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.
as John Harper
as Richard Erdman(1 ep)
as Carl's Grandfather(1 ep)
as Leonard(53 eps)
as Eddie Walker
as Mr. Hanson(1 ep)
as Kevin's Dad(1 ep)
as Frank(1 ep)
as Mr. Callahan(1 ep)
as Howie(1 ep)
as Pirate (voice)
as Elliot (voice)(1 ep)
as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Mr. Perl(1 ep)
as Howard Banks(1 ep)
as Dr. Adams
as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
as Frank Rubin(1 ep)
as Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)(1 ep)
as King Arty (voice)(1 ep)
as Waiter
as Attorney
as Fletcher Mays
as Chester
as Drunken Wise Man
as Jonathan(1 ep)
as Eggman(1 ep)
as Pirate #1
as Herr Sessman (voice)
as Bert the Coroner(1 ep)
as Duncan Fitzgerald(1 ep)
as George Davenport(1 ep)
as Additional Voices (voice)(66 eps)
as Mr. Zeider
as Mr. Zeider(2 eps)
as Frederick de Fernando
as Dick Richard (uncredited)
as Dick Richard
as Slayton(1 ep)
as Vernon(1 ep)
as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
as Ellis
as Joseph Somerby
as Colonel Edward F. French
as Walt Dabbett
as Clerk(1 ep)
as Frank Wylie(1 ep)
as Manny(1 ep)
as Deke
as Store Manager(1 ep)
as Walter Hobson(1 ep)
as Mordecai Krone(1 ep)
as P.T. Barkley(1 ep)
as Seymour Jenks
as Colonel Millbank(1 ep)
as Host and narrator
as Klugie(17 eps)
as Buck Brown(1 ep)
as Richard Fairfield III(32 eps)
as Patrick McNulty(1 ep)
as Al Williams
as Dallas Hanson
as Rupe Pardee
as Arthur Binney(1 ep)
as Jim West(1 ep)
as Charles (Monty) Montrose(1 ep)
as Harry Niles(1 ep)
as Ben Lucas(1 ep)
as Jud Bennett(1 ep)
as Lester Everett
as Ed Brent
as Charlie Brown(1 ep)
as Selby
as Murph
as Jim Evans
as Pete Morrisey(60 eps)
as Pvt. Swenson
as Hoffy Hoffman
as Al
as Alfred Grattin
as Harry Jordan(1 ep)
as Dogface Dolan
as Shorty
as Mirza
as Cpl. Frenchy
as Ben Bailey
as Eddie McGuire(1 ep)
as Delong
as Ens. Chuck Dorrance
as Leo
as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
as Eddy
as Buddy Morgan
as Willie
as Mark Lewis
as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
as Terry Spencer (uncredited)
as Eddie (uncredited)
as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
as Tommy
as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
as Middle Cowboy
as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
as Soda Jerk
as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)