
Richard Erdman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 1, 1925
- Died
- March 16, 2019 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Biography
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

The Bag
Movie · as John Harper

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Movie · as Self

Dr. Ken
TV · as Richard Erdman · 1 ep

Weird Loners
TV · as Carl's Grandfather · 1 ep

Community
TV · as Leonard · 53 eps
Empire State Building Murders
Movie · as Eddie Walker

Joan of Arcadia
TV · as Mr. Hanson · 1 ep

Boomtown
TV · as Kevin's Dad · 1 ep

The Bernie Mac Show
TV · as Frank · 1 ep

Judging Amy
TV · as Mr. Callahan · 1 ep

Felicity
TV · as Howie · 1 ep

The Pagemaster
Movie · as Pirate (voice)

Batman: The Animated Series
TV · as Elliot (voice) · 1 ep

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie · as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
Movie

Beverly Hills, 90210
TV · as Mr. Perl · 1 ep

Wings
TV · as Howard Banks · 1 ep

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
Movie · as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)

Jesse
Movie · as Dr. Adams

Valet Girls
Movie · as Waiter

DuckTales
TV · as King Arty (voice), Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice) · 1 ep

She's the Sheriff
TV · as Frank Rubin · 1 ep

My Town
Movie · as Fletcher Mays

Stewardess School
Movie · as Attorney

Tomboy
Movie · as Chester

Trancers
Movie · as Drunken Wise Man

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Jonathan, Eggman · 1 ep

The Secret World of Og
Movie · as Pirate #1

Heidi's Song
Movie · as Herr Sessman (voice)

Remington Steele
TV · as Bert the Coroner · 1 ep

Cheers
TV · as Duncan Fitzgerald · 1 ep

Cassie & Co.
TV · as George Davenport · 1 ep

Space Stars
TV · as Additional Voices (voice) · 66 eps

Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
Movie · as Mr. Zeider

The Amazing Spider-Man
TV · as Mr. Zeider · 2 eps

Lou Grant
TV · 3 eps

The Bionic Woman
TV · 1 ep

Quincy, M.E.
TV · 1 ep

Kate McShane
Movie · as Frederick de Fernando

Mr. Majestyk
Movie · as Dick Richard (uncredited)

The Six Million Dollar Man
TV · as Slayton, Vernon · 1 ep

Brothers O'Toole
Movie · as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell

Police Story
TV · 1 ep

Visions...
Movie · as Ellis

The Great Man's Whiskers
Movie · as Joseph Somerby

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie · as Colonel Edward F. French

Rascal
Movie · as Walt Dabbett

Here's Lucy
TV · as Clerk · 1 ep

Mayberry R.F.D.
TV · as Frank Wylie · 1 ep

Mr. Terrific
TV · as Manny · 1 ep

Namu, the Killer Whale
Movie · as Deke

That Girl
TV · 1 ep

Green Acres
TV · 1 ep

Hogan's Heroes
TV · as Walter Hobson · 1 ep

The Wild Wild West
TV · as Mordecai Krone · 1 ep

I Dream of Jeannie
TV · as Store Manager · 1 ep

The Brass Bottle
Movie · as Seymour Jenks

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV · 1 ep

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as P.T. Barkley · 1 ep

The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
Movie · as Host and narrator

Petticoat Junction
TV · as Colonel Millbank · 1 ep

The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · 1 ep

Saints and Sinners
TV · as Klugie · 17 eps

Mister Ed
TV · 1 ep

The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV · as Buck Brown · 1 ep

The Tab Hunter Show
TV · as Richard Fairfield III · 32 eps

Face of Fire
Movie · as Al Williams

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Patrick McNulty · 1 ep
Not for Hire
TV · 1 ep

Saddle the Wind
Movie · as Dallas Hanson

The Rawhide Trail
Movie · as Rupe Pardee

Perry Mason
TV · as Arthur Binney, Jim West, Charles (Monty) Montrose, Harry Niles, Ben Lucas, Jud Bennett · 1 ep

Panic!
TV · 1 ep

Anything Goes
Movie · as Ed Brent

The Power and the Prize
Movie · as Lester Everett

West Point
TV · 1 ep

Francis in the Navy
Movie · as Murph

Bengazi
Movie · as Selby

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Charlie Brown · 1 ep

Matinee Theater
TV · 1 ep

Navy Log
TV · 1 ep

Science Fiction Theatre
TV · 1 ep

December Bride
TV · 2 eps

Stalag 17
Movie · as Hoffy Hoffman

The Blue Gardenia
Movie · as Al

The Steel Lady
Movie · as Jim Evans

Mission Over Korea
Movie · as Pvt. Swenson

Where's Raymond?
TV · as Pete Morrisey · 60 eps

Jumping Jacks
Movie · as Dogface Dolan

The San Francisco Story
Movie · as Shorty

The Happy Time
Movie · as Alfred Grattin

Aladdin and His Lamp
Movie · as Mirza

Cavalcade of America
TV · as Harry Jordan · 1 ep

Cry Danger
Movie · as Delong

The Stooge
Movie · as Ben Bailey

The Wild Blue Yonder
Movie · as Cpl. Frenchy

You're in the Navy Now
Movie · as Ens. Chuck Dorrance

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Eddie McGuire · 1 ep

The Men
Movie · as Leo

The Admiral Was a Lady
Movie · as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli

Easy Living
Movie · as Buddy Morgan

Swiss Tour
Movie · as Eddy

The Time of Your Life
Movie · as Willie

That Way with Women
Movie · as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)

Wild Harvest
Movie · as Mark Lewis

Nobody Lives Forever
Movie · as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms

Deception
Movie · as Terry Spencer (uncredited)

Shadow of a Woman
Movie · as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch

Janie Gets Married
Movie · as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
So You Want to Play the Horses
Movie · as Eddie (uncredited)

Danger Signal
Movie · as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)

Objective, Burma!
Movie · as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper

Too Young to Know
Movie · as Tommy

Star in the Night
Movie · as Middle Cowboy

The Very Thought of You
Movie · as Soda Jerk

Janie
Movie · as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)

Hollywood Canteen
Movie · as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington
Movie · as Western Union Boy (uncredited)

Musical Movieland
Movie · as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)




