Richard Erdman
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-06-01 (94 years old)
Deathday
2019-03-16
Place of Birth
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Also known As
John 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 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 ...
Acting
1953
as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
1985
as Chester
1950
as Leo
1970
as Colonel Edward F. French
1953
as Al
1951
as Delong
1946
as Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
1945
as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
1946
as Terry Spencer (uncredited)
1994
as Pirate (voice)
1952
as Dogface Dolan
1945
as Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
1950
as Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
1955
as Murph
1946
as Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
1981
as Mr. Zeider
2008
as Eddie Walker
1969
as Walt Dabbett
1966
as Deke
1982
as Herr Sessman (voice)
1951
as Ben Bailey
1949
as Buddy Morgan
1949
as Eddy
1972
as Ellis
1947
as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
1951
as Cpl. Frenchy
1983
as Pirate #1
1952
as Shorty
1944
as Soda Jerk
1952
as Alfred Grattin
1946
as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
1944
as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
1986
as Fletcher Mays
1948
as Willie
1988
as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
1951
as Ens. Chuck Dorrance
1955
as Selby
1986
as Attorney
1975
as Frederick de Fernando
1958
as Dallas Hanson
1958
as Rupe Pardee
1964
as Seymour Jenks
1953
as Jim Evans
1953
as Pvt. Swenson
1945
as Tommy
1944
as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
1959
as Al Williams
1974
as Dick Richard (uncredited)
1944
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1947
as Mark Lewis
1984
as Drunken Wise Man
1987
as Waiter
1956
as Ed Brent
1974
as Dick Richard
1952
as Mirza
1946
as Eddie (uncredited)
1991
as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
1972
as Joseph Somerby
1945
as Middle Cowboy
1973
as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
1963
as Host and narrator
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as John Harper
1956
as Lester Everett
1988
as Dr. Adams
Production
1992
as Co-Producer
1971
as Director
1971
as Director
1973
as Director
1963
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