Richard Erdman
Born June 01, 1925 (Age: 100)
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Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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.
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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Filmography
The Pagemaster
1994
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as Pirate (voice)
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Age: 69
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
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as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 66
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
1990
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as
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Age: 65
Jesse
1988
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as Dr. Adams
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Age: 63
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
1988
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as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
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Age: 62
Valet Girls
1987
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as Waiter
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Age: 61
Stewardess School
1986
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as Attorney
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Age: 61
Tomboy
1985
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as Chester
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Age: 59
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
1981
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as Mr. Zeider
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Age: 55
Kate McShane
1975
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as Frederick de Fernando
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Age: 49
Mr. Majestyk
1974
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as Dick Richard
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Age: 49
Brothers O'Toole
1973
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as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
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Age: 47
Visions...
1972
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as Ellis
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Age: 47
The Great Man's Whiskers
1972
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as Joseph Somerby
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Age: 46
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
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as Colonel Edward F. French
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Age: 44
Rascal
1969
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as Walt Dabbett
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Age: 44
The Brass Bottle
1964
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as Seymour Jenks
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Age: 38
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
1963
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as Host and narrator
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Age: 37
Face of Fire
1959
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as Al Williams
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Age: 34
Saddle the Wind
1958
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as Dallas Hanson
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Age: 32
The Rawhide Trail
1958
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as Rupe Pardee
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Age: 32
The Power and the Prize
1956
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as Lester Everett
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Age: 31
Anything Goes
1956
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as Ed Brent
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Age: 30
Bengazi
1955
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as Selby
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Age: 30
Francis in the Navy
1955
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as Murph
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Age: 30
The Steel Lady
1953
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as Jim Evans
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Age: 28
Mission Over Korea
1953
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as Pvt. Swenson
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Age: 28
Stalag 17
1953
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as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
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Age: 27
The Blue Gardenia
1953
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as Al
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Age: 27
The Men
1950
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as Leo
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Age: 25
The Admiral Was a Lady
1950
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as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
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Age: 25
Too Young to Know
1945
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as Tommy
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Age: 20
Danger Signal
1945
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as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
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Age: 20
Star in the Night
1945
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as Middle Cowboy
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Age: 20
Objective, Burma!
1945
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as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
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Age: 19