Richard Erdman

Richard Erdman

Acting • Born 1925-06-01 – Died 2019-03-16

Acting1Enid, 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.

Filmography

128 credits
Stalag 17

Stalag 17

Movie • 1953

Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman

Tomboy

Tomboy

Movie • 1985

Chester

The Men

The Men

Movie • 1950

Leo

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Movie • 1970

Colonel Edward F. French

The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

Movie • 1953

Al

Cry Danger

Cry Danger

Movie • 1951

Delong

Nobody Lives Forever

Nobody Lives Forever

Movie • 1946

Bellboy, The Marwood Arms

Danger Signal

Danger Signal

Movie • 1945

Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)

Deception

Deception

Movie • 1946

Terry Spencer (uncredited)

The Pagemaster

The Pagemaster

Movie • 1994

Pirate (voice)

Jumping Jacks

Jumping Jacks

Movie • 1952

Dogface Dolan

Objective, Burma!

Objective, Burma!

Movie • 1945

Pvt. Nebraska Hooper

The Admiral Was a Lady

The Admiral Was a Lady

Movie • 1950

Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli

Francis in the Navy

Francis in the Navy

Movie • 1955

Murph

Shadow of a Woman

Shadow of a Woman

Movie • 1946

Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch

Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge

Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge

Movie • 1981

Mr. Zeider

Empire State Building Murders

Empire State Building Murders

Movie • 2008

Eddie Walker

Rascal

Rascal

Movie • 1969

Walt Dabbett

Namu, the Killer Whale

Namu, the Killer Whale

Movie • 1966

Deke

Heidi's Song

Heidi's Song

Movie • 1982

Herr Sessman (voice)

The Stooge

The Stooge

Movie • 1951

Ben Bailey

Easy Living

Easy Living

Movie • 1949

Buddy Morgan

Swiss Tour

Swiss Tour

Movie • 1949

Eddy

Visions...

Visions...

Movie • 1972

Ellis

That Way with Women

That Way with Women

Movie • 1947

Eddie (as Dick Erdman)

The Wild Blue Yonder

The Wild Blue Yonder

Movie • 1951

Cpl. Frenchy

The Secret World of Og

The Secret World of Og

Movie • 1983

Pirate #1

The San Francisco Story

The San Francisco Story

Movie • 1952

Shorty

The Very Thought of You

The Very Thought of You

Movie • 1944

Soda Jerk

The Happy Time

The Happy Time

Movie • 1952

Alfred Grattin

Janie Gets Married

Janie Gets Married

Movie • 1946

Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)

Janie

Janie

Movie • 1944

Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)

My Town

My Town

Movie • 1986

Fletcher Mays

The Time of Your Life

The Time of Your Life

Movie • 1948

Willie

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

Movie • 1988

Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)

You're in the Navy Now

You're in the Navy Now

Movie • 1951

Ens. Chuck Dorrance

Bengazi

Bengazi

Movie • 1955

Selby

Stewardess School

Stewardess School

Movie • 1986

Attorney

Kate McShane

Kate McShane

Movie • 1975

Frederick de Fernando

Saddle the Wind

Saddle the Wind

Movie • 1958

Dallas Hanson

The Rawhide Trail

The Rawhide Trail

Movie • 1958

Rupe Pardee

The Brass Bottle

The Brass Bottle

Movie • 1964

Seymour Jenks

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

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

Movie • 2021

Self

The Steel Lady

The Steel Lady

Movie • 1953

Jim Evans

Mission Over Korea

Mission Over Korea

Movie • 1953

Pvt. Swenson

Too Young to Know

Too Young to Know

Movie • 1945

Tommy

Hollywood Canteen

Hollywood Canteen

Movie • 1944

Soldier on Deck (uncredited)

Face of Fire

Face of Fire

Movie • 1959

Al Williams

Mr. Majestyk

Mr. Majestyk

Movie • 1974

Dick Richard (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington

Movie • 1944

Western Union Boy (uncredited)

Wild Harvest

Wild Harvest

Movie • 1947

Mark Lewis

Trancers

Trancers

Movie • 1984

Drunken Wise Man

Valet Girls

Valet Girls

Movie • 1987

Waiter

Anything Goes

Anything Goes

Movie • 1956

Ed Brent

Mr. Majestyk

Mr. Majestyk

Movie • 1974

Dick Richard

Aladdin and His Lamp

Aladdin and His Lamp

Movie • 1952

Mirza

So You Want to Play the Horses

So You Want to Play the Horses

Movie • 1946

Eddie (uncredited)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Movie • 1991

