Richard Erdman
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.
Known For Acting
Popularity 2.841
Birthday 1925-06-01
Place of Birth Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As John Richard Erdmann , Dick Erdman,
Stalag 17
1953

Stalag 17

Tomboy
1985

Tomboy

The Men
1950

The Men

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!

The Blue Gardenia
1953

The Blue Gardenia

Cry Danger
1951

Cry Danger

Nobody Lives Forever
1946

Nobody Lives Forever

Danger Signal
1945

Danger Signal

Deception
1946

Deception

The Pagemaster
1994

The Pagemaster

Jumping Jacks
1952

Jumping Jacks

Objective, Burma!
1945

Objective, Burma!

The Admiral Was a Lady
1950

The Admiral Was a Lady

Francis in the Navy
1955

Francis in the Navy

Shadow of a Woman
1946

Shadow of a Woman

Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
1981

Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge

Empire State Building Murders
2008

Empire State Building Murders

Rascal
1969

Rascal

Namu, the Killer Whale
1966

Namu, the Killer Whale

Heidi's Song
1982

Heidi's Song

The Stooge
1951

The Stooge

Easy Living
1949

Easy Living

Swiss Tour
1949

Swiss Tour

Visions...
1972

Visions...

That Way with Women
1947

That Way with Women

The Wild Blue Yonder
1951

The Wild Blue Yonder

The Secret World of OG
1983

The Secret World of OG

The San Francisco Story
1952

The San Francisco Story

The Very Thought of You
1944

The Very Thought of You

The Happy Time
1952

The Happy Time

Janie
1944

Janie

Janie Gets Married
1946

Janie Gets Married

My Town
1986

My Town

The Time of Your Life
1948

The Time of Your Life

You're in the Navy Now
1951

You're in the Navy Now

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
1988

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

Bengazi
1955

Bengazi

Stewardess School
1986

Stewardess School

Kate McShane
1975

Kate McShane

Saddle the Wind
1958

Saddle the Wind

The Rawhide Trail
1958

The Rawhide Trail

The Brass Bottle
1964

The Brass Bottle

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

The Steel Lady
1953

The Steel Lady

Mission Over Korea
1953

Mission Over Korea

Too Young to Know
1945

Too Young to Know

Hollywood Canteen
1944

Hollywood Canteen

Face of Fire
1959

Face of Fire

Mr. Majestyk
1974

Mr. Majestyk

Mr. Skeffington
1944

Mr. Skeffington

Wild Harvest
1947

Wild Harvest

Trancers
1984

Trancers

Valet Girls
1987

Valet Girls

Anything Goes
1956

Anything Goes

Mr. Majestyk
1974

Mr. Majestyk

Aladdin and His Lamp
1952

Aladdin and His Lamp

So You Want to Play the Horses
1946

So You Want to Play the Horses

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Musical Movieland
1944

Musical Movieland

The Great Man's Whiskers
1972

The Great Man's Whiskers

Star in the Night
1945

Star in the Night

Brothers O'Toole
1973

Brothers O'Toole

The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
1963

The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada

The Bag

The Bag

Mister Ed
1961

Mister Ed

Lou Grant
1977

Lou Grant

Remington Steele
1982

Remington Steele

Green Acres
1965

Green Acres

Here's Lucy
1968

Here's Lucy

December Bride
1954

December Bride

Boomtown
2002

Boomtown

Joan of Arcadia
2003

Joan of Arcadia

Judging Amy
1999

Judging Amy

Beverly Hills, 90210
1990

Beverly Hills, 90210

The Bernie Mac Show
2001

The Bernie Mac Show

The Bionic Woman
1976

The Bionic Woman

That Girl
1966

That Girl

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962

The Beverly Hillbillies

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Quincy, M.E.

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Wings
1990

Wings

Petticoat Junction
1963

Petticoat Junction

Perry Mason
1957

Perry Mason

The Amazing Spider-Man
1978

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Twilight Zone
1959

The Twilight Zone

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Tab Hunter Show
1960

The Tab Hunter Show

Police Story
1973

Police Story

Space Stars
1981

Space Stars

West Point
1956

West Point

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Matinee Theater
1955

Matinee Theater

Navy Log
1955

Navy Log

Saints and Sinners
1962

Saints and Sinners

Where's Raymond?
1953

Where's Raymond?

Panic!
1957

Panic!

Batman: The Animated Series
1992

Batman: The Animated Series

Not for Hire
1959

Not for Hire

Community
2009

Community

Cavalcade of America
1952

Cavalcade of America

Felicity
1998

Felicity

Mr. Terrific
1967

Mr. Terrific

Dr. Ken
2015

Dr. Ken

Mayberry R.F.D.
1968

Mayberry R.F.D.

The Six Million Dollar Man
1974

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man
1974

The Six Million Dollar Man

Perry Mason
1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason
1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason
1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason
1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason
1957

Perry Mason

Science Fiction Theatre
1955

Science Fiction Theatre

Hogan's Heroes
1965

Hogan's Heroes

DuckTales
1987

DuckTales

DuckTales
1987

DuckTales

The Wild Wild West
1965

The Wild Wild West

I Dream of Jeannie
1965

I Dream of Jeannie

Cheers
1982

Cheers

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Murder, She Wrote

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961

The Dick Van Dyke Show