Richard Erdman profile
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Richard Erdman

1st June 1925 Enid, Oklahoma, USA Acting

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.

64 Movies 60 TV Shows 128 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Jesse poster
Jesse 4th October 1988 as Dr. Adams
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My Town 25th May 1986 as Fletcher Mays
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Tomboy 25th January 1985 as Chester
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Trancers 7th November 1984 as Drunken Wise Man
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Rascal 11th June 1969 as Walt Dabbett
Deception poster
Deception 26th October 1946 as Terry Spencer (uncredited)
Janie poster
Janie 2nd September 1944 as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
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Dr. Ken 2nd October 2015 as Richard Erdman
Boomtown poster
Boomtown 29th September 2002 as Kevin's Dad
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Wings 19th April 1990 as Howard Banks
DuckTales poster
DuckTales 18th September 1987 as Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
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DuckTales 18th September 1987 as King Arty (voice)
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Cheers 30th September 1982 as Duncan Fitzgerald
Space Stars poster
Space Stars 12th September 1981 as Additional Voices (voice)
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Perry Mason 21st September 1957 as Charles (Monty) Montrose