Birth Day: 1925-06-01
Place of birth: Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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.
Credits
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As Self -
As Eddie Walker
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As Pirate (voice) -
As actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited) -
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As Dr. Adams -
As Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice) -
As Waiter -
As Fletcher Mays -
As Attorney -
As Chester -
As Drunken Wise Man -
As Pirate #1 -
As Herr Sessman (voice) -
As Mr. Zeider -
As Frederick de Fernando -
As Dick Richard -
As Dick Richard (uncredited)
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As Judge Quincey P. Trumbell -
As Joseph Somerby -
As Ellis -
As John Harper -
As Colonel Edward F. French -
As Walt Dabbett -
As Deke -
As Seymour Jenks -
As Host and narrator -
As Al Williams -
As Rupe Pardee -
As Dallas Hanson -
As Lester Everett -
As Ed Brent -
As Selby -
As Murph -
As Pvt. Swenson -
As Jim Evans -
As Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman -
As Al -
As Alfred Grattin -
As Shorty -
As Dogface Dolan -
As Mirza -
As Ens. Chuck Dorrance -
As Ben Bailey -
As Cpl. Frenchy -
As Delong -
As Leo -
As Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli -
As Eddy -
As Buddy Morgan -
As Willie -
As Eddie (as Dick Erdman) -
As Mark Lewis -
As Eddie (uncredited)
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As Terry Spencer (uncredited) -
As Bellboy, The Marwood Arms -
As Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman) -
As Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch -
As Pvt. Nebraska Hooper -
As Tommy -
As Middle Cowboy -
As Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman) -
As Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman) -
As Western Union Boy (uncredited) -
As Soldier on Deck (uncredited) -
As Sailor with Tour (uncredited) -
As Soda Jerk