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
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Cheers
1982
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Community
2009
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Filmography
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Mr. Perl · 1990
Perry Mason
as Arthur Binney · 1957
Perry Mason
as Jim West · 1957
Perry Mason
as Charles (Monty) Montrose · 1957
Perry Mason
as Harry Niles · 1957
Perry Mason
as Ben Lucas · 1957
Perry Mason
as Jud Bennett · 1957
Cheers
as Duncan Fitzgerald · 1982
Murder, She Wrote
as Jonathan · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Eggman · 1984
Community
as Leonard · 2009
Batman: The Animated Series
as Elliot (voice) · 1992
Quincy, M.E.
· 1976
Judging Amy
as Mr. Callahan · 1999
Matinee Theater
· 1955
The Twilight Zone
as Patrick McNulty · 1959
Wings
as Howard Banks · 1990
I Dream of Jeannie
as Store Manager · 1965
The Beverly Hillbillies
· 1962
Lou Grant
· 1977
Petticoat Junction
as Colonel Millbank · 1963
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Slayton · 1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Vernon · 1974
The Wild Wild West
as Mordecai Krone · 1965
Hogan's Heroes
as Walter Hobson · 1965
The Bernie Mac Show
as Frank · 2001
Felicity
as Howie · 1998
Remington Steele
as Bert the Coroner · 1982
DuckTales
as Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice) · 1987
DuckTales
as King Arty (voice) · 1987
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Buck Brown · 1961
Green Acres
· 1965
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
· 1964
Here's Lucy
as Clerk · 1968
That Girl
· 1966
Joan of Arcadia
as Mr. Hanson · 2003
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Charlie Brown · 1955
The Bionic Woman
· 1976
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as P.T. Barkley · 1964
Police Story
· 1973
Mister Ed
· 1961
December Bride
· 1954
Mayberry R.F.D.
as Frank Wylie · 1968
Dr. Ken
as Richard Erdman · 2015
Navy Log
· 1955
Boomtown
as Kevin's Dad · 2002
Space Stars
as Additional Voices (voice) · 1981
Cavalcade of America
as Harry Jordan · 1952
She's the Sheriff
as Frank Rubin · 1987
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Colonel Edward F. French · 1970
Science Fiction Theatre
· 1955
Not for Hire
· 1959
West Point
· 1956
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Mr. Zeider · 1978
Cassie & Co.
as George Davenport · 1982
The Pagemaster
as Pirate (voice) · 1994
Panic!
· 1957
Mr. Terrific
as Manny · 1967
Saints and Sinners
as Klugie · 1962
The Tab Hunter Show
as Richard Fairfield III · 1960
Where's Raymond?
as Pete Morrisey · 1953
Mr. Majestyk
as Dick Richard (uncredited) · 1974
Mr. Majestyk
as Dick Richard · 1974
Weird Loners
as Carl's Grandfather · 2015
Stalag 17
as Hoffy Hoffman · 1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Eddie McGuire · 1951
Mr. Skeffington
as Western Union Boy (uncredited) · 1944
Saddle the Wind
as Dallas Hanson · 1958
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
as Mr. Zeider · 1980
Trancers
as Drunken Wise Man · 1984
The Blue Gardenia
as Al · 1953
Nobody Lives Forever
as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms · 1946
Objective, Burma!
as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper · 1945
Jumping Jacks
as Dogface Dolan · 1952
The Men
as Leo · 1950
Heidi's Song
as Herr Sessman (voice) · 1982
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice) · 1988
Stewardess School
as Attorney · 1986
The Stooge
as Ben Bailey · 1951
Cry Danger
as Delong · 1951
You're in the Navy Now
as Ens. Chuck Dorrance · 1951
The San Francisco Story
as Shorty · 1952
Tomboy
as Chester · 1985
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1991
Francis in the Navy
as Murph · 1955
The Wild Blue Yonder
as Cpl. Frenchy · 1951
Namu, the Killer Whale
as Deke · 1966
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self · 2021
The Great Man's Whiskers
as Joseph Somerby · 1972
Valet Girls
as Waiter · 1987
Shadow of a Woman
as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch · 1946
Deception
as Terry Spencer (uncredited) · 1946
Easy Living
as Buddy Morgan · 1949
The Time of Your Life
as Willie · 1948
Star in the Night
as Middle Cowboy · 1945
The Admiral Was a Lady
as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli · 1950
The Power and the Prize
as Lester Everett · 1956
The Brass Bottle
as Seymour Jenks · 1964
Hollywood Canteen
as Soldier on Deck (uncredited) · 1944
The Steel Lady
as Jim Evans · 1953
The Secret World of Og
as Pirate #1 · 1983
The Happy Time
as Alfred Grattin · 1952
Aladdin and His Lamp
as Mirza · 1952
Too Young to Know
as Tommy · 1945
The Rawhide Trail
as Rupe Pardee · 1958
Anything Goes
as Ed Brent · 1956
Brothers O'Toole
as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell · 1973
Rascal
as Walt Dabbett · 1969
So You Want to Play the Horses
as Eddie (uncredited) · 1946
My Town
as Fletcher Mays · 1986
The Very Thought of You
as Soda Jerk · 1944
That Way with Women
as Eddie (as Dick Erdman) · 1947
Kate McShane
as Frederick de Fernando · 1975
Danger Signal
as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman) · 1945
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
· 1990
Face of Fire
as Al Williams · 1959
Janie Gets Married
as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman) · 1946
Bengazi
as Selby · 1955
Wild Harvest
as Mark Lewis · 1947
Mission Over Korea
as Pvt. Swenson · 1953
Jesse
as Dr. Adams · 1988
Swiss Tour
as Eddy · 1949
Visions...
as Ellis · 1972
Empire State Building Murders
as Eddie Walker · 2008
Musical Movieland
as Sailor with Tour (uncredited) · 1944
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
as Host and narrator · 1963
Janie
as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman) · 1944
The Bag
as John Harper