Richard Erdman
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.
Acted in
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
as Self
Dr. Ken
2015
as Richard Erdman
Community
2009
as Leonard
Empire State Building Murders
2008
as Eddie Walker
Joan of Arcadia
2003
Boomtown
2002
as Kevin's Dad
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
as Frank
Judging Amy
1999
as Mr. Callahan
Felicity
1998
as Howie
The Pagemaster
1994
as Pirate (voice)
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Elliot (voice)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
Wings
1990
as Howard Banks
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
1988
as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
DuckTales
1987
as Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
DuckTales
1987
as King Arty (voice)
Valet Girls
1987
as Waiter
Stewardess School
1986
as Attorney
My Town
1986
as Fletcher Mays
Tomboy
1985
as Chester
Trancers
1984
as Drunken Wise Man
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Jonathan
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Eggman
The Secret World of OG
1983
as Pirate #1
Heidi's Song
1982
as Grimm (voice)
Remington Steele
1982
as Bert the Coroner
Cheers
1982
as Duncan Fitzgerald
Space Stars
1981
as Additional Voices (voice)
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
1981
as Mr. Zeider
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978
Lou Grant
1977
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Kate McShane
1975
as Frederick de Fernando
Mr. Majestyk
1974
as Dick Richard (uncredited)
Mr. Majestyk
1974
as Dick Richard
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Slayton
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Vernon
Brothers O'Toole
1973
as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
Police Story
1973
Visions...
1972
as Ellis
The Great Man's Whiskers
1972
as Joseph Somerby
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Colonel Edward F. French
Rascal
1969
as Walt Dabbett
Here's Lucy
1968
as Clerk
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
as Frank Wylie
Mr. Terrific
1967
as Manny
That Girl
1966
Namu, the Killer Whale
1966
as Deke
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Store Manager
Hogan's Heroes
1965
as Walter Hobson
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Mordecai Krone
Green Acres
1965
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
The Brass Bottle
1964
as Seymour Jenks
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Colonel Millbank
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
1963
as Host and narrator
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Saints and Sinners
1962
as Klugie
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Buck Brown
Mister Ed
1961
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
as Richard Fairfield III
Not for Hire
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Patrick McNulty
Face of Fire
1959
as Al Williams
Saddle the Wind
1958
as Dallas Hanson
The Rawhide Trail
1958
as Rupe Pardee
Perry Mason
1957
as Arthur Binney
Perry Mason
1957
as Jim West
Perry Mason
1957
as Charles (Monty) Montrose
Perry Mason
1957
as Harry Niles
Perry Mason
1957
as Ben Lucas
Perry Mason
1957
as Jud Bennett
Panic!
1957
West Point
1956
Anything Goes
1956
as Ed Brent
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Charlie Brown
Navy Log
1955
Bengazi
1955
as Selby
Francis in the Navy
1955
as Murph
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
December Bride
1954
The Steel Lady
1953
as Jim Evans
Where's Raymond?
1953
as Pete Morrisey
Mission Over Korea
1953
as Pvt. Swenson
Stalag 17
1953
as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
The Blue Gardenia
1953
as Al
The Happy Time
1952
as Alfred Grattin
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Harry Jordan
Jumping Jacks
1952
as Dogface Dolan
The San Francisco Story
1952
as Shorty
Aladdin and His Lamp
1952
as Mirza
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951
as Cpl. Frenchy
The Stooge
1951
as Ben Bailey
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Eddie McGuire
Cry Danger
1951
as Delong
You're in the Navy Now
1951
as Ens. Chuck Dorrance
The Men
1950
as Leo
The Admiral Was a Lady
1950
as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
Swiss Tour
1949
as Eddy
Easy Living
1949
as Buddy Morgan
The Time of Your Life
1948
as Willie
Wild Harvest
1947
as Mark Lewis
That Way with Women
1947
as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
Nobody Lives Forever
1946
as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
Deception
1946
as Terry Spencer (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
as Eddie (uncredited)
Shadow of a Woman
1946
as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
Janie Gets Married
1946
as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Too Young to Know
1945
as Tommy
Danger Signal
1945
as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
Star in the Night
1945
as Middle Cowboy
Objective, Burma!
1945
as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
The Very Thought of You
1944
as Soda Jerk
Musical Movieland
1944
as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
Janie
1944
as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)