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