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

Musical Movieland

Musical Movieland

Movie • 1944

Sailor with Tour (uncredited)

The Great Man's Whiskers

The Great Man's Whiskers

Movie • 1972

Joseph Somerby

Star in the Night

Star in the Night

Movie • 1945

Middle Cowboy

Brothers O'Toole

Brothers O'Toole

Movie • 1973

Judge Quincey P. Trumbell

The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada

The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada

Movie • 1963

Host and narrator

The Bag

The Bag

Movie

John Harper

The Power and the Prize

The Power and the Prize

Movie • 1956

Lester Everett

Jesse

Jesse

Movie • 1988

Dr. Adams

Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes

Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes

Movie • 1990

Mister Ed

Mister Ed

TV • 1961

Lou Grant

Lou Grant

TV • 1977

Remington Steele

Remington Steele

TV • 1982

Bert the Coroner

Green Acres

Green Acres

TV • 1965

December Bride

December Bride

TV • 1954

Here's Lucy

Here's Lucy

TV • 1968

Clerk

Boomtown

Boomtown

TV • 2002

Kevin's Dad

Joan of Arcadia

Joan of Arcadia

TV • 2003

Mr. Hanson

Judging Amy

Judging Amy

TV • 1999

Mr. Callahan

Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

TV • 1990

Mr. Perl

The Bernie Mac Show

The Bernie Mac Show

TV • 2001

Frank

The Bionic Woman

The Bionic Woman

TV • 1976

That Girl

That Girl

TV • 1966

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

TV • 1962

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

TV • 1976

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

TV • 1964

Wings

Wings

TV • 1990

Howard Banks

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction

TV • 1963

Colonel Millbank

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Arthur Binney

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man

TV • 1978

Mr. Zeider

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

TV • 1959

Patrick McNulty

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV • 1955

Charlie Brown

The Tab Hunter Show

The Tab Hunter Show

TV • 1960

Richard Fairfield III

Police Story

Police Story

TV • 1973

Space Stars

Space Stars

TV • 1981

Additional Voices (voice)

West Point

West Point

TV • 1956

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV • 1951

Eddie McGuire

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater

TV • 1955

Navy Log

Navy Log

TV • 1955

Saints and Sinners

Saints and Sinners

TV • 1962

Klugie

Where's Raymond?

Where's Raymond?

TV • 1953

Pete Morrisey

Panic!

Panic!

TV • 1957

Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series

TV • 1992

Elliot (voice)

Not for Hire

Not for Hire

TV • 1959

Community

Community

TV • 2009

Leonard

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America

TV • 1952

Harry Jordan

Felicity

Felicity

TV • 1998

Howie

Mr. Terrific

Mr. Terrific

TV • 1967

Manny

Dr. Ken

Dr. Ken

TV • 2015

Richard Erdman

Mayberry R.F.D.

Mayberry R.F.D.

TV • 1968

Frank Wylie

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

TV • 1974

Slayton

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

TV • 1974

Vernon

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Jim West

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Charles (Monty) Montrose

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Harry Niles

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Ben Lucas

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Jud Bennett

Science Fiction Theatre

Science Fiction Theatre

TV • 1955

Hogan's Heroes

Hogan's Heroes

TV • 1965

Walter Hobson

DuckTales

DuckTales

TV • 1987

King Arty (voice)

DuckTales

DuckTales

TV • 1987

Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)

The Wild Wild West

The Wild Wild West

TV • 1965

Mordecai Krone

I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie

TV • 1965

Store Manager

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

TV • 1984

Jonathan

Cheers

Cheers

TV • 1982

Duncan Fitzgerald

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

TV • 1984

Eggman

The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show

TV • 1961

Buck Brown

Weird Loners

Weird Loners

TV • 2015

Carl's Grandfather

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

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

TV • 1964

P.T. Barkley

She's the Sheriff

She's the Sheriff

TV • 1987

Frank Rubin

Cassie & Co.

Cassie & Co.

TV • 1982

George Davenport