Richard Erdman
Acting
Born: June 1, 1925 · Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Died: March 16, 2019 (aged 93)
Highest Rated
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
Community
2009
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
The Twilight Zone
1959
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
The Pagemaster
1994
DuckTales
1987
Cheers
1982
Stalag 17
1953
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Photos (5)
Movies (63)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Colonel Edward F. French
The Pagemaster
Pirate (voice)
Trancers
Drunken Wise Man
Mr. Majestyk
Dick Richard (uncredited)
Mr. Majestyk
Dick Richard
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
Mr. Zeider
Stewardess School
Attorney
Mr. Skeffington
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Stalag 17
Hoffy Hoffman
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saddle the Wind
Dallas Hanson
Namu, the Killer Whale
Deke
The Blue Gardenia
Al
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
The Men
Leo
You're in the Navy Now
Ens. Chuck Dorrance
Tomboy
Chester
The Stooge
Ben Bailey
Hollywood Canteen
Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
Objective, Burma!
Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
The Great Man's Whiskers
Joseph Somerby
The San Francisco Story
Shorty
Valet Girls
Waiter
The Time of Your Life
Willie
Heidi's Song
Herr Sessman (voice)
The Wild Blue Yonder
Cpl. Frenchy
Francis in the Navy
Murph
Jumping Jacks
Dogface Dolan
The Power and the Prize
Lester Everett
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
1990
The Admiral Was a Lady
Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
Aladdin and His Lamp
Mirza
Shadow of a Woman
Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
The Rawhide Trail
Rupe Pardee
Star in the Night
Middle Cowboy
Nobody Lives Forever
Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
Deception
Terry Spencer (uncredited)
Cry Danger
Delong
That Way with Women
Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
The Secret World of Og
Pirate #1
The Brass Bottle
Seymour Jenks
Easy Living
Buddy Morgan
Too Young to Know
Tommy
Rascal
Walt Dabbett
The Happy Time
Alfred Grattin
Danger Signal
Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
The Very Thought of You
Soda Jerk
Anything Goes
Ed Brent
Jesse
Dr. Adams
The Steel Lady
Jim Evans
Musical Movieland
Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
Face of Fire
Al Williams
Janie
Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Kate McShane
Frederick de Fernando
My Town
Fletcher Mays
Mission Over Korea
Pvt. Swenson
Bengazi
Selby
Wild Harvest
Mark Lewis
Janie Gets Married
Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Brothers O'Toole
Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
Visions...
Ellis
Swiss Tour
Eddy
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
Host and narrator
TV Shows (60)
Perry Mason
Arthur Binney · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Jim West · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Charles (Monty) Montrose · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Harry Niles · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Ben Lucas · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Jud Bennett · 1 eps
Cheers
Duncan Fitzgerald · 1 eps
Beverly Hills, 90210
Mr. Perl · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Jonathan · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Eggman · 1 eps
Judging Amy
Mr. Callahan · 1 eps
Community
Leonard · 53 eps
The Six Million Dollar Man
Slayton · 1 eps
The Six Million Dollar Man
Vernon · 1 eps
Batman: The Animated Series
Elliot (voice) · 1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Patrick McNulty · 1 eps
Wings
Howard Banks · 1 eps
Matinee Theater
1 eps
Petticoat Junction
Colonel Millbank · 1 eps
Hogan's Heroes
Walter Hobson · 1 eps
I Dream of Jeannie
Store Manager · 1 eps
Remington Steele
Bert the Coroner · 1 eps
The Bernie Mac Show
Frank · 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Mordecai Krone · 1 eps
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Buck Brown · 1 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
1 eps
Lou Grant
3 eps
DuckTales
King Arty (voice) · 1 eps
DuckTales
Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice) · 1 eps
Green Acres
1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Charlie Brown · 1 eps
Felicity
Howie · 1 eps
Joan of Arcadia
Mr. Hanson · 1 eps
Here's Lucy
Clerk · 1 eps
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
P.T. Barkley · 1 eps
That Girl
1 eps
Police Story
1 eps
The Bionic Woman
1 eps
December Bride
2 eps
Mister Ed
1 eps
Dr. Ken
Richard Erdman · 1 eps
Navy Log
1 eps
Mayberry R.F.D.
Frank Wylie · 1 eps
Cavalcade of America
Harry Jordan · 1 eps
Boomtown
Kevin's Dad · 1 eps
Space Stars
Additional Voices (voice) · 66 eps
The Amazing Spider-Man
Mr. Zeider · 2 eps
She's the Sheriff
Frank Rubin · 1 eps
Cassie & Co.
George Davenport · 1 eps
Panic!
1 eps
Science Fiction Theatre
1 eps
West Point
1 eps
Mr. Terrific
Manny · 1 eps
Saints and Sinners
Klugie · 17 eps
Weird Loners
Carl's Grandfather · 1 eps
The Tab Hunter Show
Richard Fairfield III · 32 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Eddie McGuire · 1 eps
Where's Raymond?
Pete Morrisey · 60 eps
