Richard Erdman

Acting

June 1, 1925 – March 16, 2019 (died at 93)

Enid, Oklahoma, USA

Male

72 Movies

61 TV Shows

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.

Community

2009 8.0

as Leonard

Age 84 (now 93) 53 eps

53 eps

Stalag 17

1953 7.7

as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman

Age 27 (now 93)

Cry Danger

1951 6.7

as Delong

Age 25 (now 93)

The Men

1950 7.0

as Leo

Age 25 (now 93)

Objective, Burma!

1945 6.8

as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper

Age 19 (now 93)

The Blue Gardenia

1953 6.5

as Al

Age 27 (now 93)

Tomboy

1985 4.9

as Chester

Age 59 (now 93)

Mr. Majestyk

1974 6.8

as Dick Richard

Age 49 (now 93)

The Pagemaster

1994 6.4

as Pirate (voice)

Age 69 (now 93)

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

1988 6.7

as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)

Age 62 (now 93)

Space Stars

1981 8.0

as Additional Voices (voice)

Age 56 (now 93) 66 eps

66 eps

Francis in the Navy

1955 5.6

as Murph

Age 30 (now 93)

Star in the Night

1945 7.5

as Middle Cowboy

Age 20 (now 93)

Mr. Majestyk

1974 6.8

as Dick Richard (uncredited)

Age 49 (now 93)

The Stooge

1951 6.7

as Ben Bailey

Age 26 (now 93)

Trancers

1984 5.9

as Drunken Wise Man

Age 59 (now 93)

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

2021 4.7

as Self

Age 95 (now 93)

Empire State Building Murders

2008

as Eddie Walker

Age 83 (now 93)

The Pagemaster

1994 6.4

as Pirate (voice)

Age 69 (now 93)

The Dark Wind

1992 5.4

Co-Producer

Age 66 (now 93)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991 8.0

as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Age 66 (now 93)

Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes

1990 6.0

Age 65 (now 93)

Jesse

1988 8.5

as Dr. Adams

Age 63 (now 93)

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

1988 6.7

as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)

Age 62 (now 93)

Valet Girls

1987 4.3

as Waiter

Age 61 (now 93)

Stewardess School

1986 4.9

as Attorney

Age 61 (now 93)

My Town

1986 7.0

as Fletcher Mays

Age 60 (now 93)

Tomboy

1985 4.9

as Chester

Age 59 (now 93)

Trancers

1984 5.9

as Drunken Wise Man

Age 59 (now 93)

The Secret World of Og

1983 5.6

as Pirate #1

Age 57 (now 93)

Heidi's Song

1982 6.3

as Herr Sessman (voice)

Age 57 (now 93)

Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge

1981 5.5

as Mr. Zeider

Age 55 (now 93)

Kate McShane

1975 7.0

as Frederick de Fernando

Age 49 (now 93)

Mr. Majestyk

1974 6.8

as Dick Richard

Age 49 (now 93)

Mr. Majestyk

1974 6.8

as Dick Richard (uncredited)

Age 49 (now 93)

Brothers O'Toole

1973 6.0

Director

Age 47 (now 93)

Brothers O'Toole

1973 6.0

as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell

Age 47 (now 93)

Visions...

1972 10.0

as Ellis

Age 47 (now 93)

The Great Man's Whiskers

1972 8.0

as Joseph Somerby

Age 46 (now 93)

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

1971 4.8

Director

Age 46 (now 93)

Teenage Tease

1971 9.0

Director

Age 45 (now 93)

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 7.2

as Colonel Edward F. French

Age 44 (now 93)

Rascal

1969 6.0

as Walt Dabbett

Age 44 (now 93)

Namu, the Killer Whale

1966 5.3

as Deke

Age 41 (now 93)

The Brass Bottle

1964 6.3

as Seymour Jenks

Age 38 (now 93)

The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada

1963

Producer

Age 37 (now 93)

The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada

1963

as Host and narrator

Age 37 (now 93)

Face of Fire

1959 5.8

as Al Williams

Age 34 (now 93)

Saddle the Wind

1958 6.7

as Dallas Hanson

Age 32 (now 93)

The Rawhide Trail

1958 8.0

as Rupe Pardee

Age 32 (now 93)

The Power and the Prize

1956 6.3

as Lester Everett

Age 31 (now 93)

Anything Goes

1956 6.0

as Ed Brent

Age 30 (now 93)

Bengazi

1955 4.2

as Selby

Age 30 (now 93)

Francis in the Navy

1955 5.6

as Murph

Age 30 (now 93)

The Steel Lady

1953 6.6

as Jim Evans

Age 28 (now 93)

Mission Over Korea

1953 6.0

as Pvt. Swenson

Age 28 (now 93)

Stalag 17

1953 7.7

as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman

Age 27 (now 93)

The Blue Gardenia

1953 6.5

as Al

Age 27 (now 93)

The Happy Time

1952 6.5

as Alfred Grattin

Age 27 (now 93)

Jumping Jacks

1952 6.5

as Dogface Dolan

Age 27 (now 93)

The San Francisco Story

1952 4.9

as Shorty

Age 26 (now 93)

Aladdin and His Lamp

1952 9.0

as Mirza

Age 26 (now 93)

The Wild Blue Yonder

1951 7.0

as Cpl. Frenchy

Age 26 (now 93)

The Stooge

1951 6.7

as Ben Bailey

Age 26 (now 93)

You're in the Navy Now

1951 5.1

as Ens. Chuck Dorrance

Age 25 (now 93)

Cry Danger

1951 6.7

as Delong

Age 25 (now 93)

The Men

1950 7.0

as Leo

Age 25 (now 93)

The Admiral Was a Lady

1950 6.4

as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli

Age 25 (now 93)

Swiss Tour

1949 9.0

as Eddy

Age 24 (now 93)

Easy Living

1949 5.7

as Buddy Morgan

Age 24 (now 93)

The Time of Your Life

1948 6.1

as Willie

Age 23 (now 93)

Wild Harvest

1947 7.0

as Mark Lewis

Age 22 (now 93)

That Way with Women

1947 6.7

as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)

Age 21 (now 93)

Nobody Lives Forever

1946 6.4

as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms

Age 21 (now 93)

Deception

1946 6.7

as Terry Spencer (uncredited)

Age 21 (now 93)

So You Want to Play the Horses

1946 6.3

as Eddie (uncredited)

Age 21 (now 93)

Shadow of a Woman

1946 4.5

as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch

Age 21 (now 93)

Janie Gets Married

1946 7.3

as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)

Age 21 (now 93)

Too Young to Know

1945 7.0

as Tommy

Age 20 (now 93)

Danger Signal

1945 6.0

as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)

Age 20 (now 93)

Star in the Night

1945 7.5

as Middle Cowboy

Age 20 (now 93)

Objective, Burma!

1945 6.8

as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper

Age 19 (now 93)

Hollywood Canteen

1944 7.3

as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)

Age 19 (now 93)

The Very Thought of You

1944 6.4

as Soda Jerk

Age 19 (now 93)

Musical Movieland

1944 7.5

as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)

Age 19 (now 93)

Janie

1944 6.0

as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)

Age 19 (now 93)

Mr. Skeffington

1944 6.8

as Western Union Boy (uncredited)

Age 18 (now 93)

The Bag

as John Harper