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