- Richard Erdman
Richard Erdman (born Richard Erdmann
June 1 ,1925 inEnid, Oklahoma ) is an Americanfilm andtelevision actor and director.Notable Roles
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 toPearl Harbor using Army radio to instead use commercial telegraph rather than using the Navy orFBI radio systems.Erdman appeared as the blackmailing victim, Arthur Binney, in the
Perry Mason first season TV episode "The Case Of The Gilded Lily" [main|List of Perry Mason episodes] aired May, 24, 1958.In 1990 Erdman appeared on the TV series "Wings", episode "Around the World in Eighty Years" as Howard Banks.
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