- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 23, 1926
- Place of Birth
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- Died
- May 3, 2020
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…
Filmography
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002 · Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
moviePrimary Target
1990
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Henderson Wheatley
movieFinal Mission
1984 · The Colonel
tvAirwolf
1984 · Dr. Karl Krüger
tvThe A-Team
1983 · Calvin Cutter
tvKnight Rider
1982 · Phillip Royce
tvNero Wolfe
1981 · Arthur Poor
movieThe Ghosts of Buxley Hall
1980 · George Ross
movieThe House of the Dead
1978 · Talmudge
tvCHiPs
1977 · John Ericson (uncredited), Captain Burke
movieCrash!
1976 · Dr. Gregg Martin
movieHustler Squad
1976
tvOne Day at a Time
1975 · Clint Wilkens
tvBarbary Coast
1975 · Mike McCord
tvS.W.A.T.
1975
movieMurder Impossible
1974 · Murray
movieHog Wild
1974 · Morris Melborne
tvHawkins
1973 · Frank Pearson
movieThe Bounty Man
1972 · Billy Riddle
tvThe Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Shelby
movieBedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Col. Heller
movieHeads or Tails
1969 · William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
movieThe Bamboo Saucer
1968 · Fred Norwood
movieThe Destructors
1968 · Dutch Holland
movieThe Money Jungle
1967 · Blake Heller
movieThe Vengeance of Pancho Villa
1967 · Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
tvIronside
1967 · Fred
tvThe Invaders
1967 · Hardy Smith
movieOperation Atlantis
1965 · George Steele
tvThe F.B.I.
1965 · Sgt. Paul Devlin
tvHoney West
1965 · Sam Bolt
movie7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964 · Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Lars
movieI Am Semiramis
1963 · Kir
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Jack Bonham
movieUnder Ten Flags
1960 · Lieutenant Krüger
The Chevy Mystery Show
tvThe Chevy Mystery Show
1960 · Ray
moviePretty Boy Floyd
1960 · Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959 · Jeff Hazen
tvBonanza
1959 · Vince Dagen, Wade Hollister
tvThe David Niven Show
1959 · Twist Thompson
movieDay of the Badman
1958 · Sheriff Barney Wiley
tvShirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · Brom Bones, Hiawatha
movieOregon Passage
1957 · Lt. Niles Ord
tvThe Restless Gun
1957
tvWagon Train
1957
movieForty Guns
1957 · Brockie Drummond
movieHeritage of Anger
1956 · Johnny Hanneman
movieThe Cruel Tower
1956 · Tom Kittredge
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Will Ruxton, Linc Mallory, Lane Baker, Andy McCall
tvPlayhouse 90
1956
movieThe Return of Jack Slade
1955 · Jack Slade
tvStar Stage
1955
Appointment with Adventure
tvAppointment with Adventure
1955
tvThe Millionaire
1955 · Sgt. Peter Barkley
movieBad Day at Black Rock
1955 · Pete Wirth
movieGreen Fire
1954 · Donald Knowland
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Morris Melborne
tvClimax!
1954 · William Herrick, Lindy Jackson, Cameron Lacey
movieThe Student Prince
1954 · Count Von Asterburg
movieRhapsody
1954 · James Guest
movieGreat Lady Has an Interview
1954 · Reporter (uncredited)
tvThe United States Steel Hour
1953
tvLetter to Loretta
1953 · Will Hadley, Roy Hendricks, Carl Stanton
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Red, Wonder Boy Nick
tvCavalcade of America
1952 · , Leon Patterson, Joe Loring
movieIt's a Big Country
1951 · Naval Ensign (uncredited)
Out There
tvOut There
1951
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger, Eddie Markham, Paul
movieTeresa
1951 · Philip Cass
Lux Video Theatre
tvLux Video Theatre
1950 · Mike
tvStudio One
1948 · Anderson
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
tvKraft Television Theatre
1947 · Matt Wilson