Name
John Ericson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1926-09-23
Deathday
2020-05-03 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Düsseldorf, Germany
Biography
John Ericson (sometimes Erickson; born Joachim Alexander Ottokar Meibes; September 25, 1926 - May 3, 2020) was a German-American actor and film and television star. He trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, played the lead role in Stalag 17 by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski on Broadway (1951). He went on to make a number of films for MGM in quick succession in the 1950s. His first appearance was in Teresa (1951), directed by Fred Zinnemann, which also launched the film careers of Pier Angeli and Rod Steiger. He then went on to appear in a series of films which included Rhapsody, The Student Prince, Green Fire (all in 1954), and Bad Day at Black Rock (1955).
His career continued, mostly on television, for the next thirty years. He appeared in the lead role in "The Peter Bartley Story" of CBS's fantasy drama, The Millionaire. Child actor Johnny Washbrook appeared in the same episode in a flashback segment of Ericson as a boy. He appeared with Dorothy Malone in the January 1, 1956, episode entitled "Mutiny" of CBS's Appointment with Adventure. He guest-starred in 1958 in the NBC western series The Restless Gun, starring John Payne. He also guest-starred in the 1961 ABC crime drama, Target: The Corruptors! In 1965-1966, he co-starred with Anne Francis in the detective series Honey West. He occasionally appeared in such films as Pretty Boy Floyd (1960), 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964), and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971).
He was married twice and had two children from his first marriage to Milly Coury.
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- 1951 It's a Big Country as Naval Ensign (uncredited)
- 1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Col. Heller
- 1968 The Bamboo Saucer as Fred Norwood
- 1964 7 Faces of Dr. Lao as Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
- 1955 Bad Day at Black Rock as Pete Wirth
- 1957 Forty Guns as Brockie Drummond
- 1963 I Am Semiramis as Kir
- 1974 Hog Wild as Morris Melborne
- 1956 The Cruel Tower as Tom Kittredge
- 1954 The Student Prince as Count Von Asterburg
- 1954 Green Fire as Donald Knowland
- 1978 The House of the Dead as Talmudge
- 1954 Rhapsody as James Guest
- 1976 Crash! as Dr. Gregg Martin
- 1960 Under Ten Flags as Lieutenant Krüger
- 1969 Heads or Tails as William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
- 1967 The Vengeance of Pancho Villa as Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
- 1951 Teresa as Philip Cass
- 1955 The Return of Jack Slade as Jack Slade
- 1968 The Destructors as Dutch Holland
- 2002 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
- 1974 Murder Impossible as Murray
- 1984 Final Mission as The Colonel
- 1957 Oregon Passage as Lt. Niles Ord
- 1976 Hustler Squad
- 1980 The Ghosts of Buxley Hall as George Ross
- 1967 The Money Jungle as Blake Heller
- 1965 Operation Atlantis as George Steele
- 1958 Day of the Badman as Sheriff Barney Wiley
- 1972 The Bounty Man as Billy Riddle
- 1960 Pretty Boy Floyd as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
- 1990 Primary Target
- 1954 Great Lady Has an Interview as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1956 Heritage of Anger as Johnny Hanneman
- 1973 Hawkins ( 1 episode ) as Frank Pearson
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Lars
- 1975 S.W.A.T. ( 1 episode )
- 1965 Honey West ( 30 episodes ) as Sam Bolt
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Fred
- 1983 The A-Team ( 1 episode ) as Calvin Cutter
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Mike
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Sgt. Peter Barkley
- 1956 Playhouse 90 ( 2 episodes )
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Will Hadley
- 1955 Appointment with Adventure ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Adventures in Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Jeff Hazen
- 1952 Cavalcade of America ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger
- 1959 The David Niven Show ( 1 episode ) as Twist Thompson
- 1955 Star Stage ( 1 episode )
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as William Herrick
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode )
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Will Ruxton
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Out There ( 1 episode )
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Red
- 1957 The Restless Gun ( 2 episodes )
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Roy Hendricks
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Carl Stanton
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Wonder Boy Nick
- 1981 Nero Wolfe ( 1 episode ) as Arthur Poor
- 1952 Cavalcade of America ( 1 episode ) as Leon Patterson
- 1952 Cavalcade of America ( 1 episode ) as Joe Loring
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Eddie Markham
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Paul
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 2 episodes )
- 1977 CHiPs ( 1 episode ) as John Ericson (uncredited)
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Lane Baker
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Linc Mallory
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Andy McCall
- 1960 The Chevy Mystery Show ( 1 episode ) as Ray
- 1982 Knight Rider ( 1 episode ) as Phillip Royce
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Vince Dagen
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Jack Bonham
- 1984 Airwolf ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Karl Krüger
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 2 episodes ) as Morris Melborne
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Lindy Jackson
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Cameron Lacey
- 1953 The United States Steel Hour ( 1 episode )
- 1977 CHiPs ( 1 episode ) as Captain Burke
- 1975 One Day at a Time ( 1 episode ) as Clint Wilkens
- 1972 The Streets of San Francisco ( 1 episode ) as Shelby
- 1967 The Invaders ( 1 episode ) as Hardy Smith
- 1975 Barbary Coast ( 1 episode ) as Mike McCord
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Henderson Wheatley
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Sgt. Paul Devlin
- 1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook ( 1 episode ) as Brom Bones
- 1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook ( 1 episode ) as Hiawatha
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Anderson
- 1947 Kraft Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Matt Wilson
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Wade Hollister
