Richard Erdman

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

Perry Mason

Murder, She Wrote

All Movies (67)

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!2021 · as Self
Empire State Building Murders2008 · as Eddie Walker
The Pagemaster1994 · as Pirate (voice)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker1991 · as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes1990
Jesse1988 · as Dr. Adams
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats1988 · as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
Valet Girls1987 · as Waiter
Stewardess School1986 · as Attorney
My Town1986 · as Fletcher Mays
Tomboy1985 · as Chester
Trancers1984 · as Drunken Wise Man
The Secret World of Og1983 · as Pirate #1
Heidi's Song1982 · as Herr Sessman (voice)
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge1981 · as Mr. Zeider
Kate McShane1975 · as Frederick de Fernando
Mr. Majestyk1974 · as Dick Richard (uncredited)
Mr. Majestyk1974 · as Dick Richard
Brothers O'Toole1973 · as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
Visions...1972 · as Ellis
The Great Man's Whiskers1972 · as Joseph Somerby
Tora! Tora! Tora!1970 · as Colonel Edward F. French
Rascal1969 · as Walt Dabbett
Namu, the Killer Whale1966 · as Deke
The Brass Bottle1964 · as Seymour Jenks
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada1963 · as Host and narrator
Face of Fire1959 · as Al Williams
Saddle the Wind1958 · as Dallas Hanson
The Rawhide Trail1958 · as Rupe Pardee
The Power and the Prize1956 · as Lester Everett
Anything Goes1956 · as Ed Brent
Bengazi1955 · as Selby
Francis in the Navy1955 · as Murph
The Steel Lady1953 · as Jim Evans
Mission Over Korea1953 · as Pvt. Swenson
Stalag 171953 · as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
The Blue Gardenia1953 · as Al
The Happy Time1952 · as Alfred Grattin
Jumping Jacks1952 · as Dogface Dolan
The San Francisco Story1952 · as Shorty
Aladdin and His Lamp1952 · as Mirza
The Wild Blue Yonder1951 · as Cpl. Frenchy
The Stooge1951 · as Ben Bailey
Cry Danger1951 · as Delong
You're in the Navy Now1951 · as Ens. Chuck Dorrance
The Men1950 · as Leo
The Admiral Was a Lady1950 · as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
Swiss Tour1949 · as Eddy
Easy Living1949 · as Buddy Morgan
The Time of Your Life1948 · as Willie
Wild Harvest1947 · as Mark Lewis
That Way with Women1947 · as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
Nobody Lives Forever1946 · as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
Deception1946 · as Terry Spencer (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses1946 · as Eddie (uncredited)
Shadow of a Woman1946 · as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
Janie Gets Married1946 · as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Too Young to Know1945 · as Tommy
Danger Signal1945 · as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
Star in the Night1945 · as Middle Cowboy
Objective, Burma!1945 · as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
Hollywood Canteen1944 · as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
The Very Thought of You1944 · as Soda Jerk
Musical Movieland1944 · as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
Janie1944 · as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Mr. Skeffington1944 · as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
The Bag— · as John Harper

All TV Shows (61)

Dr. Ken2015 · as Richard Erdman
Weird Loners2015 · as Carl's Grandfather
Community2009 · as Leonard
Joan of Arcadia2003 · as Mr. Hanson
Boomtown2002 · as Kevin's Dad
The Bernie Mac Show2001 · as Frank
Judging Amy1999 · as Mr. Callahan
Felicity1998 · as Howie
Batman: The Animated Series1992 · as Elliot (voice)
Beverly Hills, 902101990 · as Mr. Perl
Wings1990 · as Howard Banks
She's the Sheriff1987 · as Frank Rubin
DuckTales1987 · as King Arty (voice)
DuckTales1987 · as Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Jonathan
Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Eggman
Remington Steele1982 · as Bert the Coroner
Cheers1982 · as Duncan Fitzgerald
Cassie & Co.1982 · as George Davenport
Space Stars1981 · as Additional Voices (voice)
The Amazing Spider-Man1978 · as Mr. Zeider
Lou Grant1977
Quincy, M.E.1976
The Bionic Woman1976
The Six Million Dollar Man1974 · as Slayton
The Six Million Dollar Man1974 · as Vernon
Police Story1973
Here's Lucy1968 · as Clerk
Mayberry R.F.D.1968 · as Frank Wylie
Mr. Terrific1967 · as Manny
That Girl1966
I Dream of Jeannie1965 · as Store Manager
Hogan's Heroes1965 · as Walter Hobson
The Wild Wild West1965 · as Mordecai Krone
Green Acres1965
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as P.T. Barkley
Petticoat Junction1963 · as Colonel Millbank
The Beverly Hillbillies1962
Saints and Sinners1962 · as Klugie
The Dick Van Dyke Show1961 · as Buck Brown
Mister Ed1961
The Tab Hunter Show1960 · as Richard Fairfield III
Not for Hire1959
The Twilight Zone1959 · as Patrick McNulty
Perry Mason1957 · as Arthur Binney
Perry Mason1957 · as Jim West
Perry Mason1957 · as Charles (Monty) Montrose
Perry Mason1957 · as Harry Niles
Perry Mason1957 · as Ben Lucas
Perry Mason1957 · as Jud Bennett
Panic!1957
West Point1956
Matinee Theater1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Charlie Brown
Navy Log1955
Science Fiction Theatre1955
December Bride1954
Where's Raymond?1953 · as Pete Morrisey
Cavalcade of America1952 · as Harry Jordan
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Eddie McGuire