Richard Erdman

Richard Erdman

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...

Known For

Stalag 17

as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman

The Pagemaster

as Pirate (voice)

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Colonel Edward F. French

Cast Credits

The Pagemaster

as Pirate (voice)

Jesse

as Dr. Adams

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)

Valet Girls

as Waiter

My Town

as Fletcher Mays

Tomboy

as Chester

Trancers

as Drunken Wise Man

Heidi's Song

as Herr Sessman (voice)

Kate McShane

as Frederick de Fernando

Mr. Majestyk

as Dick Richard (uncredited)

Brothers O'Toole

as Judge Quincey P. Trumbell

Visions...

as Ellis

The Great Man's Whiskers

as Joseph Somerby

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Colonel Edward F. French

Rascal

as Walt Dabbett

The Brass Bottle

as Seymour Jenks

Face of Fire

as Al Williams

Saddle the Wind

as Dallas Hanson

The Rawhide Trail

as Rupe Pardee

The Power and the Prize

as Lester Everett

Anything Goes

as Ed Brent

Bengazi

as Selby

The Steel Lady

as Jim Evans

Crew Credits