John Ericson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 23, 1926
- Died
- May 3, 2020 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Ericson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Movie · as Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
Primary Target
Movie
Final Mission
Movie · as The Colonel
Airwolf
TV · as Dr. Karl Krüger · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Henderson Wheatley · 1 ep
The A-Team
TV · as Calvin Cutter · 1 ep
Knight Rider
TV · as Phillip Royce · 1 ep
Nero Wolfe
TV · as Arthur Poor · 1 ep
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
Movie · as George Ross
The House of the Dead
Movie · as Talmudge
CHiPs
TV · as John Ericson (uncredited), Captain Burke · 1 ep
Crash!
Movie · as Dr. Gregg Martin
Hustler Squad
Movie
S.W.A.T.
TV · 1 ep
One Day at a Time
TV · as Clint Wilkens · 1 ep
Barbary Coast
TV · as Mike McCord · 1 ep
Hog Wild
Movie · as Morris Melborne
Murder Impossible
Movie · as Murray
Hawkins
TV · as Frank Pearson · 1 ep
The Bounty Man
Movie · as Billy Riddle
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · as Shelby · 1 ep
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Movie · as Col. Heller
Heads or Tails
Movie · as William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
The Bamboo Saucer
Movie · as Fred Norwood
The Destructors
Movie · as Dutch Holland
The Vengeance of Pancho Villa
Movie · as Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
The Money Jungle
Movie · as Blake Heller
Ironside
TV · as Fred · 1 ep
The Invaders
TV · as Hardy Smith · 1 ep
Operation Atlantis
Movie · as George Steele
Honey West
TV · as Sam Bolt · 30 eps
The F.B.I.
TV · as Sgt. Paul Devlin · 1 ep
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Movie · as Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
I Am Semiramis
Movie · as Kir
The Fugitive
TV · as Lars · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Jack Bonham · 1 ep
Under Ten Flags
Movie · as Lieutenant Krüger
Pretty Boy Floyd
Movie · as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV · as Ray · 1 ep
The David Niven Show
TV · as Twist Thompson · 1 ep
Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Jeff Hazen · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Vince Dagen, Wade Hollister · 1 ep
Day of the Badman
Movie · as Sheriff Barney Wiley
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV · as Brom Bones, Hiawatha · 1 ep
Forty Guns
Movie · as Brockie Drummond
Oregon Passage
Movie · as Lt. Niles Ord
Wagon Train
TV · 1 ep
The Restless Gun
TV · 2 eps
The Cruel Tower
Movie · as Tom Kittredge
Heritage of Anger
Movie · as Johnny Hanneman
Playhouse 90
TV · 2 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Will Ruxton, Lane Baker, Linc Mallory, Andy McCall · 1 ep
Bad Day at Black Rock
Movie · as Pete Wirth
The Return of Jack Slade
Movie · as Jack Slade
Star Stage
TV · 1 ep
Appointment with Adventure
TV · 1 ep
The Millionaire
TV · as Sgt. Peter Barkley · 1 ep
The Student Prince
Movie · as Count Von Asterburg
Green Fire
Movie · as Donald Knowland
Rhapsody
Movie · as James Guest
Great Lady Has an Interview
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)
Climax!
TV · as William Herrick, Lindy Jackson, Cameron Lacey · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Morris Melborne · 2 eps
General Electric Theater
TV · as Red, Wonder Boy Nick · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Will Hadley, Roy Hendricks, Carl Stanton · 1 ep
The United States Steel Hour
TV · 1 ep
Cavalcade of America
TV · as Leon Patterson, Joe Loring · 1 ep
It's a Big Country
Movie · as Naval Ensign (uncredited)
Teresa
Movie · as Philip Cass
Out There
TV · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger, Eddie Markham, Paul · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Mike · 1 ep
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
Studio One
TV · as Anderson · 1 ep
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · as Matt Wilson · 1 ep