John Ericson
Acting
Born: September 23, 1926 · Düsseldorf, Germany
Died: May 3, 2020 (aged 93)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Knight Rider
1982
The A-Team
1983
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
Airwolf
1984
Bonanza
1959
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
CHiPs
1977
Forty Guns
1957
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
Ironside
1967
Photos (5)
Movies (34)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Col. Heller
Bad Day at Black Rock
Pete Wirth
Forty Guns
Brockie Drummond
Day of the Badman
Sheriff Barney Wiley
Hog Wild
Morris Melborne
Green Fire
Donald Knowland
Hustler Squad
1976
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
The Bamboo Saucer
Fred Norwood
It's a Big Country
Naval Ensign (uncredited)
Rhapsody
James Guest
Crash!
Dr. Gregg Martin
I Am Semiramis
Kir
The House of the Dead
Talmudge
Teresa
Philip Cass
Final Mission
The Colonel
Under Ten Flags
Lieutenant Krüger
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
George Ross
The Vengeance of Pancho Villa
Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
The Student Prince
Count Von Asterburg
The Bounty Man
Billy Riddle
The Cruel Tower
Tom Kittredge
Oregon Passage
Lt. Niles Ord
The Return of Jack Slade
Jack Slade
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
Heads or Tails
William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
The Money Jungle
Blake Heller
Murder Impossible
Murray
Pretty Boy Floyd
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
The Destructors
Dutch Holland
Operation Atlantis
George Steele
Heritage of Anger
Johnny Hanneman
Primary Target
1990
Great Lady Has an Interview
Reporter (uncredited)
TV Shows (53)
The A-Team
Calvin Cutter · 1 eps
Ironside
Fred · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Henderson Wheatley · 1 eps
Bonanza
Vince Dagen · 1 eps
Bonanza
Wade Hollister · 1 eps
Knight Rider
Phillip Royce · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Lars · 1 eps
Wagon Train
1 eps
The Virginian
Jack Bonham · 1 eps
One Day at a Time
Clint Wilkens · 1 eps
Airwolf
Dr. Karl Krüger · 1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
1 eps
Climax!
William Herrick · 1 eps
Climax!
Lindy Jackson · 1 eps
Climax!
Cameron Lacey · 1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
Shelby · 1 eps
Studio One
Anderson · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Sgt. Paul Devlin · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Will Ruxton · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Lane Baker · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Linc Mallory · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Andy McCall · 1 eps
The Invaders
Hardy Smith · 1 eps
Kraft Television Theatre
Matt Wilson · 1 eps
The Millionaire
Sgt. Peter Barkley · 1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
Jeff Hazen · 1 eps
Honey West
Sam Bolt · 30 eps
The United States Steel Hour
1 eps
Playhouse 90
2 eps
Cavalcade of America
1 eps
Cavalcade of America
Leon Patterson · 1 eps
Cavalcade of America
Joe Loring · 1 eps
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Brom Bones · 1 eps
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Hiawatha · 1 eps
CHiPs
John Ericson (uncredited) · 1 eps
CHiPs
Captain Burke · 1 eps
S.W.A.T.
1 eps
The Restless Gun
2 eps
Nero Wolfe
Arthur Poor · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Morris Melborne · 2 eps
Barbary Coast
Mike McCord · 1 eps
Hawkins
Frank Pearson · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Red · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Wonder Boy Nick · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Will Hadley · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Roy Hendricks · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Carl Stanton · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Eddie Markham · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
2 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Paul · 1 eps
Star Stage
1 eps
The David Niven Show
Twist Thompson · 1 eps