Cast
Richard Erdman
Acting
Cast
Richard Erdman
Known for
Acting
Born
1925-06-01
From
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Died
2019-03-16
Also known as John Richard Erdmann , Dick 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.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Colonel Edward F. French
The Pagemaster
as Pirate (voice)
Trancers
as Drunken Wise Man
Mr. Skeffington
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
You're in the Navy Now
as Ens. Chuck Dorrance
Objective, Burma!
as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
Stalag 17
as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
The Stooge
as Ben Bailey
Mr. Majestyk
as Dick Richard (uncredited)
Mr. Majestyk
as Dick Richard
Bengazi
as Selby
The Men
as Leo
Easy Living
as Buddy Morgan
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self
Deception
as Terry Spencer (uncredited)
The Blue Gardenia
as Al
Hollywood Canteen
as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
Stewardess School
as Attorney
Tomboy
as Chester
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jesse
as Dr. Adams
Valet Girls
as Waiter
Namu, the Killer Whale
as Deke
Jumping Jacks
as Dogface Dolan
Rascal
as Walt Dabbett
Saddle the Wind
as Dallas Hanson
The Happy Time
as Alfred Grattin
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
as Mr. Zeider
The Steel Lady
as Jim Evans
The Rawhide Trail
as Rupe Pardee
Cry Danger
as Delong
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
Brothers O'Toole
as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
The Time of Your Life
as Willie
Heidi's Song
as Herr Sessman (voice)
Face of Fire
as Al Williams
Nobody Lives Forever
as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
Danger Signal
as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
The Power and the Prize
as Lester Everett
Wild Harvest
as Mark Lewis
My Town
as Fletcher Mays
Empire State Building Murders
as Eddie Walker
Anything Goes
as Ed Brent
Star in the Night
as Middle Cowboy
The Great Man's Whiskers
as Joseph Somerby
Musical Movieland
as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
The Secret World of Og
as Pirate #1
Swiss Tour
as Eddy
The Admiral Was a Lady
as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
Francis in the Navy
as Murph
The Brass Bottle
as Seymour Jenks
The San Francisco Story
as Shorty
Janie
as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Shadow of a Woman
as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
The Very Thought of You
as Soda Jerk
The Wild Blue Yonder
as Cpl. Frenchy
So You Want to Play the Horses
as Eddie (uncredited)
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
as Host and narrator
Kate McShane
as Frederick de Fernando
Too Young to Know
as Tommy
Aladdin and His Lamp
as Mirza
Visions...
as Ellis
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
That Way with Women
as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
Mission Over Korea
as Pvt. Swenson
Janie Gets Married
as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
The Bag
as John Harper