Acting credits
115
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Richard Erdman
Acting
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Movies: 67Series: 51Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 9110
IMDb ID: nm0258757
Known for: Acting
Born: June 1, 1925
Died: March 16, 2019
Age: 93
Place of birth: Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2021
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.83
Wikidata: Q2149430
Also known as
John Richard Erdmann • Dick Erdman
Other jobs
Director (3)Co-Producer (1)Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Richard Erdman.
4.7
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self
2021 Movie
6.4
The Pagemaster
as Pirate (voice)
1994 Movie
5.0
The Dark Wind
Co-Producer
1992 Movie
7.7
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991 Movie
6.0
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
1990 Movie
7.0
Jesse
as Dr. Adams
1988 Movie
6.5
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
1988 Movie
3.3
Valet Girls
as Waiter
1987 Movie
4.8
Stewardess School
as Attorney
1986 Movie
My Town
as Fletcher Mays
1986 Movie
4.8
Tomboy
as Chester
1985 Movie
5.9
Trancers
as Drunken Wise Man
1984 Movie
4.2
The Secret World of Og
as Pirate #1
1983 Movie
6.0
Heidi's Song
as Herr Sessman (voice)
1982 Movie
5.5
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
as Mr. Zeider
1981 Movie
Kate McShane
as Frederick de Fernando
1975 Movie
6.8
Mr. Majestyk
as Dick Richard (uncredited)
1974 Movie
5.2
Brothers O'Toole
as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
1973 Movie
Visions...
as Ellis
1972 Movie
The Great Man's Whiskers
as Joseph Somerby
1972 Movie
4.3
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Director
1971 Movie
Teenage Tease
Director
1971 Movie
7.1
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Colonel Edward F. French
1970 Movie
The Bag
as John Harper
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Richard Erdman.
5.6
Dr. Ken
as Richard Erdman • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.1
Weird Loners
as Carl's Grandfather • 1 eps
2015 Series
8.0
Community
as Leonard • 53 eps
2009 Series
7.3
Joan of Arcadia
as Mr. Hanson • 1 eps
2003 Series
6.2
Boomtown
as Kevin's Dad • 1 eps
2002 Series
6.5
The Bernie Mac Show
as Frank • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.5
Judging Amy
as Mr. Callahan • 1 eps
1999 Series
6.6
Felicity
as Howie • 1 eps
1998 Series
8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
as Elliot (voice) • 1 eps
1992 Series
7.3
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Mr. Perl • 1 eps
1990 Series
6.9
Wings
as Howard Banks • 1 eps
1990 Series
5.0
She's the Sheriff
as Frank Rubin • 1 eps
1987 Series
7.7
DuckTales
as Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice) • 1 eps
1987 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Jonathan • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.1
Remington Steele
as Bert the Coroner • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.5
Cheers
as Duncan Fitzgerald • 1 eps
1982 Series
4.5
Cassie & Co.
as George Davenport • 1 eps
1982 Series
8.0
Space Stars
as Additional Voices (voice) • 66 eps
1981 Series
6.3
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Mr. Zeider • 2 eps
1978 Series
7.3
Lou Grant
3 eps
1977 Series
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1 eps
1976 Series
6.9
The Bionic Woman
1 eps
1976 Series
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Slayton • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.9
Police Story
1 eps
1973 Series