Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1925-06-01
- Day of Death2019-03-16 (93 years)
- Place of BirthEnid, Oklahoma, USA
- Also Known AsJohn Richard Erdmann Dick Erdman
Richard Erdman
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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2015
Dr. Ken
As: Richard Erdman
- 2009
Community
As: Leonard
- 2002
Boomtown
As: Kevin's Dad
- 2001
The Bernie Mac Show
As: Frank
- 1999
Judging Amy
As: Mr. Callahan
- 1998
Felicity
As: Howie
- 1994
The Pagemaster
As: Pirate (voice)
- 1992
Batman: The Animated Series
As: Elliot (voice)
- 1990
Wings
As: Howard Banks
- 1988
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
As: Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
- 1987
DuckTales
As: Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
- 1987
DuckTales
As: King Arty (voice)
- 1987
Valet Girls
As: Waiter
- 1986
Stewardess School
As: Attorney
- 1986
My Town
As: Fletcher Mays
- 1985
Tomboy
As: Chester
- 1984
Trancers
As: Drunken Wise Man
- 1984
Murder, She Wrote
As: Jonathan
- 1984
Murder, She Wrote
As: Eggman
- 1983
The Secret World of OG
As: Pirate #1
- 1982
Heidi's Song
As: Grimm (voice)
- 1982
Remington Steele
As: Bert the Coroner
- 1982
Cheers
As: Duncan Fitzgerald
- 1981
Space Stars
As: Additional Voices (voice)
- 1981
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
As: Mr. Zeider
- 1975
Kate McShane
As: Frederick de Fernando
- 1974
Mr. Majestyk
As: Dick Richard (uncredited)
- 1974
Mr. Majestyk
As: Dick Richard
- 1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
As: Slayton
- 1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
As: Vernon
- 1973
Brothers O'Toole
As: Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
- 1972
Visions...
As: Ellis
- 1972
The Great Man's Whiskers
As: Joseph Somerby
- 1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
As: Colonel Edward F. French
- 1969
Rascal
As: Walt Dabbett
- 1968
Here's Lucy
As: Clerk
- 1968
Mayberry R.F.D.
As: Frank Wylie
- 1967
Mr. Terrific
As: Manny
- 1966
Namu, the Killer Whale
As: Deke
- 1965
I Dream of Jeannie
As: Store Manager
- 1965
Hogan's Heroes
As: Walter Hobson
- 1965
The Wild Wild West
As: Mordecai Krone
- 1964
The Brass Bottle
As: Seymour Jenks
- 1963
Petticoat Junction
As: Colonel Millbank
- 1963
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
As: Host and narrator
- 1962
Saints and Sinners
As: Klugie
- 1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show
As: Buck Brown
- 1960
The Tab Hunter Show
As: Richard Fairfield III
- 1959
The Twilight Zone
As: Patrick McNulty
- 1959
Face of Fire
As: Al Williams
- 1958
Saddle the Wind
As: Dallas Hanson
- 1958
The Rawhide Trail
As: Rupe Pardee
- 1957
Perry Mason
As: Arthur Binney
- 1957
Perry Mason
As: Jim West
- 1957
Perry Mason
As: Charles (Monty) Montrose
- 1957
Perry Mason
As: Harry Niles
- 1957
Perry Mason
As: Ben Lucas
- 1957
Perry Mason
As: Jud Bennett
- 1956
Anything Goes
As: Ed Brent
- 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Charlie Brown
- 1955
Bengazi
As: Selby
- 1955
Francis in the Navy
As: Murph
- 1953
The Steel Lady
As: Jim Evans
- 1953
Where's Raymond?
As: Pete Morrisey
- 1953
Mission Over Korea
As: Pvt. Swenson
- 1953
Stalag 17
As: Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
- 1953
The Blue Gardenia
As: Al
- 1952
The Happy Time
As: Alfred Grattin
- 1952
Cavalcade of America
As: Harry Jordan
- 1952
Jumping Jacks
As: Dogface Dolan
- 1952
The San Francisco Story
As: Shorty
- 1952
Aladdin and His Lamp
As: Mirza
- 1951
The Wild Blue Yonder
As: Cpl. Frenchy
- 1951
The Stooge
As: Ben Bailey
- 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
As: Eddie McGuire
- 1951
Cry Danger
As: Delong
- 1951
You're in the Navy Now
As: Ens. Chuck Dorrance
- 1950
The Men
As: Leo
- 1950
The Admiral Was a Lady
As: Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
- 1949
Swiss Tour
As: Eddy
- 1949
Easy Living
As: Buddy Morgan
- 1948
The Time of Your Life
As: Willie
- 1947
Wild Harvest
As: Mark Lewis
- 1947
That Way with Women
As: Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
- 1946
Nobody Lives Forever
As: Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
- 1946
Deception
As: Terry Spencer (uncredited)
- 1946
Shadow of a Woman
As: Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
- 1946
Janie Gets Married
As: Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
- 1945
Too Young to Know
As: Tommy
- 1945
Danger Signal
As: Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
- 1945
Star in the Night
As: Middle Cowboy
- 1945
Objective, Burma!
As: Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
- 1944
Hollywood Canteen
As: Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
- 1944
The Very Thought of You
As: Soda Jerk
- 1944
Musical Movieland
As: Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
- 1944
Janie
As: Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
- 1944
Mr. Skeffington
As: Western Union Boy (uncredited)