1925-06-01 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.
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Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! | Self | 2021-02-13 |
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Meurtres à l'Empire State Building | Eddie Walker | 2008-08-14 |
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The Pagemaster | Pirate (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1991-10-28 |
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Jesse | Dr. Adams | 1988-10-04 |
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Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats | Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice) | 1988-03-20 |
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Valet Girls | Waiter | 1987-01-01 |
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Stewardess School | Attorney | 1986-08-01 |
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My Town | Fletcher Mays | 1986-05-25 |
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Tomboy | Chester | 1985-01-25 |
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Trancers | Drunken Wise Man | 1984-11-07 |
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The Secret World of OG | Pirate #1 | 1983-04-30 |
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Heidi's Song | Grimm (voice) | 1982-11-19 |
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Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge | Mr. Zeider | 1981-05-09 |
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Kate McShane | Frederick de Fernando | 1975-04-11 |
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Mr. Majestyk | Dick Richard (uncredited) | 1974-07-17 |
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Mr. Majestyk | Dick Richard | 1974-07-17 |
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Brothers O'Toole | Judge Quincey P. Trumbell | 1973-05-16 |
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The Great Man's Whiskers | Joseph Somerby | 1972-05-02 |
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Visions... | Ellis | 1972-10-10 |
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Tora! Tora! Tora! | Colonel Edward F. French | 1970-01-26 |
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Rascal | Walt Dabbett | 1969-06-11 |
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Namu, the Killer Whale | Deke | 1966-08-01 |
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The Brass Bottle | Seymour Jenks | 1964-05-20 |
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The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada | Host and narrator | 1963-01-01 |
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Face of Fire | Al Williams | 1959-08-09 |
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Saddle the Wind | Dallas Hanson | 1958-03-20 |
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The Rawhide Trail | Rupe Pardee | 1958-01-25 |
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Anything Goes | Ed Brent | 1956-04-27 |
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The Power and the Prize | Lester Everett | 1956-09-26 |
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Bengazi | Selby | 1955-09-14 |
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Francis in the Navy | Murph | 1955-08-24 |
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The Blue Gardenia | Al | 1953-03-20 |
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The Steel Lady | Jim Evans | 1953-10-09 |
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Mission Over Korea | Pvt. Swenson | 1953-08-01 |
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Stalag 17 | Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman | 1953-05-29 |
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Jumping Jacks | Dogface Dolan | 1952-06-11 |
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The San Francisco Story | Shorty | 1952-05-11 |
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Aladdin and His Lamp | Mirza | 1952-02-24 |
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The Happy Time | Alfred Grattin | 1952-10-30 |
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Cry Danger | Delong | 1951-02-23 |
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The Wild Blue Yonder | Cpl. Frenchy | 1951-12-05 |
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You're in the Navy Now | Ens. Chuck Dorrance | 1951-02-23 |
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The Stooge | Ben Bailey | 1951-11-15 |
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The Admiral Was a Lady | Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli | 1950-08-04 |
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The Men | Leo | 1950-08-25 |
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Swiss Tour | Eddy | 1949-11-29 |
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Easy Living | Buddy Morgan | 1949-10-08 |
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The Time of Your Life | Willie | 1948-09-03 |
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Wild Harvest | Mark Lewis | 1947-09-26 |
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That Way with Women | Eddie (as Dick Erdman) | 1947-02-14 |
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So You Want to Play the Horses | Eddie (uncredited) | 1946-10-05 |
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Shadow of a Woman | Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch | 1946-09-14 |
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Janie Gets Married | Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman) | 1946-06-22 |
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Nobody Lives Forever | Bellboy, The Marwood Arms | 1946-11-01 |
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Deception | Terry Spencer (uncredited) | 1946-10-26 |
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Too Young to Know | Tommy | 1945-12-01 |
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Danger Signal | Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman) | 1945-11-21 |
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Objective, Burma! | Pvt. Nebraska Hooper | 1945-02-17 |
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Star in the Night | Middle Cowboy | 1945-10-13 |
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Musical Movieland | Sailor with Tour (uncredited) | 1944-09-09 |
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Janie | Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman) | 1944-09-02 |
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The Very Thought of You | Soda Jerk | 1944-10-20 |
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Hollywood Canteen | Soldier on Deck (uncredited) | 1944-12-15 |
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Mr. Skeffington | Western Union Boy (uncredited) | 1944-05-25 |
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The Bag | John Harper |
