Richard Erdman
Acting
🎂 1925-06-01
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.
Cast credits(125)
Arthur Binney
1957
Jim West
1957
Charles (Monty) Montrose
1957
Harry Niles
1957
Ben Lucas
1957
Jud Bennett
1957
Jonathan
1984
Eggman
1984
1990
Leonard
2009
Duncan Fitzgerald
1982
1976
Elliot (voice)
1992
Howard Banks
1990
Walter Hobson
1965
Patrick McNulty
1959
Store Manager
1965
Mr. Callahan
1999
1955
Colonel Millbank
1963
King Arty (voice)
1987
Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
1987
Bert the Coroner
1982
Slayton
1974
Vernon
1974
1962
1961
Mordecai Krone
1965
1977
Buck Brown
1961
Howie
1998
Clerk
1968
1966
1965
1976
Frank
2001
Charlie Brown
1955
1964
Frank Wylie
1968
1973
1955
Mr. Hanson
2003
P.T. Barkley
1964
Additional Voices (voice)
1981
1955
Harry Jordan
1952
1954
Richard Erdman
2015
Kevin's Dad
2002
Pirate (voice)
1994
Colonel Edward F. French
1970
1978
1956
1957
Klugie
1962
Manny
1967
Attorney
1986
Dick Richard (uncredited)
1974
Dick Richard
1974
Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
1953
actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Al
1953
Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
1946
Chester
1985
Dallas Hanson
1958
Leo
1950
Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
1944
Self
2021
Fletcher Mays
1986
Eddy
1949
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1944
1959
Drunken Wise Man
1984
Rupe Pardee
1958
Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
1945
Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
1946
Willie
1948
Dr. Adams
1988
Eddie Walker
2008
Ed Brent
1956
Carl's Grandfather
2015
Eddie McGuire
1951
Mr. Zeider
1981
Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
1988
Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
1946
Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
1944
Tommy
1945
Waiter
1987
Shorty
1952
Middle Cowboy
1945
Cpl. Frenchy
1951
Murph
1955
Richard Fairfield III
1960
Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
1973
Ellis
1972
Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
1945
Pete Morrisey
1953
Delong
1951
Buddy Morgan
1949
Al Williams
1959
Soda Jerk
1944
Terry Spencer (uncredited)
1946
Ens. Chuck Dorrance
1951
Ben Bailey
1951
Dogface Dolan
1952
Seymour Jenks
1964
Pvt. Swenson
1953
Herr Sessman (voice)
1982
Walt Dabbett
1969
Mark Lewis
1947
Lester Everett
1956
Eddie (uncredited)
1946
John Harper
Deke
1966
Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
1947
Mirza
1952
Alfred Grattin
1952
Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
1950
Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
1944
Jim Evans
1953
Frederick de Fernando
1975
Host and narrator
1963
Selby
1955
Joseph Somerby
1972
Pirate #1
1983
