Richard Erdman
Acting
Born: 1925-06-01 · Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 2019-03-16
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
Self
Empire State Building Murders
2008
Eddie Walker
The Pagemaster
1994
Pirate (voice)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
1990
Jesse
1988
Dr. Adams
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
1988
Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
Valet Girls
1987
Waiter
Stewardess School
1986
Attorney
My Town
1986
Fletcher Mays
Tomboy
1985
Chester
Trancers
1984
Drunken Wise Man
The Secret World of Og
1983
Pirate #1
Heidi's Song
1982
Herr Sessman (voice)
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
1981
Mr. Zeider
Kate McShane
1975
Frederick de Fernando
Mr. Majestyk
1974
Dick Richard (uncredited)
Mr. Majestyk
1974
Dick Richard
Brothers O'Toole
1973
Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
Visions...
1972
Ellis
📺 TV Shows (20)
Dr. Ken
2015
Richard Erdman
Weird Loners
2015
Carl's Grandfather
Community
2009
Leonard
Joan of Arcadia
2003
Mr. Hanson
Boomtown
2002
Kevin's Dad
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
Frank
Judging Amy
1999
Mr. Callahan
Felicity
1998
Howie
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Elliot (voice)
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
Mr. Perl
Wings
1990
Howard Banks
She's the Sheriff
1987
Frank Rubin
DuckTales
1987
King Arty (voice)
DuckTales
1987
Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Jonathan
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Eggman
Remington Steele
1982
Bert the Coroner
Cheers
1982
Duncan Fitzgerald
Cassie & Co.
1982
George Davenport
Space Stars
1981
Additional Voices (voice)