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John Ericson

John Ericson

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 23, 1926
Died May 03, 2020 (93)
Birthplace Düsseldorf, Germany
Popularity 1.0 (history)
Updated Apr 01, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

Known For

Filmography

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002

as Brockie Drummond (archive footage)

Final Mission

Final Mission

1984

as The Colonel

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

1980

as George Ross

The House of the Dead

The House of the Dead

1978

as Talmudge

Crash!

Crash!

1976

as Dr. Gregg Martin

Hog Wild

Hog Wild

1974

as Morris Melborne

Murder Impossible

Murder Impossible

1974

as Murray

The Bounty Man

The Bounty Man

1972

as Billy Riddle

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

as Col. Heller

The Bamboo Saucer

The Bamboo Saucer

1968

as Fred Norwood

The Destructors

The Destructors

1968

as Dutch Holland

The Money Jungle

The Money Jungle

1967

as Blake Heller

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

1964

as Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan

Pretty Boy Floyd

Pretty Boy Floyd

1960

as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd

Day of the Badman

Day of the Badman

1958

as Sheriff Barney Wiley

Oregon Passage

Oregon Passage

1957

as Lt. Niles Ord

Forty Guns

Forty Guns

1957

as Brockie Drummond

The Cruel Tower

The Cruel Tower

1956

as Tom Kittredge

The Return of Jack Slade

The Return of Jack Slade

1955

as Jack Slade

Bad Day at Black Rock

Bad Day at Black Rock

1955

as Pete Wirth

The Student Prince

The Student Prince

1954

as Count Von Asterburg

Rhapsody

Rhapsody

1954

as James Guest

Green Fire

Green Fire

1954

as Donald Knowland

Teresa

Teresa

1951

as Philip Cass

It's a Big Country

It's a Big Country

1951

as Naval Ensign (uncredited)

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Honey West

as Sam Bolt

Episodes: 30

First Aired: Sep 17, 1965

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Morris Melborne

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 27, 1954

Climax!

as Cameron Lacey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

Hawkins

as Frank Pearson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 13, 1973

The Fugitive

as Lars

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

Ironside

as Fred

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

The A-Team

as Calvin Cutter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 1983

Climax!

as William Herrick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Will Ruxton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

The David Niven Show

as Twist Thompson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 07, 1959

Letter to Loretta

as Will Hadley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1953

The Millionaire

as Sgt. Peter Barkley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1955

Lux Video Theatre

as Mike

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Adventures in Paradise

as Jeff Hazen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1959

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

General Electric Theater

as Red

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Letter to Loretta

as Roy Hendricks

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1953

Letter to Loretta

as Carl Stanton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1953

General Electric Theater

as Wonder Boy Nick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Nero Wolfe

as Arthur Poor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 1981

Cavalcade of America

as Leon Patterson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1952

Cavalcade of America

as Joe Loring

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1952

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Eddie Markham

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Paul

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

CHiPs

as John Ericson (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1977

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Linc Mallory

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Lane Baker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Andy McCall

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

The Chevy Mystery Show

as Ray

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 29, 1960

Knight Rider

as Phillip Royce

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1982

Bonanza

as Vince Dagen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

The Virginian

as Jack Bonham

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Airwolf

as Dr. Karl Krüger

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 1984

Climax!

as Lindy Jackson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

CHiPs

as Captain Burke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1977

One Day at a Time

as Clint Wilkens

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 16, 1975

The Streets of San Francisco

as Shelby

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1972

The Invaders

as Hardy Smith

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1967

Barbary Coast

as Mike McCord

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1975

Murder, She Wrote

as Henderson Wheatley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

The F.B.I.

as Sgt. Paul Devlin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Brom Bones

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1958

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Hiawatha

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1958

Playhouse 90

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 04, 1956

The Restless Gun

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 23, 1957

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

S.W.A.T.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 24, 1975

Star Stage

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1955

Wagon Train

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1957

The Philco Television Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1948

Appointment with Adventure

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 03, 1955

Cavalcade of America

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1952

Out There

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 28, 1951

The United States Steel Hour

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 27, 1953

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