credits of
Richard Erdman
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
February 13th, 2021 | Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! | Self | 4.7 | |
August 14th, 2008 | Empire State Building Murders | Eddie Walker | TBD | |
November 23rd, 1994 | The Pagemaster | Pirate (voice) | 6.4 | |
October 28th, 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 8 | |
September 27th, 1990 | Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes | TBD | 6 | |
October 4th, 1988 | Jesse | Dr. Adams | 8.5 | |
March 20th, 1988 | Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats | Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice) | 6.7 | |
January 1st, 1987 | Valet Girls | Waiter | 4.3 | |
August 1st, 1986 | Stewardess School | Attorney | 4.9 | |
May 25th, 1986 | My Town | Fletcher Mays | 7 | |
January 25th, 1985 | Tomboy | Chester | 4.9 | |
November 7th, 1984 | Trancers | Drunken Wise Man | 5.9 | |
April 30th, 1983 | The Secret World of Og | Pirate #1 | 5.6 | |
November 19th, 1982 | Heidi's Song | Herr Sessman (voice) | 6.3 | |
May 9th, 1981 | Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge | Mr. Zeider | 5.5 | |
April 11th, 1975 | Kate McShane | Frederick de Fernando | 7 | |
July 17th, 1974 | Mr. Majestyk | Dick Richard (uncredited) | 6.8 | |
July 17th, 1974 | Mr. Majestyk | Dick Richard | 6.8 | |
May 16th, 1973 | Brothers O'Toole | Judge Quincey P. Trumbell | 6 | |
October 10th, 1972 | Visions... | Ellis | 10 | |
May 2nd, 1972 | The Great Man's Whiskers | Joseph Somerby | 8 | |
January 26th, 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Colonel Edward F. French | 7.2 | |
June 11th, 1969 | Rascal | Walt Dabbett | 6 | |
August 1st, 1966 | Namu, the Killer Whale | Deke | 5.3 | |
May 20th, 1964 | The Brass Bottle | Seymour Jenks | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 1963 | The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada | Host and narrator | TBD | |
August 9th, 1959 | Face of Fire | Al Williams | 5.8 | |
March 20th, 1958 | Saddle the Wind | Dallas Hanson | 6.7 | |
January 25th, 1958 | The Rawhide Trail | Rupe Pardee | 8 | |
September 26th, 1956 | The Power and the Prize | Lester Everett | 6.3 | |
April 27th, 1956 | Anything Goes | Ed Brent | 6 | |
September 14th, 1955 | Bengazi | Selby | 4.2 | |
August 24th, 1955 | Francis in the Navy | Murph | 5.6 | |
October 9th, 1953 | The Steel Lady | Jim Evans | 6.6 | |
August 1st, 1953 | Mission Over Korea | Pvt. Swenson | 6 | |
May 29th, 1953 | Stalag 17 | Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman | 7.7 | |
March 20th, 1953 | The Blue Gardenia | Al | 6.5 | |
October 30th, 1952 | The Happy Time | Alfred Grattin | 6.5 | |
June 11th, 1952 | Jumping Jacks | Dogface Dolan | 6.5 | |
May 11th, 1952 | The San Francisco Story | Shorty | 4.9 | |
February 24th, 1952 | Aladdin and His Lamp | Mirza | 9 | |
December 5th, 1951 | The Wild Blue Yonder | Cpl. Frenchy | 7 | |
November 15th, 1951 | The Stooge | Ben Bailey | 6.7 | |
February 23rd, 1951 | Cry Danger | Delong | 6.7 | |
February 23rd, 1951 | You're in the Navy Now | Ens. Chuck Dorrance | 5.1 | |
August 25th, 1950 | The Men | Leo | 7 | |
August 4th, 1950 | The Admiral Was a Lady | Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli | 6.4 | |
November 29th, 1949 | Swiss Tour | Eddy | 9 | |
October 8th, 1949 | Easy Living | Buddy Morgan | 5.7 | |
September 3rd, 1948 | The Time of Your Life | Willie | 6 | |
September 26th, 1947 | Wild Harvest | Mark Lewis | 7 | |
February 14th, 1947 | That Way with Women | Eddie (as Dick Erdman) | 6.7 | |
November 1st, 1946 | Nobody Lives Forever | Bellboy, The Marwood Arms | 6.4 | |
October 26th, 1946 | Deception | Terry Spencer (uncredited) | 6.7 | |
October 5th, 1946 | So You Want to Play the Horses | Eddie (uncredited) | 6.3 | |
September 14th, 1946 | Shadow of a Woman | Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch | 4.5 | |
June 22nd, 1946 | Janie Gets Married | Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman) | 7.3 | |
December 1st, 1945 | Too Young to Know | Tommy | 7 | |
November 21st, 1945 | Danger Signal | Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman) | 6 | |
October 13th, 1945 | Star in the Night | Middle Cowboy | 7.5 | |
February 17th, 1945 | Objective, Burma! | Pvt. Nebraska Hooper | 6.8 | |
December 15th, 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Soldier on Deck (uncredited) | 7.3 | |
October 20th, 1944 | The Very Thought of You | Soda Jerk | 6.4 | |
September 9th, 1944 | Musical Movieland | Sailor with Tour (uncredited) | 7.5 | |
September 2nd, 1944 | Janie | Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman) | 6 | |
May 25th, 1944 | Mr. Skeffington | Western Union Boy (uncredited) | 6.8 | |
TBD | The Bag | John Harper | TBD |