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