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.
Buck Brown
Walter Hobson
Arthur Binney
Jim West
Charles (Monty) Montrose
Harry Niles
Ben Lucas
Jud Bennett
Jonathan
Eggman
Store Manager
Patrick McNulty
Howard Banks
Slayton
Vernon
Duncan Fitzgerald
Leonard
Elliot (voice)
Mordecai Krone
Frank
Mr. Callahan
Colonel Millbank
Clerk
Howie
Bert the Coroner
Frank Wylie
Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
King Arty (voice)
Charlie Brown
Additional Voices (voice)
Harry Jordan
Richard Erdman
Pete Morrisey
Manny
Kevin's Dad
Eddie McGuire
Carl's Grandfather
Klugie
Richard Fairfield III
Pirate (voice)
Colonel Edward F. French
Drunken Wise Man
Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
Chester
Dick Richard (uncredited)
Dick Richard
Self
Attorney
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Terry Spencer (uncredited)
Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
Walt Dabbett
Mr. Zeider
Willie
Al
Ben Bailey
Dallas Hanson
Murph
Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
Waiter
Buddy Morgan
Deke
Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
Leo
Herr Sessman (voice)
Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
Dogface Dolan
Lester Everett
Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
Delong
Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Seymour Jenks
Ens. Chuck Dorrance
actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ed Brent
Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Soda Jerk
Jim Evans
Eddie Walker
Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
Dr. Adams
Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
Pvt. Swenson
Shorty
Alfred Grattin
Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
Ellis
Al Williams
Mark Lewis
Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
Tommy
Frederick de Fernando
Selby
Eddy
Mirza
Joseph Somerby
Fletcher Mays
Rupe Pardee
Eddie (uncredited)
Cpl. Frenchy
Middle Cowboy
Pirate #1
John Harper
Host and narrator