Hermie — Summer of '42 Character Profile

About Hermie

The protagonist of the series, transitioning from a 15-year-old virgin on Packett Island to a college student navigating grief, friendship, and romance amid WWII. His journey is framed by a reflective adult voiceover.

Hermie — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Gary Grimes

Appears in

Summer of '42 (1971)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• Hermie — mother — Hermie's Mother (Maureen Stapleton)
• Hermie — Social Best Friends — Oscy (Jerry Houser)

  Loyal companions navigating adolescence together on Packett Island.

• Hermie — Social Best Friends — Benjie (Oliver Conant)

  Close friends who share the group's summer adventures and anxieties.

• Hermie — Romantic First Love — Dorothy (Jennifer O'Neill)

  A transformative, tender romance born from shared grief and youthful curiosity.

• Hermie — Romantic Awkward Date — Aggie (Katherine Allentuck)

  A clumsy, inexperienced encounter highlighting Hermie's lack of sexual knowledge.

• Hermie — Professional Customer-Pharmacist — Druggist (Lou Frizzell)

  A transactional interaction that underscores Hermie's nervousness and inexperience.

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More characters from Summer of '42

• Dorothy (Jennifer O'Neill)
• Oscy (Jerry Houser)
• Benjie (Oliver Conant)
• Aggie (Katherine Allentuck)
• Miriam (Christopher Norris)
• Druggist (Lou Frizzell)
• Dorothy's Husband (Walter Scott)
• Hermie's Mother (Maureen Stapleton)
• Narrator (Robert Mulligan)