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Richard Erdman

Richard Erdman

Acting June 1, 1925 (93 years old) March 16, 2019 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.

Movies 67

Tora! Tora! Tora! 7.2

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Colonel Edward F. French

1970
The Pagemaster 6.4

The Pagemaster

as Pirate (voice)

1994
Stalag 17 7.7

Stalag 17

as Hoffy Hoffman

1953
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge 5.5

Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge

as Mr. Zeider

1980
Trancers 5.9

Trancers

as Drunken Wise Man

1984
Mr. Majestyk 6.8

Mr. Majestyk

as Dick Richard (uncredited)

1974
Mr. Majestyk 6.8

Mr. Majestyk

as Dick Richard

1974
Hollywood Canteen 7.3

Hollywood Canteen

as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)

1944
The Men 7.0

The Men

as Leo

1950
Mr. Skeffington 6.8

Mr. Skeffington

as Western Union Boy (uncredited)

1944
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats 6.8

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)

1988
The Blue Gardenia 6.5

The Blue Gardenia

as Al

1953
Objective, Burma! 6.9

Objective, Burma!

as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper

1945
You're in the Navy Now 5.5

You're in the Navy Now

as Ens. Chuck Dorrance

1951
Deception 6.7

Deception

as Terry Spencer (uncredited)

1946
Saddle the Wind 6.7

Saddle the Wind

as Dallas Hanson

1958
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! 5.2

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

as Self

2021
Nobody Lives Forever 6.4

Nobody Lives Forever

as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms

1946
So You Want to Play the Horses 6.5

So You Want to Play the Horses

as Eddie (uncredited)

1946
Francis in the Navy 5.6

Francis in the Navy

as Murph

1955
Shadow of a Woman 4.5

Shadow of a Woman

as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch

1946
Heidi's Song 6.3

Heidi's Song

as Herr Sessman (voice)

1982
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker 8.0

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991
Stewardess School 5.0

Stewardess School

as Attorney

1986
The Great Man's Whiskers 8.0

The Great Man's Whiskers

as Joseph Somerby

1972
Valet Girls 4.3

Valet Girls

as Waiter

1987
The Stooge 6.6

The Stooge

as Ben Bailey

1951
Tomboy 4.9

Tomboy

as Chester

1985
The Wild Blue Yonder 7.0

The Wild Blue Yonder

as Cpl. Frenchy

1951
Danger Signal 6.0

Danger Signal

as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)

1945
Musical Movieland 6.7

Musical Movieland

as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)

1944
Empire State Building Murders

Empire State Building Murders

as Eddie Walker

2008
Too Young to Know 7.0

Too Young to Know

as Tommy

1945
The Brass Bottle 6.3

The Brass Bottle

as Seymour Jenks

1964
The Power and the Prize 6.2

The Power and the Prize

as Lester Everett

1956
Namu, the Killer Whale 5.3

Namu, the Killer Whale

as Deke

1966
Easy Living 5.7

Easy Living

as Buddy Morgan

1949
Aladdin and His Lamp 9.0

Aladdin and His Lamp

as Mirza

1952
Cry Danger 6.7

Cry Danger

as Delong

1951
The Secret World of Og 5.6

The Secret World of Og

as Pirate #1

1983
Mission Over Korea 6.0

Mission Over Korea

as Pvt. Swenson

1953
Rascal 6.0

Rascal

as Walt Dabbett

1969
The Time of Your Life 6.1

The Time of Your Life

as Willie

1948
Visions... 10.0

Visions...

as Ellis

1972
The Very Thought of You 6.4

The Very Thought of You

as Soda Jerk

1944
Jesse 8.5

Jesse

as Dr. Adams

1988
The San Francisco Story 4.9

The San Francisco Story

as Shorty

1952
Jumping Jacks 6.5

Jumping Jacks

as Dogface Dolan

1952
The Steel Lady 6.6

The Steel Lady

as Jim Evans

1953
My Town 7.0

My Town

as Fletcher Mays

1986
The Rawhide Trail 8.0

The Rawhide Trail

as Rupe Pardee

1958
The Happy Time 6.5

The Happy Time

as Alfred Grattin

1952
The Admiral Was a Lady 6.4

The Admiral Was a Lady

as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli

1950
Star in the Night 7.5

Star in the Night

as Middle Cowboy

1945
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes 6.0

Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes

1990
That Way with Women 6.7

That Way with Women

as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)

1947
Anything Goes 6.0

Anything Goes

as Ed Brent

1956
Face of Fire 5.8

Face of Fire

as Al Williams

1959
Wild Harvest 7.0

Wild Harvest

as Mark Lewis

1947
Janie Gets Married 7.3

Janie Gets Married

as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)

