Richard Erdman (June 1, 1925 - March 16, 2019) was an American film and television actor and director.
Richard Erdman (June 1, 1925 - March 16, 2019) was an American film and television actor and director.
In a career that has spanned seven decades, his best known roles are that of the barracks chief Hoffy in Stalag 17, and McNulty in the classic Twilight Zone episode "A Kind of a Stopwatch". In Tora Tora Tora he played Colonel Edward F. French, the officer who responded to the failure to transmit the warning to Pearl Harbor using Army radio to instead use commercial telegraph rather than using the Navy or FBI radio systems.
Erdman appeared as the blackmailer, Arthur Binney, in the Perry Mason first season TV episode "The Case Of The Gilded Lily" aired May 24, 1958. In 1960, he co-starred with Tab Hunter in the short-lived The Tab Hunter Show on NBC, which aired opposite The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS and Lawman with John Russell on ABC. He was very funny when he appeared as a Broadway wardrobe man named Buck Brown on "The Dick Van Dyke Show". In 1962, Erdman had a recurring role as Klugie, the photographer, in the short-lived Nick Adams-John Larkin NBC series Saints and Sinners.
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Filmography (Movies)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Character:Self
Release Date:13/02/2021
Empire State Building Murders
Character:Eddie Walker
Release Date:14/08/2008
The Pagemaster
Character:Pirate (voice)
Release Date:23/11/1994
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Character:actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:28/10/1991
Jesse
Character:Dr. Adams
Release Date:04/10/1988
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
Character:Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
Release Date:20/03/1988
Valet Girls
Character:Waiter
Release Date:01/01/1987
Stewardess School
Character:Attorney
Release Date:01/08/1986
My Town
Character:Fletcher Mays
Release Date:25/05/1986
Tomboy
Character:Chester
Release Date:25/01/1985
Trancers
Character:Drunken Wise Man
Release Date:07/11/1984
The Secret World of Og
Character:Pirate #1
Release Date:30/04/1983
Heidi's Song
Character:Herr Sessman (voice)
Release Date:19/11/1982
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
Character:Mr. Zeider
Release Date:09/05/1981
Kate McShane
Character:Frederick de Fernando
Release Date:11/04/1975
Mr. Majestyk
Character:Dick Richard (uncredited)
Release Date:17/07/1974
Mr. Majestyk
Character:Dick Richard
Release Date:17/07/1974
Brothers O'Toole
Character:Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
Release Date:16/05/1973
Visions...
Character:Ellis
Release Date:10/10/1972
The Great Man's Whiskers
Character:Joseph Somerby
Release Date:02/05/1972
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Character:Colonel Edward F. French
Release Date:26/01/1970
Rascal
Character:Walt Dabbett
Release Date:11/06/1969
Namu, the Killer Whale
Character:Deke
Release Date:01/08/1966
The Brass Bottle
Character:Seymour Jenks
Release Date:20/05/1964
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
Character:Host and narrator
Release Date:01/01/1963
Face of Fire
Character:Al Williams
Release Date:09/08/1959
Saddle the Wind
Character:Dallas Hanson
Release Date:20/03/1958
The Rawhide Trail
Character:Rupe Pardee
Release Date:25/01/1958
The Power and the Prize
Character:Lester Everett
Release Date:26/09/1956
Anything Goes
Character:Ed Brent
Release Date:27/04/1956
Bengazi
Character:Selby
Release Date:14/09/1955
Francis in the Navy
Character:Murph
Release Date:24/08/1955
The Steel Lady
Character:Jim Evans
Release Date:09/10/1953
Mission Over Korea
Character:Pvt. Swenson
Release Date:01/08/1953
Stalag 17
Character:Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
Release Date:29/05/1953
The Blue Gardenia
Character:Al
Release Date:20/03/1953
The Happy Time
Character:Alfred Grattin
Release Date:30/10/1952
Jumping Jacks
Character:Dogface Dolan
Release Date:11/06/1952
The San Francisco Story
Character:Shorty
Release Date:11/05/1952
Aladdin and His Lamp
Character:Mirza
Release Date:24/02/1952
The Wild Blue Yonder
Character:Cpl. Frenchy
Release Date:05/12/1951
The Stooge
Character:Ben Bailey
Release Date:15/11/1951
Cry Danger
