Richard Erdman
Acting
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
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tvDr. Ken
2015
Richard Erdman
tvWeird Loners
2015
Carl's Grandfather
tvCommunity
2009
Leonard
tvJoan of Arcadia
2003
Mr. Hanson
tvBoomtown
2002
Kevin's Dad
tvJudging Amy
1999
Mr. Callahan
tvFelicity
1998
Howie
movieThe Pagemaster
1994
Pirate (voice)
tvBatman: The Animated Series
1992
Elliot (voice)
moviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvBeverly Hills, 90210
1990
Mr. Perl
tvWings
1990
Howard Banks
movieJesse
1988
Dr. Adams
movieTop Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
1988
Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
tvShe's the Sheriff
1987
Frank Rubin
tvDuckTales
1987
King Arty (voice) / Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
movieValet Girls
1987
Waiter
movieStewardess School
1986
Attorney
movieMy Town
1986
Fletcher Mays
movieTomboy
1985
Chester
movieTrancers
1984
Drunken Wise Man
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Jonathan / Eggman
movieThe Secret World of Og
1983
Pirate #1
movieHeidi's Song
1982
Herr Sessman (voice)
tvRemington Steele
1982
Bert the Coroner
tvCheers
1982
Duncan Fitzgerald
tvCassie & Co.
1982
George Davenport
tvSpace Stars
1981
Additional Voices (voice)
tvThe Amazing Spider-Man
1978
Mr. Zeider
movieKate McShane
1975
Frederick de Fernando
movieMr. Majestyk
1974
Dick Richard (uncredited) / Dick Richard
tvThe Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Slayton / Vernon
movieBrothers O'Toole
1973
Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
movieVisions...
1972
Ellis
movieThe Great Man's Whiskers
1972
Joseph Somerby
movieTora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Colonel Edward F. French
movieRascal
1969
Walt Dabbett
tvHere's Lucy
1968
Clerk
tvMayberry R.F.D.
1968
Frank Wylie
tvMr. Terrific
1967
Manny
tvI Dream of Jeannie
1965
Store Manager
tvHogan's Heroes
1965
Walter Hobson
tvThe Wild Wild West
1965
Mordecai Krone
tvThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
P.T. Barkley
movieThe Brass Bottle
1964
Seymour Jenks
tvPetticoat Junction
1963
Colonel Millbank
movieThe Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
1963
Host and narrator
tvSaints and Sinners
1962
Klugie
tvThe Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
Buck Brown
tvThe Tab Hunter Show
1960
Richard Fairfield III
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Patrick McNulty
movieFace of Fire
1959
Al Williams
movieSaddle the Wind
1958
Dallas Hanson
movieThe Rawhide Trail
1958
Rupe Pardee
tvPerry Mason
1957
Arthur Binney / Jim West / Charles (Monty) Montrose / Harry Niles / Ben Lucas / Jud Bennett
movieThe Power and the Prize
1956
Lester Everett
movieAnything Goes
1956
Ed Brent
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Charlie Brown
movieBengazi
1955
Selby
movieThe Steel Lady
1953
Jim Evans
tvWhere's Raymond?
1953
Pete Morrisey
movieMission Over Korea
1953
Pvt. Swenson
movieStalag 17
1953
Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
movieThe Happy Time
1952
Alfred Grattin
tvCavalcade of America
1952
Harry Jordan
movieJumping Jacks
1952
Dogface Dolan
movieThe Wild Blue Yonder
1951
Cpl. Frenchy
movieThe Stooge
1951
Ben Bailey
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Eddie McGuire
movieCry Danger
1951
Delong
movieYou're in the Navy Now
1951
Ens. Chuck Dorrance
movieThe Admiral Was a Lady
1950
Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
movieEasy Living
1949
Buddy Morgan
movieWild Harvest
1947
Mark Lewis
movieThat Way with Women
1947
Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
movieNobody Lives Forever
1946
Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
movieDeception
1946
Terry Spencer (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
Eddie (uncredited)
movieShadow of a Woman
1946
Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
movieJanie Gets Married
1946
Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
movieDanger Signal
1945
Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
movieStar in the Night
1945
Middle Cowboy
movieObjective, Burma!
1945
Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
movieHollywood Canteen
1944
Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
movieThe Very Thought of You
1944
Soda Jerk
movieMusical Movieland
1944
Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
movieJanie
1944
Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
movieMr. Skeffington
1944
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
movieThe Bag
John Harper
Directing3
movieBrothers O'Toole
1973
Director
movieMooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
Director
movieTeenage Tease
1971
Director
