As Actor
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
1988
6.5
Richard Erdman
Acting
Born
June 1, 1925
Place of Birth
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Deceased
March 16, 2019
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.
The Filmography
As Actor
Tomboy
1985
4.8
As Actor
The Secret World of Og
1983
4.2
As Actor
Heidi's Song
1982
6.0
As Actor
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
1979
5.4
As Actor, As Director
Brothers O'Toole
1973
5.2
As Director
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
4.7
As Actor
Rascal
1969
5.8
As Actor
The Brass Bottle
1964
6.1
As Actor
Face of Fire
1959
5.6
As Actor
Saddle the Wind
1958
6.5
As Actor
The Power and the Prize
1956
5.5
As Actor
Bengazi
1955
3.4
As Actor
Francis in the Navy
1955
5.5
As Actor
Mission Over Korea
1953
3.0
As Actor
Stalag 17
1953
7.7
As Actor
The Blue Gardenia
1953
6.6
As Actor
The Happy Time
1952
6.3
As Actor
Jumping Jacks
1952
6.3
As Actor
The San Francisco Story
1952
4.8