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Richard Erdman

Richard Erdman

Known For Acting
Birthday Jun 01, 1925
Died Mar 16, 2019 (93)
Birthplace Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Aug 04, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Tor ... a 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.

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Filmography

Empire State Building Murders

Empire State Building Murders

2008

as Eddie Walker

The Pagemaster

The Pagemaster

1994

as Pirate (voice)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

1988

as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)

Valet Girls

Valet Girls

1987

as Waiter

My Town

My Town

1986

as Fletcher Mays

Stewardess School

Stewardess School

1986

as Attorney

Tomboy

Tomboy

1985

as Chester

Trancers

Trancers

1984

as Drunken Wise Man

The Secret World of OG

The Secret World of OG

1983

as Pirate #1

Heidi's Song

Heidi's Song

1982

as Grimm (voice)

Kate McShane

Kate McShane

1975

as Frederick de Fernando

Mr. Majestyk

Mr. Majestyk

1974

as Dick Richard

Mr. Majestyk

Mr. Majestyk

1974

as Dick Richard (uncredited)

Brothers O'Toole

Brothers O'Toole

1973

as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell

Visions...

Visions...

1972

as Ellis

The Great Man's Whiskers

The Great Man's Whiskers

1972

as Joseph Somerby

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

as Colonel Edward F. French

Rascal

Rascal

1969

as Walt Dabbett

Namu, the Killer Whale

Namu, the Killer Whale

1966

as Deke

The Brass Bottle

The Brass Bottle

1964

as Seymour Jenks

Face of Fire

Face of Fire

1959

as Al Williams

Saddle the Wind

Saddle the Wind

1958

as Dallas Hanson

Anything Goes

Anything Goes

1956

as Ed Brent

Francis in the Navy

Francis in the Navy

1955

as Murph

Bengazi

Bengazi

1955

as Selby

The Steel Lady

The Steel Lady

1953

as Jim Evans

Stalag 17

Stalag 17

1953

as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman

Mission Over Korea

Mission Over Korea

1953

as Pvt. Swenson

The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

1953

as Al

Aladdin and His Lamp

Aladdin and His Lamp

1952

as Mirza

The San Francisco Story

The San Francisco Story

1952

as Shorty

Jumping Jacks

Jumping Jacks

1952

as Dogface Dolan

The Happy Time

The Happy Time

1952

as Alfred Grattin

Cry Danger

Cry Danger

1951

as Delong

The Stooge

The Stooge

1951

as Ben Bailey

You're in the Navy Now

You're in the Navy Now

1951

as Ens. Chuck Dorrance

The Wild Blue Yonder

The Wild Blue Yonder

1951

as Cpl. Frenchy

The Men

The Men

1950

as Leo

The Admiral Was a Lady

The Admiral Was a Lady

1950

as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli

Easy Living

Easy Living

1949

as Buddy Morgan

The Time of Your Life

The Time of Your Life

1948

as Willie

Wild Harvest

Wild Harvest

1947

as Mark Lewis

That Way with Women

That Way with Women

1947

as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)

So You Want to Play the Horses

So You Want to Play the Horses

1946

as Eddie (uncredited)

Shadow of a Woman

Shadow of a Woman

1946

as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch

Janie Gets Married

Janie Gets Married

1946

as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)

Nobody Lives Forever

Nobody Lives Forever

1946

as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms

Deception

Deception

1946

as Terry Spencer (uncredited)

Danger Signal

Danger Signal

1945

as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)

Star in the Night

Star in the Night

1945

as Middle Cowboy

Objective, Burma!

Objective, Burma!

1945

as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper

Too Young to Know

Too Young to Know

1945

as Tommy

Musical Movieland

Musical Movieland

1944

as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)

Janie

Janie

1944

as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)

The Very Thought of You

The Very Thought of You

1944

as Soda Jerk

Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington

1944

as Western Union Boy (uncredited)

Hollywood Canteen

Hollywood Canteen

1944

as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)

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Brothers O'Toole

Brothers O'Toole

1973

Director

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

1971

Director

Teenage Tease

Teenage Tease

1971

Director

Organization Category Movie
Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor The Lost Weekend Nominated
Television Credits

Space Stars

as Additional Voices (voice)

Episodes: 66

First Aired: Sep 12, 1981

Where's Raymond?

as Pete Morrisey

Episodes: 60

First Aired: Oct 08, 1953

Community

as Leonard

Episodes: 56

First Aired: Sep 17, 2009

The Tab Hunter Show

as Richard Fairfield III

Episodes: 32

First Aired: Sep 18, 1960

Saints and Sinners

as Klugie

Episodes: 17

First Aired: Sep 17, 1962

Remington Steele

as Bert the Coroner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1982

Here's Lucy

as Clerk

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1968

Boomtown

as Kevin's Dad

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 2002

Judging Amy

as Mr. Callahan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1999

The Bernie Mac Show

as Frank

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 2001

Wings

as Howard Banks

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 19, 1990

Petticoat Junction

as Colonel Millbank

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1963

Perry Mason

as Arthur Binney

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

The Twilight Zone

as Patrick McNulty

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Charlie Brown

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Eddie McGuire

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Batman: The Animated Series

as Elliot (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1992

Cavalcade of America

as Harry Jordan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1952

Felicity

as Howie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1998

Mr. Terrific

as Manny

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1967

Dr. Ken

as Richard Erdman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 2015

Mayberry R.F.D.

as Frank Wylie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1968

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Slayton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 18, 1974

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Vernon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 18, 1974

Perry Mason

as Jim West

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Charles (Monty) Montrose

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Harry Niles

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Ben Lucas

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Jud Bennett

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Hogan's Heroes

as Walter Hobson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1965

DuckTales

as Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1987

DuckTales

as King Arty (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1987

The Wild Wild West

as Mordecai Krone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1965

I Dream of Jeannie

as Store Manager

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1965

Cheers

as Duncan Fitzgerald

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1982

Murder, She Wrote

as Jonathan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Eggman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Buck Brown

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1961

Lou Grant

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 20, 1977

December Bride

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 04, 1954

The Amazing Spider-Man

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 05, 1978

Mister Ed

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 05, 1961

Green Acres

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1965

Joan of Arcadia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 2003

Beverly Hills, 90210

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1990

The Bionic Woman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 14, 1976

That Girl

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1966

The Beverly Hillbillies

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1962

Quincy, M.E.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1976

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1964

Police Story

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 20, 1973

West Point

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Matinee Theater

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 31, 1955

Navy Log

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1955

Panic!

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 05, 1957

Not for Hire

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 23, 1959

Science Fiction Theatre

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 09, 1955

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