Richard Erdman
68 movies · 53 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 1, 1925
- Died
- Mar 16, 2019 (age 93)
- Place of birth
- Enid, Oklahoma, USA
- 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.
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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.
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Known for
Richard Erdman: movies and TV shows
Acting (118)
- Upcoming The Bag
as John Harper
- 2015
- 2015
- 2009
- 2008 Empire State Building Murders
as Eddie Walker
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 1999
- 1998
- 1994 The Pagemaster
as Pirate (voice)
- 1992
- 1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990
- 1988 Jesse
as Dr. Adams
- 1988 Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
- 1987
- 1987
- 1987 Valet Girls
as Waiter
- 1986 Stewardess School
as Attorney
- 1986 My Town
as Fletcher Mays
- 1985 Tomboy
as Chester
- 1984 Trancers
as Drunken Wise Man
- 1984
- 1983 The Secret World of Og
as Pirate #1
- 1982 Heidi's Song
as Herr Sessman (voice)
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980 Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
as Mr. Zeider
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976
- 1975 Kate McShane
as Frederick de Fernando
- 1974 Mr. Majestyk
as Dick Richard (uncredited) / Dick Richard
- 1974
- 1973 Brothers O'Toole
as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
- 1973
- 1972 Visions...
as Ellis
- 1972 The Great Man's Whiskers
as Joseph Somerby
- 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Colonel Edward F. French
- 1969 Rascal
as Walt Dabbett
- 1968
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1966 Namu, the Killer Whale
as Deke
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 The Brass Bottle
as Seymour Jenks
- 1963
- 1963 The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
as Host and narrator
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Face of Fire
as Al Williams
- 1958 Saddle the Wind
as Dallas Hanson
- 1958 The Rawhide Trail
as Rupe Pardee
- 1957 Perry Mason · TV
as Arthur Binney / Jim West / Charles (Monty) Montrose / Harry Niles / Ben Lucas / Jud Bennett · 6 episodes
- 1957
- 1956
- 1956 The Power and the Prize
as Lester Everett
- 1956 Anything Goes
as Ed Brent
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Bengazi
as Selby
- 1955 Francis in the Navy
as Murph
- 1955
- 1954
- 1953 The Steel Lady
as Jim Evans
- 1953
- 1953 Mission Over Korea
as Pvt. Swenson
- 1953 Stalag 17
as Hoffy Hoffman
- 1953 The Blue Gardenia
as Al
- 1952 The Happy Time
as Alfred Grattin
- 1952
- 1952 Jumping Jacks
as Dogface Dolan
- 1952 The San Francisco Story
as Shorty
- 1952 Aladdin and His Lamp
as Mirza
- 1951 The Wild Blue Yonder
as Cpl. Frenchy
- 1951 The Stooge
as Ben Bailey
- 1951
- 1951 Cry Danger
as Delong
- 1951 You're in the Navy Now
as Ens. Chuck Dorrance
- 1950 The Men
as Leo
- 1950 The Admiral Was a Lady
as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
- 1949 Swiss Tour
as Eddy
- 1949 Easy Living
as Buddy Morgan
- 1948 The Time of Your Life
as Willie
- 1947 Wild Harvest
as Mark Lewis
- 1947 That Way with Women
as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
- 1946 Nobody Lives Forever
as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
- 1946 Deception
as Terry Spencer (uncredited)
- 1946 So You Want to Play the Horses
as Eddie (uncredited)
- 1946 Shadow of a Woman
as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
- 1946 Janie Gets Married
as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
- 1945 Too Young to Know
as Tommy
- 1945 Danger Signal
as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
- 1945 Star in the Night
as Middle Cowboy
- 1945 Objective, Burma!
as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
- 1944 Hollywood Canteen
as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
- 1944 The Very Thought of You
as Soda Jerk
- 1944 Musical Movieland
as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
- 1944 Janie
as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
- 1944 Mr. Skeffington
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Behind the camera (5)
- 1992 The Dark Wind
Co-Producer
- 1973 Brothers O'Toole
Director
- 1971 Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Director
- 1971 Teenage Tease
Director
- 1963
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2021