[[Let the Games Begin]]</ref>, much to his mother's chagrin.<ref name=":1" />
*His father died when he was 10.<ref name=":1" />
*His parents were second cousins.<ref name=":1" />
*Rory is the apple of his eye, and at times she is all he can talk about.<ref name=":2">[[Ted Koppel's Big Night Out]]</ref>
*One of his hobbies is restoring vintage cars.<ref>[[Back in the Saddle Again]]</ref>
*He is secretly impressed with Lorelai, and helps her out whenever she needs it (i.e. with Rory's tuition, insurance issues at the Dragonfly, etc.)
*He was naked a full month his sophomore year at [[Yale]] and threatened with expulsion.<ref name=":2" />
*He and his suite mates at Yale threw one of their suite mates out of the window, sandwiched in between two mattresses.<ref name=":2" />
*He was part of The Whiffenpoofs, an a cappella singing group, while at Yale.
*He was on the fencing team at Yale.
*He went to the Bahamas for Christmas one year.
*When he was a child he used to love going on the roller coasters at Coney Island; he considered them to be faster as a child than as an adult.<ref name=":3" />
*He once got so annoyed at street performers in Prague that he hummed Mozart's Prague Symphony to scare them away, and then kept humming it so that tourists would drop money at his feet. Two of them did, and he kept the money<ref name=":3">[[The Bracebridge Dinner]]</ref>.
*When he was 27 he made a bad investment that could have cost him his home, his mother bailed him out. However he was able to repay her with in six months.
*Richard began growing a mustache in the fourth season.

==Photos==
:'''[[Richard Gilmore/Gallery]]'''

== Episodes ==
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;SEASON 1 (10/21)
:[[Pilot]]
:[[Kill Me Now]]
:[[Rory's Birthday Parties]]
:[[Love and War and Snow]]
:[[Forgiveness and Stuff]]
:[[That Damn Donna Reed]]
:[[Christopher Returns]]
:[[Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers]]
:[[The Third Lorelai]]
:[[P.S. I Lo...]]

;SEASON 2 (9/22)
:[[Sadie, Sadie...]]
:[[Hammers and Veils]]
:[[Presenting Lorelai Gilmore]]
:[[The Bracebridge Dinner]]
:[[Richard in Stars Hollow]]
:[[It Should've Been Lorelai]]
:[[Back in the Saddle Again]]
:[[Help Wanted]]
:[[Lorelai's Graduation Day]]

;SEASON 3 (11/22)
:[[Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days]]
:[[Eight O'Clock at the Oasis]]
:[[Let the Games Begin]]
:[[A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving]]
:[[That'll Do, Pig]]
:[[Dear Emily and Richard]]
:[[Face-Off]]
:[[The Big One]]
:[[Happy Birthday, Baby]]
:[[Keg! Max!]]
:[[Those Are Strings, Pinocchio]]

;SEASON 4 (/22)

;SEASON 5 (/22)

;SEASON 6 (/22)

;SEASON 7 (/22)
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==Notes and references==
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