1946
Bengazi 4.2

Bengazi

as Selby

1955
Janie 6.0

Janie

as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)

1944
Brothers O'Toole 6.0

Brothers O'Toole

as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell

1973
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada

The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada

as Host and narrator

1963
Kate McShane 7.0

Kate McShane

as Frederick de Fernando

1975
Swiss Tour 9.0

Swiss Tour

as Eddy

1949
The Bag

The Bag

as John Harper

TV Shows 62

Beverly Hills, 90210 7.3

Beverly Hills, 90210

as Mr. Perl

1990
Cheers 7.6

Cheers

as Duncan Fitzgerald

1982
Murder, She Wrote 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

as Jonathan

1984
Murder, She Wrote 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

as Eggman

1984
Perry Mason 7.7

Perry Mason

as Arthur Binney

1957
Perry Mason 7.7

Perry Mason

as Jim West

1957
Perry Mason 7.7

Perry Mason

as Charles (Monty) Montrose

1957
Perry Mason 7.7

Perry Mason

as Harry Niles

1957
Perry Mason 7.7

Perry Mason

as Ben Lucas

1957
Perry Mason 7.7

Perry Mason

as Jud Bennett

1957
Matinee Theater 5.3

Matinee Theater

1955
Community 8.0

Community

as Leonard

2009
Hogan's Heroes 7.6

Hogan's Heroes

as Walter Hobson

1965
The Twilight Zone 8.5

The Twilight Zone

as Patrick McNulty

1959
Batman: The Animated Series 8.6

Batman: The Animated Series

as Elliot (voice)

1992
The Beverly Hillbillies 6.9

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962
Quincy, M.E. 7.5

Quincy, M.E.

1976
Judging Amy 7.5

Judging Amy

as Mr. Callahan

1999
Wings 6.9

Wings

as Howard Banks

1990
DuckTales 7.7

DuckTales

as Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)

1987
DuckTales 7.7

DuckTales

as King Arty (voice)

1987
Felicity 6.6

Felicity

as Howie

1998
Petticoat Junction 5.9

Petticoat Junction

as Colonel Millbank

1963
The Six Million Dollar Man 7.3

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Slayton

1974
The Six Million Dollar Man 7.3

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Vernon

1974
I Dream of Jeannie 7.8

I Dream of Jeannie

as Store Manager

1965
Remington Steele 7.1

Remington Steele

as Bert the Coroner

1982
The Dick Van Dyke Show 7.6

The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Buck Brown

1961
The Wild Wild West 7.6

The Wild Wild West

as Mordecai Krone

1965
Green Acres 7.2

Green Acres

1965
Here's Lucy 6.7

Here's Lucy

as Clerk

1968
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 7.2

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

1964
The Bernie Mac Show 6.7

The Bernie Mac Show

as Frank

2001
Lou Grant 7.4

Lou Grant

1977
That Girl 6.2

That Girl

1966
Mister Ed 6.7

Mister Ed

1961
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Charlie Brown

1955
The Bionic Woman 7.0

The Bionic Woman

1976
December Bride 6.2

December Bride

1954
Joan of Arcadia 7.4

Joan of Arcadia

as Mr. Hanson

2003
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 7.2

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as P.T. Barkley

1964
Dr. Ken 5.6

Dr. Ken

as Richard Erdman

2015
Police Story 7.0

Police Story

1973
Mayberry R.F.D. 6.2

Mayberry R.F.D.

as Frank Wylie

1968
Navy Log 5.2

Navy Log

1955
Space Stars 7.8

Space Stars

as Additional Voices (voice)

1981
Cavalcade of America 4.6

Cavalcade of America

as Harry Jordan

1952
Science Fiction Theatre 6.3

Science Fiction Theatre

1955
Boomtown 6.5

Boomtown

as Kevin's Dad

2002
She's the Sheriff 5.5

She's the Sheriff

as Frank Rubin

1987
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo 7.9

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo

as Travel Agent (voice)

1985
West Point 7.5

West Point

1956
The Amazing Spider-Man 6.3

The Amazing Spider-Man

as Mr. Zeider

1978
Mr. Terrific 7.7

Mr. Terrific

as Manny

1967
Panic! 8.0

Panic!

1957
The Tab Hunter Show 7.5

The Tab Hunter Show

as Richard Fairfield III

1960
Not for Hire

Not for Hire

1959
Cassie & Co. 5.3

Cassie & Co.

as George Davenport

1982
Where's Raymond? 7.7

Where's Raymond?

as Pete Morrisey

1953
Saints and Sinners 7.0

Saints and Sinners

as Klugie

1962
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Eddie McGuire

1951
Weird Loners 6.0

Weird Loners

as Carl's Grandfather

2015

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