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).
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Character:Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
Release Date:02/07/2002
Primary Target
Character:
Release Date:18/07/1990
Final Mission
Character:The Colonel
Release Date:25/07/1984
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
Character:George Ross
Release Date:21/12/1980
The House of the Dead
Character:Talmudge
Release Date:22/11/1978
Crash!
Character:Dr. Gregg Martin
Release Date:24/12/1976
Hustler Squad
Character:
Release Date:07/05/1976
Murder Impossible
Character:Murray
Release Date:26/03/1974
Hog Wild
Character:Morris Melborne
Release Date:20/01/1974
The Bounty Man
Character:Billy Riddle
Release Date:31/10/1972
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Character:Col. Heller
Release Date:07/10/1971
Heads or Tails
Character:William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
Release Date:04/06/1969
The Bamboo Saucer
Character:Fred Norwood
Release Date:23/10/1968
The Destructors
Character:Dutch Holland
Release Date:03/05/1968
The Money Jungle
Character:Blake Heller
Release Date:15/12/1967
The Vengeance of Pancho Villa
Character:Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
Release Date:12/09/1967
Operation Atlantis
Character:George Steele
Release Date:21/10/1965
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Character:Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
Release Date:18/03/1964
I Am Semiramis
Character:Kir
Release Date:22/03/1963
Under Ten Flags
Character:Lieutenant Krüger
Release Date:15/09/1960
Pretty Boy Floyd
Character:Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
Release Date:01/01/1960
Day of the Badman
Character:Sheriff Barney Wiley
Release Date:29/01/1958
Oregon Passage
Character:Lt. Niles Ord
Release Date:29/12/1957
Forty Guns
Character:Brockie Drummond
Release Date:10/09/1957
Heritage of Anger
Character:Johnny Hanneman
Release Date:15/11/1956
The Cruel Tower
Character:Tom Kittredge
Release Date:28/10/1956
The Return of Jack Slade
Character:Jack Slade
Release Date:09/10/1955
Bad Day at Black Rock
Character:Pete Wirth
Release Date:13/01/1955
Green Fire
Character:Donald Knowland
Release Date:29/12/1954
The Student Prince
Character:Count Von Asterburg
Release Date:15/06/1954
Rhapsody
Character:James Guest
Release Date:16/04/1954
Great Lady Has an Interview
Character:Reporter (uncredited)
Release Date:14/02/1954
It's a Big Country
Character:Naval Ensign (uncredited)
Release Date:20/11/1951
Teresa
Character:Philip Cass
Release Date:05/04/1951
Television Appearances
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Henderson Wheatley
Airwolf
Character:Dr. Karl Krüger
The A-Team
Character:Calvin Cutter
Knight Rider
Character:Phillip Royce
Nero Wolfe
Character:Arthur Poor
CHiPs
Character:John Ericson (uncredited)
CHiPs
Character:Captain Burke
One Day at a Time
Character:Clint Wilkens
Barbary Coast
Character:Mike McCord
S.W.A.T.
Character:
Hawkins
Character:Frank Pearson
The Streets of San Francisco
Character:Shelby
Ironside
Character:Fred
The Invaders
Character:Hardy Smith
The F.B.I.
Character:Sgt. Paul Devlin
Honey West
Character:Sam Bolt
The Fugitive
Character:Lars
The Virginian
Character:Jack Bonham
The Chevy Mystery Show
Character:Ray
Adventures in Paradise
Character:Jeff Hazen
Bonanza
Character:Vince Dagen
Bonanza
Character:Wade Hollister
The David Niven Show
Character:Twist Thompson
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Character:Brom Bones
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Character:Hiawatha
The Restless Gun
Character:
Wagon Train
Character:
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Will Ruxton
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Lane Baker
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Linc Mallory
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Andy McCall
Playhouse 90
Character:
Star Stage
Character:
Appointment with Adventure
Character:
The Millionaire
Character:Sgt. Peter Barkley
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Morris Melborne
Climax!
Character:William Herrick
Climax!
Character:Lindy Jackson
Climax!
Character:Cameron Lacey
The United States Steel Hour
Character:
Letter to Loretta
Character:Will Hadley
Letter to Loretta
Character:Roy Hendricks
Letter to Loretta
Character:Carl Stanton
General Electric Theater
Character:Red
General Electric Theater
Character:Wonder Boy Nick
Cavalcade of America
Character:
Cavalcade of America
Character:Leon Patterson
Cavalcade of America
Character:Joe Loring
Out There
Character:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Eddie Markham
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Paul
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Mike
Studio One
Character:Anderson
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:
Kraft Television Theatre
Character:Matt Wilson
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