Richard Erdman Autographs
John Richard Erdman (June 1, 1925 – March 16, 2019) was an American character actor and occasional film and television director. He appeared in more than 160 films and television productions between 1944 and 2017, mostly in supporting roles. He is most known for his roles in the classic films Stalag 17 (1953) and Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). In his final years, Erdman found renewed fame through his portrayal of Leonard Briggs in the comedy series Community (2009–2015).
John Richard Erdman was born on June 1, 1925, in Enid, Oklahoma, and grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His father abandoned the family when he was a child. During his youth, he worked as a paper boy for the Colorado Springs Evening Telegraph. A stage director named Newton Winburne encouraged him to try his luck in Hollywood.
Two of Erdman's first roles were in the films Mr. Skeffington, starring Bette Davis and Claude Rains and Janie, starring Joyce Reynolds. After a few smaller roles he achieved success as a character actor in supporting roles. In a career that spanned seven decades, his best-known roles are that of the barracks chief Hoffy in Stalag 17, and the garrulous, tedious barfly McNulty in the Twilight Zone episode "A Kind of a Stopwatch". He also appeared in The Men (1950) with Marlon Brando and the film noir Cry Danger (1951) with Dick Powell and Rhonda Fleming. In Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) he played Colonel Edward F. French, the officer who responded to the failure to transmit the warning to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In the CBS TV series Perry Mason he played as murder victim Arthur Binney in the 1958 episode "The Case of the Gilded Lily". He later played the role of murderer in "The Case of the Absent Artist" (1962), "The Case of the Antic Angel" (1964), and "The Case of the Vanishing Victim" (1966).
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Current items with a signature of Richard Erdman
These are the most current items with a signature of Richard Erdman that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Richard Erdman Autographed Photo & Index Card, TV & Movie Actor | $9.99 |  |
| Richard Erdman Autographed Photo & Index Card, TV & Movie Actor | $9.99 | |
Traded items with a signature of Richard Erdman
The most expensive item with a signature of Richard Erdman (2009 Twilight Zone RICHARD ERDMAN A-109 autographed RITTENHOUSE) was sold in April 2026 for $70.98 while the cheapest item (Richard Erdman Autographed 8 X 10 Picture B/W Stalag 17 EC) found a new owner for $0.99 in January 2017. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2025 with an average selling price of $9.99 for an autographed item of Richard Erdman. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2021 with $28.77 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was January 2017. In average, an autographed item from Richard Erdman is worth $9.99.
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