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
Acting
1953
asSgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
1985
asChester
1950
asLeo
1970
asColonel Edward F. French
1953
asAl
1951
asDelong
1946
asBellboy, The Marwood Arms
1945
asBunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
1946
asTerry Spencer (uncredited)
1994
asPirate (voice)
1952
asDogface Dolan
1945
asPvt. Nebraska Hooper
1950
asOliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
1955
asMurph
1946
asJoe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
1981
asMr. Zeider
2008
asEddie Walker
1969
asWalt Dabbett
1966
asDeke
1982
asGrimm (voice)
1951
asBen Bailey
1949
asBuddy Morgan
1949
asEddy
1972
asEllis
1947
asEddie (as Dick Erdman)
1951
asCpl. Frenchy
1983
asPirate #1
1952
asShorty
1944
asSoda Jerk
1952
asAlfred Grattin
1946
asLt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
1944
asScooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
1986
asFletcher Mays
1948
asWillie
1951
asEns. Chuck Dorrance
1988
asSid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
1955
asSelby
1986
asAttorney
1975
asFrederick de Fernando
1958
asDallas Hanson
1958
asRupe Pardee
1964
asSeymour Jenks
2021
asSelf
1953
asJim Evans
1953
asPvt. Swenson
1945
asTommy
1944
asSoldier on Deck (uncredited)
1959
asAl Williams
1974
asDick Richard (uncredited)
1944
asWestern Union Boy (uncredited)
1947
asMark Lewis
1984
asDrunken Wise Man
1987
asWaiter
1956
asEd Brent
1974
asDick Richard
1952
asMirza
1946
asEddie (uncredited)
1991
asactor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
asSailor with Tour (uncredited)
1972
asJoseph Somerby
1945
asMiddle Cowboy
1973
asJudge Quincey P. Trumbell
1963
asHost and narrator
asJohn Harper
1956
asLester Everett
1988
asDr. Adams
as
as
asBert the Coroner
as
asClerk
as
asKevin's Dad
as
asMr. Callahan
as
asFrank
as
as
as
as
as
asHoward Banks
asColonel Millbank
asArthur Binney
as
asPatrick McNulty
asCharlie Brown
asRichard Fairfield III
as
asAdditional Voices (voice)
as
asEddie McGuire
asas 
asKlugie
asPete Morrisey
as
asElliot (voice)
as 
asLeonard
asHarry Jordan
asHowie
asManny
asRichard Erdman
asFrank Wylie
asSlayton
asVernon
asJim West
asCharles (Monty) Montrose
asHarry Niles
asBen Lucas
asJud Bennett
as
asWalter Hobson
asMayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
asKing Arty (voice)
asMordecai Krone
asStore Manager
asDuncan Fitzgerald
asJonathan
asEggman
asBuck Brown
Production
1991
as1963
asCrew
Directing
