John Ericson
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
Credits
- 2002 · The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
- 1990 · Primary Target as
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Henderson Wheatley
- 1984 · Final Mission as The Colonel
- 1984 · Airwolf as Dr. Karl Krüger
- 1983 · The A-Team as Calvin Cutter
- 1982 · Knight Rider as Phillip Royce
- 1981 · Nero Wolfe as Arthur Poor
- 1980 · The Ghosts of Buxley Hall as George Ross
- 1978 · The House of the Dead as Talmudge
- 1977 · CHiPs as John Ericson (uncredited)
- 1977 · CHiPs as Captain Burke
- 1976 · Crash! as Dr. Gregg Martin
- 1976 · Hustler Squad as
- 1975 · One Day at a Time as Clint Wilkens
- 1975 · Barbary Coast as Mike McCord
- 1975 · S.W.A.T. as
- 1974 · Murder Impossible as Murray
- 1974 · Hog Wild as Morris Melborne
- 1973 · Hawkins as Frank Pearson
- 1972 · The Bounty Man as Billy Riddle
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as Shelby
- 1971 · Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Col. Heller
- 1969 · Heads or Tails as William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
- 1968 · The Bamboo Saucer as Fred Norwood
- 1968 · The Destructors as Dutch Holland
- 1967 · The Money Jungle as Blake Heller
- 1967 · The Vengeance of Pancho Villa as Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
- 1967 · Ironside as Fred
- 1967 · The Invaders as Hardy Smith
- 1965 · Operation Atlantis as George Steele
- 1965 · Honey West as Sam Bolt
- 1964 · 7 Faces of Dr. Lao as Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Lars
- 1963 · I Am Semiramis as Kir
- 1962 · The Virginian as Jack Bonham
- 1960 · Under Ten Flags as Lieutenant Krüger
- 1960 · The Chevy Mystery Show as Ray
- 1960 · Pretty Boy Floyd as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
- 1959 · Adventures in Paradise as Jeff Hazen
- 1959 · Bonanza as Vince Dagen
- 1959 · The David Niven Show as Twist Thompson
- 1958 · Day of the Badman as Sheriff Barney Wiley
- 1958 · Shirley Temple's Storybook as
- 1957 · Oregon Passage as Lt. Niles Ord
- 1957 · The Restless Gun as
- 1957 · Wagon Train as
- 1957 · Forty Guns as Brockie Drummond
- 1956 · The Cruel Tower as Tom Kittredge
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Will Ruxton
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Lane Baker
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Linc Mallory
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Andy McCall
- 1956 · Playhouse 90 as
- 1955 · The Return of Jack Slade as Jack Slade
- 1955 · Star Stage as
- 1955 · Appointment with Adventure as
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Sgt. Peter Barkley
- 1955 · Bad Day at Black Rock as Pete Wirth
- 1954 · Green Fire as Donald Knowland
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Morris Melborne
- 1954 · Climax! as William Herrick
- 1954 · Climax! as Lindy Jackson
- 1954 · Climax! as Cameron Lacey
- 1954 · The Student Prince as Count Von Asterburg
- 1954 · Rhapsody as James Guest
- 1954 · Great Lady Has an Interview as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1953 · The United States Steel Hour as
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Will Hadley
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Roy Hendricks
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Carl Stanton
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Red
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Wonder Boy Nick
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as Leon Patterson
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as Joe Loring
- 1951 · It's a Big Country as Naval Ensign (uncredited)
- 1951 · Out There as
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Eddie Markham
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Paul
- 1951 · Teresa as Philip Cass
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Mike
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as