Richard Erdman
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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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
as Self
Dr. Ken
2015
as Richard Erdman
Weird Loners
2015
as Carl's Grandfather
Community
2009
as Leonard
Empire State Building Murders
2008
as Eddie Walker
Joan of Arcadia
2003
as Mr. Hanson
Boomtown
2002
as Kevin's Dad
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
as Frank
Judging Amy
1999
as Mr. Callahan
Felicity
1998
as Howie
The Pagemaster
1994
as Pirate (voice)
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Elliot (voice)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
1990
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
as Mr. Perl
Wings
1990
as Howard Banks
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
1988
as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
Jesse
1988
as Dr. Adams
Valet Girls
1987
as Waiter
DuckTales
1987
as King Arty (voice)
DuckTales
1987
as Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
She's the Sheriff
1987
as Frank Rubin
My Town
1986
as Fletcher Mays
Stewardess School
1986
as Attorney
Tomboy
1985
as Chester
Trancers
1984
as Drunken Wise Man
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Jonathan
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Eggman
The Secret World of Og
1983
as Pirate #1
Heidi's Song
1982
as Herr Sessman (voice)
Remington Steele
1982
as Bert the Coroner
Cheers
1982
as Duncan Fitzgerald
Cassie & Co.
1982
as George Davenport
Space Stars
1981
as Additional Voices (voice)
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
1980
as Mr. Zeider
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978
as Mr. Zeider
Lou Grant
1977
The Bionic Woman
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Kate McShane
1975
as Frederick de Fernando
Mr. Majestyk
1974
as Dick Richard (uncredited)
Mr. Majestyk
1974
as Dick Richard
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Slayton
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Vernon
Brothers O'Toole
1973
as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
Police Story
1973
Visions...
1972
as Ellis
The Great Man's Whiskers
1972
as Joseph Somerby
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Colonel Edward F. French
Rascal
1969
as Walt Dabbett
Here's Lucy
1968
as Clerk
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
as Frank Wylie
Mr. Terrific
1967
as Manny
Namu, the Killer Whale
1966
as Deke
That Girl
1966
Green Acres
1965
Hogan's Heroes
1965
as Walter Hobson
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Mordecai Krone
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Store Manager
The Brass Bottle
1964
as Seymour Jenks
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as P.T. Barkley
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
1963
as Host and narrator
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Colonel Millbank
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Saints and Sinners
1962
as Klugie
Mister Ed
1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Buck Brown
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
as Richard Fairfield III
Face of Fire
1959
as Al Williams
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Patrick McNulty
Not for Hire
1959
Saddle the Wind
1958
as Dallas Hanson
The Rawhide Trail
1958
as Rupe Pardee
Perry Mason
1957
as Arthur Binney
Panic!
1957
Perry Mason
1957
as Jim West
Perry Mason
1957
as Charles (Monty) Montrose
Perry Mason
1957
as Harry Niles
Perry Mason
1957
as Ben Lucas
Perry Mason
1957
as Jud Bennett
Anything Goes
1956
as Ed Brent
The Power and the Prize
1956
as Lester Everett
West Point
1956
Francis in the Navy
1955
as Murph
Bengazi
1955
as Selby
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Charlie Brown
Matinee Theater
1955
Navy Log
1955
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
December Bride
1954
Stalag 17
1953
as Hoffy Hoffman
The Blue Gardenia
1953
as Al
The Steel Lady
1953
as Jim Evans
Mission Over Korea
1953
as Pvt. Swenson
Where's Raymond?
1953
as Pete Morrisey
Jumping Jacks
1952
as Dogface Dolan
The San Francisco Story
1952
as Shorty
The Happy Time
1952
as Alfred Grattin
Aladdin and His Lamp
1952
as Mirza
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Harry Jordan
Cry Danger
1951
as Delong
The Stooge
1951
as Ben Bailey
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951
as Cpl. Frenchy
You're in the Navy Now
1951
as Ens. Chuck Dorrance
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Eddie McGuire
The Men
1950
as Leo
The Admiral Was a Lady
1950
as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
Easy Living
1949
as Buddy Morgan
Swiss Tour
1949
as Eddy
The Time of Your Life
1948
as Willie
That Way with Women
1947
as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
Wild Harvest
1947
as Mark Lewis
Nobody Lives Forever
1946
as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
Deception
1946
as Terry Spencer (uncredited)
Shadow of a Woman
1946
as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
Janie Gets Married
1946
as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
as Eddie (uncredited)
Danger Signal
1945
as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
Objective, Burma!
1945
as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
Too Young to Know
1945
as Tommy
Star in the Night
1945
as Middle Cowboy
The Very Thought of You
1944
as Soda Jerk
Janie
1944
as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Musical Movieland
1944
as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)