Richard Erdman
Known For
Acting
Born
1925-06-01 in 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 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.
Most Known For
Batman: The Animated Series
as Elliot (voice)
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Mr. Perl
Perry Mason
as Arthur Binney
Perry Mason
as Jim West
Perry Mason
as Charles (Monty) Montrose
Perry Mason
as Harry Niles
Perry Mason
as Ben Lucas
Perry Mason
as Jud Bennett
Murder, She Wrote
as Jonathan
Murder, She Wrote
as Eggman
Community
as Leonard
Cheers
as Duncan Fitzgerald
The Twilight Zone
as Patrick McNulty
DuckTales
as King Arty (voice)
DuckTales
as Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Slayton
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Vernon
Hogan's Heroes
as Walter Hobson
Quincy, M.E.
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Buck Brown