Richard Erdman
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-06-01
Day of Death
2019-03-16 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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.
Acting
The Bag
as John Harper
(2021)
(2008)
Empire State Building Murders
as Eddie Walker
(1994)
The Pagemaster
as Pirate (voice)
(1991)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1988)
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
(1988)
Jesse
as Dr. Adams
(1987)
Valet Girls
as Waiter
(1986)
Stewardess School
as Attorney
(1986)
My Town
as Fletcher Mays
(1985)
Tomboy
as Chester
(1984)
Trancers
as Drunken Wise Man
(1983)
The Secret World of OG
as Pirate #1
(1982)
Heidi's Song
as Herr Sessman (voice)
(1981)
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
as Mr. Zeider
(1975)
Kate McShane
as Frederick de Fernando
(1974)
Mr. Majestyk
as Dick Richard (uncredited)
(1974)
Mr. Majestyk
as Dick Richard
(1973)
Brothers O'Toole
as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
(1972)
Visions...
as Ellis
(1972)
The Great Man's Whiskers
as Joseph Somerby
(1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Colonel Edward F. French
(1969)
Rascal
as Walt Dabbett
(1966)
Namu, the Killer Whale
as Deke
(1964)
The Brass Bottle
as Seymour Jenks
(1963)
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
as Host and narrator
(1959)
Face of Fire
as Al Williams
(1958)
Saddle the Wind
as Dallas Hanson
(1958)
The Rawhide Trail
as Rupe Pardee
(1956)
The Power and the Prize
as Lester Everett
(1956)
Anything Goes
as Ed Brent
(1955)
Bengazi
as Selby
(1955)
Francis in the Navy
as Murph
(1953)
Stalag 17
as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
(1953)
The Blue Gardenia
as Al
(1953)
The Steel Lady
as Jim Evans
(1953)
Mission Over Korea
as Pvt. Swenson
(1952)
Jumping Jacks
as Dogface Dolan
(1952)
The Happy Time
as Alfred Grattin
(1952)
The San Francisco Story
as Shorty
(1952)
Aladdin and His Lamp
as Mirza
(1951)
The Stooge
as Ben Bailey
(1951)
Cry Danger
as Delong
(1951)
The Wild Blue Yonder
as Cpl. Frenchy
(1951)
You're in the Navy Now
as Ens. Chuck Dorrance
(1950)
The Men
as Leo
(1950)
The Admiral Was a Lady
as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
(1949)
Easy Living
as Buddy Morgan
(1949)
Swiss Tour
as Eddy
(1948)
The Time of Your Life
as Willie
(1947)
Wild Harvest
as Mark Lewis
(1947)
That Way with Women
as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
(1946)
Deception
as Terry Spencer (uncredited)
(1946)
Nobody Lives Forever
as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
(1946)
Shadow of a Woman
as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
(1946)
So You Want to Play the Horses
as Eddie (uncredited)
(1946)
Janie Gets Married
as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
(1945)
Objective, Burma!
as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
(1945)
Danger Signal
as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
(1945)
Star in the Night
as Middle Cowboy
(1945)
Too Young to Know
as Tommy
(1944)
Mr. Skeffington
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
(1944)
Hollywood Canteen
as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
(1944)
Janie
as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
(1944)
Musical Movieland
as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
(1944)
The Very Thought of You
as Soda Jerk
Crew
(1992)
The Dark Wind
Co-Producer
(1973)
Brothers O'Toole
Director
(1971)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Director
(1971)
Teenage Tease
Director
(1963)