Richard Erdman
Age: 93 | From: Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1925-06-01 12:19:50
Death: 2019-03-16 12:19:50
Aliases: John Richard Erdmann , Dick Erdman
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Movie Involvements: 44
TV Involvements: 17
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Perry Mason
(1957) Jud Bennett
DuckTales
(1987) Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
Batman: The Animated Series
(1992) Elliot (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Eggman
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Charlie Brown
Judging Amy
(1999) Mr. Callahan
The Pagemaster
(1994) Pirate (voice)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970) Colonel Edward F. FrenchActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Richard Erdman | |
| 2009 | Leonard | |
| 2008 | Eddie Walker | |
| 2003 | N/A | |
| 2002 | Kevin's Dad | |
| 2001 | N/A | |
| 1999 | Mr. Callahan | |
| 1998 | Howie | |
| 1994 | Pirate (voice) | |
| 1992 | Elliot (voice) | |
| 1991 | actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1990 | N/A | |
| Howard Banks | ||
| 1988 | Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice) | |
| 1987 | King Arty (voice) | |
| Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice) | ||
| Waiter | ||
| 1986 | Attorney | |
| Fletcher Mays | ||
| 1985 | Chester | |
| 1984 | Drunken Wise Man | |
| Eggman | ||
| 1983 | Pirate #1 | |
| 1982 | Herr Sessman | |
| Bert the Coroner | ||
| 1981 | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Mr. Zeider | ||
| 1978 | N/A | |
| 1977 | N/A | |
| 1976 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1975 | Frederick de Fernando | |
| 1974 | Dick Richard | |
| Vernon | ||
| Slayton | ||
| 1973 | Judge Quincey P. Trumbell | |
| N/A | ||
| 1972 | Ellis | |
| Joseph Somerby | ||
| 1970 | Colonel Edward F. French | |
| 1969 | Walt Dabbett | |
| 1968 | Clerk | |
| Frank Wylie | ||
| 1967 | Manny | |
| 1966 | N/A | |
| Deke | ||
| 1965 | Store Manager | |
| Walter Hobson | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1964 | N/A | |
| Seymour Jenks | ||
| 1963 | Colonel Millbank | |
| Host and narrator | ||
| 1962 | N/A | |
| Klugie | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| 1960 | Richard Fairfield III | |
| 1959 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Al Williams | ||
| 1958 | Dallas Hanson | |
| Rupe Pardee | ||
| 1957 | Jud Bennett | |
| Ben Lucas | ||
| Harry Niles | ||
| Charles (Monty) Montrose | ||
| Jim West | ||
| Arthur Binney | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1956 | N/A | |
| Ed Brent | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| Charlie Brown | ||
| N/A | ||
| Selby | ||
| Murph | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
| 1953 | Jim Evans | |
| N/A | ||
| Pvt. Swenson | ||
| Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman | ||
| Al | ||
| 1952 | Alfred Grattin | |
| Harry Jordan | ||
| Dogface Dolan | ||
| Shorty | ||
| Mirza | ||
| 1951 | Cpl. Frenchy | |
| Ben Bailey | ||
| Eddie McGuire | ||
| Ens. Chuck Dorrance | ||
| Delong | ||
| 1950 | Leo | |
| Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli | ||
| 1949 | Eddy | |
| Buddy Morgan | ||
| 1948 | Willie | |
| 1947 | Mark Lewis | |
| Eddie (as Dick Erdman) | ||
| 1946 | Bellboy, The Marwood Arms | |
| Terry Spencer (uncredited) | ||
| Eddie (uncredited) | ||
| Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch | ||
| Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman) | ||
| 1945 | Tommy | |
| Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman) | ||
| Middle Cowboy | ||
| Pvt. Nebraska Hooper | ||
| 1944 | Soldier on Deck (uncredited) | |
| Soda Jerk | ||
| Sailor with Tour (uncredited) | ||
| Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman) | ||
| Western Union Boy (uncredited) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
![Kate McShane [Pilot]](https://storage.flixi.com/movie/poster_path/w92/835468_kate-mcshane-pilot.jpg "Kate McShane [Pilot]")
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Co-Producer | |
| 1963 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Director | |
| 1971 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
