About

Known credits:
73
Birthday:
1925-06-01
Place of birth:
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Website:
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Richard Erdman

Overview

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

Acting
2021 Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! Actor Self 59
Average
2008 Empire State Building Murders Actor Eddie Walker N/A
N/A
1994 The Pagemaster Actor Pirate (voice) 61
Fair
1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Actor actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
Average
1988 Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats Actor Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice) 59
Average
1987 Valet Girls Actor Waiter 58
Average
1986 Stewardess School Actor Attorney 58
Average
1986 My Town Actor Fletcher Mays N/A
N/A
1985 Tomboy Actor Chester 58
Average
1984 Trancers Actor Drunken Wise Man 58
Average
1983 The Secret World of OG Actor Pirate #1 58
Average
1982 Heidi's Song Actor Grimm (voice) 58
Average
1981 Space Stars Actor Additional Voices (voice) 70
Good
1981 Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge Actor Mr. Zeider 58
Average
1975 Kate McShane Actor Frederick de Fernando N/A
N/A
1974 Mr. Majestyk Actor Dick Richard (uncredited) 61
Fair
1974 Mr. Majestyk Actor Dick Richard 61
Fair
1973 Brothers O'Toole Actor Judge Quincey P. Trumbell 59
Average
1972 Visions... Actor Ellis N/A
N/A
1972 The Great Man's Whiskers Actor Joseph Somerby N/A
N/A
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Actor Colonel Edward F. French 65
Fair
1969 Rascal Actor Walt Dabbett 58
Average
1966 Namu, the Killer Whale Actor Deke 58
Average
1964 The Brass Bottle Actor Seymour Jenks 59
Average
1963 The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada Actor Host and narrator N/A
N/A
1962 Saints and Sinners Actor Klugie 69
Fair
1960 The Tab Hunter Show Actor Richard Fairfield III 69
Fair
1959 Face of Fire Actor Al Williams 59
Average
1958 Saddle the Wind Actor Dallas Hanson 59
Average
1958 The Rawhide Trail Actor Rupe Pardee N/A
N/A
1956 Anything Goes Actor Ed Brent 58
Average
1955 Bengazi Actor Selby 58
Average
1955 Francis in the Navy Actor Murph 58
Average
1953 The Steel Lady Actor Jim Evans 59
Average
1953 Where's Raymond? Actor Pete Morrisey N/A
N/A
1953 Mission Over Korea Actor Pvt. Swenson 58
Average
1953 Stalag 17 Actor Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman 68
Fair
1953 The Blue Gardenia Actor Al 59
Average
1952 The Happy Time Actor Alfred Grattin 59
Average
1952 Jumping Jacks Actor Dogface Dolan 59
Average
1952 The San Francisco Story Actor Shorty 58
Average
1952 Aladdin and His Lamp Actor Mirza N/A
N/A
1951 The Wild Blue Yonder Actor Cpl. Frenchy 59
Average
1951 The Stooge Actor Ben Bailey 59
Average
1951 You're in the Navy Now Actor Ens. Chuck Dorrance 58
Average
1951 Cry Danger Actor Delong 59
Average
1950 The Men Actor Leo 60
Fair
1950 The Admiral Was a Lady Actor Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli 59
Average
1949 Swiss Tour Actor Eddy N/A
N/A
1949 Easy Living Actor Buddy Morgan 58
Average
1948 The Time of Your Life Actor Willie 59
Average
1947 Wild Harvest Actor Mark Lewis N/A
N/A
1947 That Way with Women Actor Eddie (as Dick Erdman) 58
Average
1946 Nobody Lives Forever Actor Bellboy, The Marwood Arms 59
Average
1946 Deception Actor Terry Spencer (uncredited) 59
Average
1946 So You Want to Play the Horses Actor Eddie (uncredited) 59
Average
1946 Shadow of a Woman Actor Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch 58
Average
1946 Janie Gets Married Actor Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman) 59
Average
1945 Too Young to Know Actor Tommy N/A
N/A
1945 Danger Signal Actor Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman) 59
Average
1945 Star in the Night Actor Middle Cowboy 59
Average
1945 Objective, Burma! Actor Pvt. Nebraska Hooper 60
Fair
1944 Hollywood Canteen Actor Soldier on Deck (uncredited) 59
Average
1944 The Very Thought of You Actor Soda Jerk 58
Average
1944 Musical Movieland Actor Sailor with Tour (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1944 Janie Actor Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman) 58
Average
1944 Mr. Skeffington Actor Western Union Boy (uncredited) 59
Average
The Bag Actor John Harper N/A
N/A

Directing
1973 Brothers O'Toole Directing Director 59
Average
1971 Mooch Goes to Hollywood Directing Director 58
Average
1971 Teenage Tease Directing Director N/A
N/A

Production
1991 The Dark Wind Production Co-Producer 58
Average
1963 The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada Production Producer N/A
N/A