John Ericson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 23, 1926
- Died
- May 3, 2020 (aged 93)
- Place of birth
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- Credits
- 75
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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Known for
Filmography
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002Movie
Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
Primary Target
1990Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Henderson Wheatley
Final Mission
1984Movie
The Colonel
Airwolf
1984TV
Dr. Karl Krüger
The A-Team
1983TV
Calvin Cutter
Knight Rider
1982TV
Phillip Royce
Nero Wolfe
1981TV
Arthur Poor
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
1980Movie
George Ross
The House of the Dead
1978Movie
Talmudge
CHiPs
1977TV
John Ericson (uncredited), Captain Burke
Crash!
1976Movie
Dr. Gregg Martin
Hustler Squad
1976Movie
One Day at a Time
1975TV
Clint Wilkens
Barbary Coast
1975TV
Mike McCord
S.W.A.T.
1975TV
Murder Impossible
1974Movie
Murray
Hog Wild
1974Movie
Morris Melborne
Hawkins
1973TV
Frank Pearson
The Bounty Man
1972Movie
Billy Riddle
The Streets of San Francisco
1972TV
Shelby
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971Movie
Col. Heller
Heads or Tails
1969Movie
William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
The Bamboo Saucer
1968Movie
Fred Norwood
The Destructors
1968Movie
Dutch Holland
The Money Jungle
1967Movie
Blake Heller
The Vengeance of Pancho Villa
1967Movie
Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
Ironside
1967TV
Fred
The Invaders
1967TV
Hardy Smith
Operation Atlantis
1965Movie
George Steele
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Sgt. Paul Devlin
Honey West
1965TV
Sam Bolt
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964Movie
Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
The Fugitive
1963TV
Lars
I Am Semiramis
1963Movie
Kir
The Virginian
1962TV
Jack Bonham
Under Ten Flags
1960Movie
Lieutenant Krüger
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960TV
Ray
Pretty Boy Floyd
1960Movie
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
Adventures in Paradise
1959TV
Jeff Hazen
Bonanza
1959TV
Vince Dagen, Wade Hollister
The David Niven Show
1959TV
Twist Thompson
Day of the Badman
1958Movie
Sheriff Barney Wiley
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958TV
Brom Bones, Hiawatha
Oregon Passage
1957Movie
Lt. Niles Ord
The Restless Gun
1957TV
Wagon Train
1957TV
Forty Guns
1957Movie
Brockie Drummond
Heritage of Anger
1956Movie
Johnny Hanneman
The Cruel Tower
1956Movie
Tom Kittredge
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Will Ruxton, Linc Mallory, Lane Baker, Andy McCall
Playhouse 90
1956TV
The Return of Jack Slade
1955Movie
Jack Slade
Star Stage
1955TV
Appointment with Adventure
1955TV
The Millionaire
1955TV
Sgt. Peter Barkley
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955Movie
Pete Wirth
Green Fire
1954Movie
Donald Knowland
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Morris Melborne
Climax!
1954TV
William Herrick, Lindy Jackson, Cameron Lacey
The Student Prince
1954Movie
Count Von Asterburg
Rhapsody
1954Movie
James Guest
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
The United States Steel Hour
1953TV
Letter to Loretta
1953TV
Will Hadley, Roy Hendricks, Carl Stanton
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Red, Wonder Boy Nick
Cavalcade of America
1952TV
Leon Patterson, Joe Loring
It's a Big Country
1951Movie
Naval Ensign (uncredited)
Out There
1951TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger, Eddie Markham, Paul
Teresa
1951Movie
Philip Cass
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Mike
Studio One
1948TV
Anderson
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948TV
Kraft Television Theatre
1947TV
Matt Wilson