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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Community (2009) — Leonard
2. Batman: The Animated Series (1992) — Elliot (voice)
3. The Twilight Zone (1959) — Patrick McNulty
4. I Dream of Jeannie (1965) — Store Manager
5. Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) — Mr. Perl
6. The Pagemaster (1994) — Pirate (voice)
7. DuckTales (1987) — Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
8. Cheers (1982) — Duncan Fitzgerald
9. Stalag 17 (1953) — Hoffy Hoffman
10. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — Colonel Edward F. French
11. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Jonathan
12. The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) — Slayton
13. The Bionic Woman (1976)
14. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Charlie Brown
15. Trancers (1984) — Drunken Wise Man
16. Mr. Majestyk (1974) — Dick Richard (uncredited)
17. Hogan's Heroes (1965) — Walter Hobson
18. Remington Steele (1982) — Bert the Coroner
19. Wings (1990) — Howard Banks
20. Perry Mason (1957) — Arthur Binney
21. The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
22. Quincy, M.E. (1976)
23. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) — Buck Brown
24. The Blue Gardenia (1953) — Al
25. Objective, Burma! (1945) — Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
26. Felicity (1998) — Howie
27. The Men (1950) — Leo
28. Joan of Arcadia (2003) — Mr. Hanson
29. Judging Amy (1999) — Mr. Callahan
30. The Wild Wild West (1965) — Mordecai Krone
31. Dr. Ken (2015) — Richard Erdman
32. Green Acres (1965)
33. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) — P.T. Barkley
34. Mr. Skeffington (1944) — Western Union Boy (uncredited)
35. The Bernie Mac Show (2001) — Frank
36. Cry Danger (1951) — Delong
37. Tomboy (1985) — Chester
38. Mister Ed (1961)
39. Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1981) — Mr. Zeider
40. Deception (1946) — Terry Spencer (uncredited)

Directed

1. Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971) — Director
2. Brothers O'Toole (1973) — Director
3. Teenage Tease (1971) — Director