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Richard Erdman

Acting
Known For

93 Years Old

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.

Born

Enid, Oklahoma, USA on 1st June 1925

Died

16th March 2019

All Credits

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