Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 01, 1925
Died
Mar 16, 2019
Place of Birth
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Credits
122 titles
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
Filmography
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self
Dr. Ken
Richard Erdman
Weird Loners
Carl's Grandfather
Community
Leonard
Empire State Building Murders
Eddie Walker
Joan of Arcadia
Mr. Hanson
Boomtown
Kevin's Dad
The Bernie Mac Show
Frank
Judging Amy
Mr. Callahan
Felicity
Howie
The Pagemaster
Pirate (voice)
Batman: The Animated Series
Elliot (voice)
The Dark Wind
Co-Producer
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Beverly Hills, 90210
Mr. Perl
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
Wings
Howard Banks
Jesse
Dr. Adams
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
She's the Sheriff
Frank Rubin
DuckTales
Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
Valet Girls
Waiter
Stewardess School
Attorney
My Town
Fletcher Mays
Tomboy
Chester
Trancers
Drunken Wise Man
Murder, She Wrote
Jonathan
The Secret World of Og
Pirate #1
Heidi's Song
Herr Sessman (voice)
Remington Steele
Bert the Coroner
Cheers
Duncan Fitzgerald
Cassie & Co.
George Davenport
Space Stars
Additional Voices (voice)
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
Mr. Zeider
The Amazing Spider-Man
Mr. Zeider
Lou Grant
Quincy, M.E.
The Bionic Woman
Kate McShane
Frederick de Fernando
Mr. Majestyk
Dick Richard (uncredited)
The Six Million Dollar Man
Slayton
Brothers O'Toole
Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
Police Story
Visions...
Ellis
The Great Man's Whiskers
Joseph Somerby
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Director
Teenage Tease
Director
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Colonel Edward F. French
Rascal
Walt Dabbett
Here's Lucy
Clerk