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
all 116
Movies 65
TV Shows 51
Voice 3
self 2
Director 2
Producer 1
Dr. Ken (2015)
Community (2009)
Empire State Building Murders (2008)
Stalag 17: From Reality to Screen (2006)
Joan of Arcadia (2003)
Boomtown (2002)
The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
Judging Amy (1999)
Felicity (1998)
The Pagemaster (1994)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
The Dark Wind (1991)
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
Wings (1990)
The Further Adventures of SuperTed (1989)
The New Yogi Bear Show (1988)
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats (1988)
DuckTales (1987)
Valet Girls (1987)
The Flintstone Kids (1986)
Stewardess School (1986)
My Town (1986)
Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985)
Tomboy (1985)
Trancers (1984)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
The Secret World of OG (1983)
The Dukes (1983)
Heidi's Song (1982)
Remington Steele (1982)
Space Stars (1981)
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1981)
The Amazing Spider-Man (1978)
Lou Grant (1977)
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
The Bionic Woman (1976)
Kate McShane [Pilot] (1975)
Mr. Majestyk (1974)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
Brothers O'Toole (1973)
Police Story (1973)
Visions... (1972)
The Great Man's Whiskers (1972)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)
Teenage Tease (1971)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Rascal (1969)
Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)
Here's Lucy (1968)
Mr. Terrific (1967)
That Girl (1966)
Namu, the Killer Whale (1966)
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
Hogan's Heroes (1965)
Green Acres (1965)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
The Brass Bottle (1964)
Petticoat Junction (1963)
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada (1963)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Saints and Sinners (1962)
Mister Ed (1961)
The Tab Hunter Show (1960)
Not for Hire (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Face of Fire (1959)
Saddle the Wind (1958)
The Rawhide Trail (1958)
Perry Mason (1957)
Panic! (1957)
West Point (1956)
Anything Goes (1956)
Matinee Theater (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Navy Log (1955)
Bengazi (1955)
Francis in the Navy (1955)
Science Fiction Theatre (1955)
December Bride (1954)
The Steel Lady (1953)
Where's Raymond? (1953)
Mission Over Korea (1953)
Stalag 17 (1953)
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
The Happy Time (1952)
Cavalcade of America (1952)
Jumping Jacks (1952)
The San Francisco Story (1952)
Aladdin and His Lamp (1952)
The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)
The Stooge (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Cry Danger (1951)
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
The Men (1950)
The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)
Swiss Tour (1949)
Easy Living (1949)
The Time of Your Life (1948)
Wild Harvest (1947)
That Way with Women (1947)
Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
Deception (1946)
So You Want to Play the Horses (1946)
Shadow of a Woman (1946)
Janie Gets Married (1946)
Too Young to Know (1945)
Danger Signal (1945)
Star in the Night (1945)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
The Very Thought of You (1944)
Musical Movieland (1944)
Janie (1944)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
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GenderMale
Birthday1925-06-01
Deathday2019-03-16 (93 years old)
Birth NameJohn Richard Erdmann
Birth PlaceEnid, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJohn Richard Erdmann , Dick Erdman
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