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