About
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...
Known for
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
Beverly Hills, 90210Series • 1990
CheersSeries • 1982
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
CommunitySeries • 2009
Remington SteeleSeries • 1982
Matinee TheaterSeries • 1955
Batman: The Animated SeriesSeries • 1992
Judging AmySeries • 1999
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959
Quincy, M.E.Series • 1976
WingsSeries • 1990
Petticoat JunctionSeries • 1963
Hogan's HeroesSeries • 1965
The Beverly HillbilliesSeries • 1962
The Six Million Dollar ManSeries • 1974
I Dream of JeannieSeries • 1965
DuckTalesSeries • 1987
The Dick Van Dyke ShowSeries • 1961
The Wild Wild WestSeries • 1965
Green AcresSeries • 1965
The Bernie Mac ShowSeries • 2001
Lou GrantSeries • 1977
FelicitySeries • 1998