Richard Erdman
Known for Acting · 119 credits
- Born
- 1925-06-01
- Died
- 2019-03-16
- Place of birth
- Enid, Oklahoma, USA
- Also known as
- John Richard Erdmann · Dick Erdman
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.
Known For
TV Shows (53)
Perry Mason
1957
as Arthur Binney / Jim West / Charles (Monty) Montrose / Harry Niles / Ben Lucas / Jud Bennett
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Jonathan / Eggman
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
as Mr. Perl
Matinee Theater
1955
Community
2009
as Leonard
Wings
1990
as Howard Banks
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Buck Brown
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Cheers
1982
as Duncan Fitzgerald
Hogan's Heroes
1965
as Walter Hobson
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Patrick McNulty
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Colonel Millbank
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Mordecai Krone
Judging Amy
1999
as Mr. Callahan
Quincy, M.E.
1976
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Store Manager
Lou Grant
1977
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Slayton / Vernon
Green Acres
1965
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Elliot (voice)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Joan of Arcadia
2003
as Mr. Hanson
Remington Steele
1982
as Bert the Coroner
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
as Frank
Here's Lucy
1968
as Clerk
Felicity
1998
as Howie
The Bionic Woman
1976
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Charlie Brown
Mister Ed
1961
DuckTales
1987
as King Arty (voice) / Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
That Girl
1966
Police Story
1973
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as P.T. Barkley
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
as Frank Wylie
Navy Log
1955
December Bride
1954
Dr. Ken
2015
as Richard Erdman
Space Stars
1981
as Additional Voices (voice)
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Harry Jordan
Boomtown
2002
as Kevin's Dad
She's the Sheriff
1987
as Frank Rubin
West Point
1956
Mr. Terrific
1967
as Manny
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
Saints and Sinners
1962
as Klugie
Panic!
1957
Cassie & Co.
1982
as George Davenport
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978
as Mr. Zeider
Where's Raymond?
1953
as Pete Morrisey
Weird Loners
2015
as Carl's Grandfather
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
as Richard Fairfield III
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Eddie McGuire
Not for Hire
1959
Movies (66)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Colonel Edward F. French
The Pagemaster
1994
as Pirate (voice)
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Trancers
1984
as Drunken Wise Man
Stalag 17
1953
as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
Mr. Majestyk
1974
as Dick Richard (uncredited)
Namu, the Killer Whale
1966
as Deke
The Men
1950
as Leo
Objective, Burma!
1945
as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
Heidi's Song
1982
as Herr Sessman (voice)
Stewardess School
1986
as Attorney
The Blue Gardenia
1953
as Al
The Steel Lady
1953
as Jim Evans
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
1981
as Mr. Zeider
The Admiral Was a Lady
1950
as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
Tomboy
1985
as Chester
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
Nobody Lives Forever
1946
as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
Rascal
1969
as Walt Dabbett
You're in the Navy Now
1951
as Ens. Chuck Dorrance
The Stooge
1951
as Ben Bailey
Saddle the Wind
1958
as Dallas Hanson
Valet Girls
1987
as Waiter
Francis in the Navy
1955
as Murph
Easy Living
1949
as Buddy Morgan
The Time of Your Life
1948
as Willie
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Secret World of Og
1983
as Pirate #1
The Rawhide Trail
1958
as Rupe Pardee
Brothers O'Toole
1973
as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
Empire State Building Murders
2008
as Eddie Walker
Shadow of a Woman
1946
as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
1988
as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
Jumping Jacks
1952
as Dogface Dolan
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
as Eddie (uncredited)
The Brass Bottle
1964
as Seymour Jenks
Too Young to Know
1945
as Tommy
Cry Danger
1951
as Delong
The Great Man's Whiskers
1972
as Joseph Somerby
The San Francisco Story
1952
as Shorty
Danger Signal
1945
as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951
as Cpl. Frenchy
Deception
1946
as Terry Spencer (uncredited)
Wild Harvest
1947
as Mark Lewis
Face of Fire
1959
as Al Williams
Aladdin and His Lamp
1952
as Mirza
That Way with Women
1947
as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
Anything Goes
1956
as Ed Brent
The Power and the Prize
1956
as Lester Everett
The Very Thought of You
1944
as Soda Jerk
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
as Self
The Happy Time
1952
as Alfred Grattin
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
1990
Jesse
1988
as Dr. Adams
Swiss Tour
1949
as Eddy
Star in the Night
1945
as Middle Cowboy
Mission Over Korea
1953
as Pvt. Swenson
Janie Gets Married
1946
as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Bengazi
1955
as Selby
Visions...
1972
as Ellis
Janie
1944
as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
My Town
1986
as Fletcher Mays
Kate McShane
1975
as Frederick de Fernando
Musical Movieland
1944
as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
1963
as Host and narrator
The Bag
as John Harper
About Richard Erdman
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… With 119 credits spanning from 1944 to 2021, Richard Erdman has appeared in 66 films and 53 TV shows.
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Most Popular Richard Erdman Movies
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — as Colonel Edward F. French
- The Pagemaster (1994) — as Pirate (voice)
- Mr. Skeffington (1944) — as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
- Trancers (1984) — as Drunken Wise Man
- Stalag 17 (1953) — as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
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