Character:Delong
Release Date:23/02/1951
You're in the Navy Now
Character:Ens. Chuck Dorrance
Release Date:23/02/1951
The Men
Character:Leo
Release Date:25/08/1950
The Admiral Was a Lady
Character:Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
Release Date:04/08/1950
Swiss Tour
Character:Eddy
Release Date:29/11/1949
Easy Living
Character:Buddy Morgan
Release Date:08/10/1949
The Time of Your Life
Character:Willie
Release Date:03/09/1948
Wild Harvest
Character:Mark Lewis
Release Date:26/09/1947
That Way with Women
Character:Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
Release Date:14/02/1947
Nobody Lives Forever
Character:Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
Release Date:01/11/1946
Deception
Character:Terry Spencer (uncredited)
Release Date:26/10/1946
So You Want to Play the Horses
Character:Eddie (uncredited)
Release Date:05/10/1946
Shadow of a Woman
Character:Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
Release Date:14/09/1946
Janie Gets Married
Character:Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Release Date:22/06/1946
Too Young to Know
Character:Tommy
Release Date:01/12/1945
Danger Signal
Character:Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
Release Date:21/11/1945
Star in the Night
Character:Middle Cowboy
Release Date:13/10/1945
Objective, Burma!
Character:Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
Release Date:17/02/1945
Hollywood Canteen
Character:Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
Release Date:15/12/1944
The Very Thought of You
Character:Soda Jerk
Release Date:20/10/1944
Musical Movieland
Character:Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
Release Date:09/09/1944
Janie
Character:Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Release Date:02/09/1944
Mr. Skeffington
Character:Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Release Date:25/05/1944
Television Appearances
Dr. Ken
Character:Richard Erdman
Weird Loners
Character:Carl's Grandfather
Community
Character:Leonard
Joan of Arcadia
Character:Mr. Hanson
Boomtown
Character:Kevin's Dad
The Bernie Mac Show
Character:Frank
Judging Amy
Character:Mr. Callahan
Felicity
Character:Howie
Batman: The Animated Series
Character:Elliot (voice)
Beverly Hills, 90210
Character:Mr. Perl
Wings
Character:Howard Banks
She's the Sheriff
Character:Frank Rubin
DuckTales
Character:Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
DuckTales
Character:King Arty (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Jonathan
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Eggman
Remington Steele
Character:Bert the Coroner
Cheers
Character:Duncan Fitzgerald
Space Stars
Character:Additional Voices (voice)
The Amazing Spider-Man
Character:
Lou Grant
Character:
Quincy, M.E.
Character:
The Bionic Woman
Character:
The Six Million Dollar Man
Character:Slayton
The Six Million Dollar Man
Character:Vernon
Police Story
Character:
Here's Lucy
Character:Clerk
Mayberry R.F.D.
Character:Frank Wylie
Mr. Terrific
Character:Manny
That Girl
Character:
I Dream of Jeannie
Character:Store Manager
Hogan's Heroes
Character:Walter Hobson
The Wild Wild West
Character:Mordecai Krone
Green Acres
Character:
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Character:
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:P.T. Barkley
Petticoat Junction
Character:Colonel Millbank
The Beverly Hillbillies
Character:
Saints and Sinners
Character:Klugie
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Character:Buck Brown
Mister Ed
Character:
The Tab Hunter Show
Character:Richard Fairfield III
Not for Hire
Character:
The Twilight Zone
Character:Patrick McNulty
Perry Mason
Character:Arthur Binney
Perry Mason
Character:Jim West
Perry Mason
Character:Charles (Monty) Montrose
Perry Mason
Character:Harry Niles
Perry Mason
Character:Ben Lucas
Perry Mason
Character:Jud Bennett
Panic!
Character:
West Point
Character:
Matinee Theater
Character:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Charlie Brown
Navy Log
Character:
Science Fiction Theatre
Character:
December Bride
Character:
Where's Raymond?
Character:Pete Morrisey
Cavalcade of America
Character:Harry Jordan
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Eddie McGuire
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