John Ericson
Age: 93 | From: Düsseldorf, Germany
Person Details
Birthday: 1926-09-23 23:42:56
Death: 2020-05-03 23:42:56
Aliases: Joachim Alexander Ottokar Meibes
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Düsseldorf, Germany
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 27
TV Involvements: 31
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Most Famous Work
The A-Team
(1983) Calvin Cutter
Knight Rider
(1982) Phillip Royce
Bonanza
(1959) Vince Dagen
Ironside
(1967) Fred
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Henderson Wheatley
The Fugitive
(1963) Lars
Airwolf
(1984) Dr. Karl Krüger
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(1956) Andy McCallActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Brockie Drummond (archive footage) | |
| 1990 | N/A | |
| 1984 | Henderson Wheatley | |
| The Colonel | ||
| Dr. Karl Krüger | ||
| 1983 | Calvin Cutter | |
| 1982 | Phillip Royce | |
| 1981 | Arthur Poor | |
| 1980 | George Ross | |
| 1978 | Talmudge | |
| 1977 | Captain Burke | |
| John Ericson (uncredited) | ||
| 1976 | Dr. Gregg Martin | |
| N/A | ||
| 1975 | Mike McCord | |
| N/A | ||
| 1974 | Murray | |
| Morris Melborne | ||
| 1973 | Frank Pearson | |
| 1972 | Billy Riddle | |
| 1971 | Col. Heller | |
| 1969 | William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman' | |
| 1968 | Fred Norwood | |
| Dutch Holland | ||
| 1967 | Blake Heller | |
| Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens | ||
| Fred | ||
| Hardy Smith | ||
| 1965 | George Steele | |
| Sam Bolt | ||
| 1964 | Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan | |
| 1963 | Lars | |
| Kir | ||
| 1960 | Lieutenant Krüger | |
| Ray | ||
| Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd | ||
| 1959 | Jeff Hazen | |
| Vince Dagen | ||
| Twist Thompson | ||
| 1958 | Sheriff Barney Wiley | |
| N/A | ||
| 1957 | Lt. Niles Ord | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Brockie Drummond | ||
| 1956 | Tom Kittredge | |
| Will Ruxton | ||
| Lane Baker | ||
| Linc Mallory | ||
| Andy McCall | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1955 | Jack Slade | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Sgt. Peter Barkley | ||
| Pete Wirth | ||
| 1954 | Donald Knowland | |
| William Herrick | ||
| Lindy Jackson | ||
| Cameron Lacey | ||
| Count Von Asterburg | ||
| James Guest | ||
| 1953 | Will Hadley | |
| Roy Hendricks | ||
| Carl Stanton | ||
| Red | ||
| Wonder Boy Nick | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
| Leon Patterson | ||
| Joe Loring | ||
| 1951 | Naval Ensign (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger | ||
| Eddie Markham | ||
| N/A | ||
| Paul | ||
| Philip Cass | ||
| 1950 | Mike | |
| 1948 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
