Richard Erdman

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Richard Erdman

Acting June 1, 1925

Enid, Oklahoma, USA

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 o…

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8.0 2009 TV Show
Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series

8.6 1992 TV Show
Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

7.3 1990 TV Show
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

8.5 1959 TV Show
Cheers

Cheers

7.6 1982 TV Show
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show
I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie

7.8 1965 TV Show
Perry Mason

Perry Mason

7.7 1957 TV Show
DuckTales

DuckTales

7.7 1987 TV Show
The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

7.3 1974 TV Show
The Pagemaster

The Pagemaster

6.4 1994 Movie
Wings

Wings

6.9 1990 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

    Movie Self

  2. 2015
    Dr. Ken

    TV show Richard Erdman

  3. 2015
    Weird Loners

    TV show Carl's Grandfather

  4. 2009
    Community

    TV show Leonard

  5. 2008
    Empire State Building Murders

    Movie Eddie Walker

  6. 2003
    Joan of Arcadia

    TV show Mr. Hanson

  7. 2002
    Boomtown

    TV show Kevin's Dad

  8. 2001
    The Bernie Mac Show

    TV show Frank

  9. 1999
    Judging Amy

    TV show Mr. Callahan

  10. 1998
    Felicity

    TV show Howie

  11. 1994
    The Pagemaster

    Movie Pirate (voice)

  12. 1992
    Batman: The Animated Series

    TV show Elliot (voice)

  13. 1992
    The Dark Wind

    Movie Co-Producer

  14. 1991
    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Movie actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  15. 1990
    Beverly Hills, 90210

    TV show Mr. Perl

  16. 1990
    Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes

    Movie

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  1. 1990
    Wings

    TV show Howard Banks

  2. 1988
    Jesse

    Movie Dr. Adams

  3. 1988
    Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

    Movie Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)

  4. 1987
    She's the Sheriff

    TV show Frank Rubin

  5. 1987
    DuckTales

    TV show Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)

  6. 1987
    Valet Girls

    Movie Waiter

  7. 1986
    Stewardess School

    Movie Attorney

  8. 1986
    My Town

    Movie Fletcher Mays

  9. 1985
    Tomboy

    Movie Chester

  10. 1984
    Trancers

    Movie Drunken Wise Man

  11. 1984
    Murder, She Wrote

    TV show Jonathan

  12. 1983
    The Secret World of Og

    Movie Pirate #1

  13. 1982
    Heidi's Song

    Movie Herr Sessman (voice)

  14. 1982
    Remington Steele

    TV show Bert the Coroner

  15. 1982
    Cheers

    TV show Duncan Fitzgerald

  16. 1982
    Cassie & Co.

    TV show George Davenport

  17. 1981
    Space Stars

    TV show Additional Voices (voice)

  18. 1980
    Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge

    Movie Mr. Zeider

  19. 1978
    The Amazing Spider-Man

    TV show Mr. Zeider

  20. 1977
    Lou Grant

    TV show

  21. 1976
    Quincy, M.E.

    TV show

  22. 1976
    The Bionic Woman

    TV show

  23. 1975
    Kate McShane

    Movie Frederick de Fernando

  24. 1974
    Mr. Majestyk

    Movie Dick Richard (uncredited)