Richard Erdman
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1925-06-01
Deathday 2019-03-16 (93 years old)
Place of Birth Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As John Richard Erdmann , Dick Erdman
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.
Known For
Actor
as John Harper
as Richard Erdman
as Leonard
as Eddie Walker
as Kevin's Dad
as Frank
as Mr. Callahan
as Howie
as Pirate (voice)
as Elliot (voice)
as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Howard Banks
as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
as Waiter
as King Arty (voice)
as Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
as Attorney
as Fletcher Mays
as Chester
as Drunken Wise Man
as Jonathan
as Eggman
as Pirate #1
as Grimm (voice)
as Bert the Coroner
as Duncan Fitzgerald
as Mr. Zeider
as Additional Voices (voice)
as Frederick de Fernando
as Dick Richard (uncredited)
as Dick Richard
as Slayton
as Vernon
as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
as Ellis
as Joseph Somerby
as Colonel Edward F. French
as Walt Dabbett
as Clerk
as Frank Wylie
as Manny
as Deke
as Store Manager
as Walter Hobson
as Mordecai Krone
as Seymour Jenks
as Host and narrator
as Colonel Millbank
as Klugie
as Buck Brown
as Richard Fairfield III
as Al Williams
as Patrick McNulty
as Dallas Hanson
as Rupe Pardee
as Arthur Binney
as Jim West
as Charles (Monty) Montrose
as Harry Niles
as Ben Lucas
as Jud Bennett
as Ed Brent
as Selby
as Murph
as Charlie Brown
as Jim Evans
as Pvt. Swenson
as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
as Al
as Pete Morrisey
as Alfred Grattin
as Dogface Dolan
as Shorty
as Mirza
as Harry Jordan
as Cpl. Frenchy
as Ben Bailey
as Delong
as Ens. Chuck Dorrance
as Eddie McGuire
as Leo
as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
as Eddy
as Buddy Morgan
as Willie
as Mark Lewis
as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
as Terry Spencer (uncredited)
as Eddie (uncredited)
as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
as Tommy
as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
as Middle Cowboy
as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
as Soda Jerk
as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Producer
as Co-Producer
as Producer