Richard Erdman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

126

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-06-01

Day of death

2019-03-16 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Enid, Oklahoma, USA

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.

Known For

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Beverly Hills, 90210

    Beverly Hills, 90210

  • Cheers

    Cheers

  • Community

    Community

  • Batman: The Animated Series

    Batman: The Animated Series

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • The Beverly Hillbillies

    The Beverly Hillbillies

  • DuckTales

    DuckTales

  • DuckTales

    DuckTales

  • Wings

    Wings

  • The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

  • The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

  • I Dream of Jeannie

    I Dream of Jeannie

  • Hogan's Heroes

    Hogan's Heroes

  • Green Acres

    Green Acres

  • Judging Amy

    Judging Amy

  • Remington Steele

    Remington Steele

  • The Wild Wild West

    The Wild Wild West

  • The Dick Van Dyke Show

    The Dick Van Dyke Show

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Lou Grant

    Lou Grant

  • Felicity

    Felicity

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • The Bionic Woman

    The Bionic Woman

  • The Bernie Mac Show

    The Bernie Mac Show

  • Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

  • Mister Ed

    Mister Ed

  • That Girl

    That Girl

  • Joan of Arcadia

    Joan of Arcadia

  • Dr. Ken

    Dr. Ken

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Here's Lucy

    Here's Lucy

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

  • West Point

    West Point

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

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

  • Stalag 17

    Stalag 17

  • Mayberry R.F.D.

    Mayberry R.F.D.

  • Police Story

    Police Story

  • Navy Log

    Navy Log

  • The Pagemaster

    The Pagemaster

  • December Bride

    December Bride

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • Trancers

    Trancers

  • Cry Danger

    Cry Danger

  • Mission Over Korea

    Mission Over Korea

  • Boomtown

    Boomtown

  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

  • Bengazi

    Bengazi

  • Mr. Majestyk

    Mr. Majestyk

  • Mr. Majestyk

    Mr. Majestyk

  • Swiss Tour

    Swiss Tour

  • Danger Signal

    Danger Signal

  • Jumping Jacks

    Jumping Jacks

  • The Bag

    The Bag

  • She's the Sheriff

    She's the Sheriff

  • Hollywood Canteen

    Hollywood Canteen

  • Tomboy

    Tomboy

  • Janie

    Janie

  • Valet Girls

    Valet Girls

  • Anything Goes

    Anything Goes

  • Rascal

    Rascal

  • Easy Living

    Easy Living

  • Mr. Terrific

    Mr. Terrific

  • Space Stars

    Space Stars

  • Wild Harvest

    Wild Harvest

  • The Amazing Spider-Man

    The Amazing Spider-Man

  • Mr. Skeffington

    Mr. Skeffington

  • Objective, Burma!

    Objective, Burma!

  • Kate McShane

    Kate McShane

  • Science Fiction Theatre

    Science Fiction Theatre

  • Saints and Sinners

    Saints and Sinners

  • Visions...

    Visions...

  • Deception

    Deception

  • Panic!

    Panic!

  • The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada

    The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada

  • Stewardess School

    Stewardess School

  • Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

    Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

  • Where's Raymond?

    Where's Raymond?

  • Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge

    Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge

  • Namu, the Killer Whale

    Namu, the Killer Whale

  • The Power and the Prize

    The Power and the Prize

  • Brothers O'Toole

    Brothers O'Toole

  • The Blue Gardenia

    The Blue Gardenia

  • The San Francisco Story

    The San Francisco Story

  • The Wild Blue Yonder

    The Wild Blue Yonder

  • Not for Hire

    Not for Hire

  • Heidi's Song

    Heidi's Song

  • The Time of Your Life

    The Time of Your Life

  • The Great Man's Whiskers

    The Great Man's Whiskers

  • The Brass Bottle

    The Brass Bottle

  • Face of Fire

    Face of Fire

  • Saddle the Wind

    Saddle the Wind

  • You're in the Navy Now

    You're in the Navy Now

  • Francis in the Navy

    Francis in the Navy

  • Nobody Lives Forever

    Nobody Lives Forever

  • The Secret World of Og

    The Secret World of Og

  • The Admiral Was a Lady

    The Admiral Was a Lady

  • The Steel Lady

    The Steel Lady

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • That Way with Women

    That Way with Women

  • Too Young to Know

    Too Young to Know

  • Aladdin and His Lamp

    Aladdin and His Lamp

  • Weird Loners

    Weird Loners

  • The Happy Time

    The Happy Time

  • Star in the Night

    Star in the Night

  • Janie Gets Married

    Janie Gets Married

  • Jesse

    Jesse

  • The Tab Hunter Show

    The Tab Hunter Show

  • The Men

    The Men

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • The Very Thought of You

    The Very Thought of You

  • The Rawhide Trail

    The Rawhide Trail

  • So You Want to Play the Horses

    So You Want to Play the Horses

  • The Stooge

    The Stooge

  • Shadow of a Woman

    Shadow of a Woman

  • My Town

    My Town

  • Musical Movieland

    Musical Movieland

  • Empire State Building Murders

    Empire State Building Murders