John Ericson
- Schauspiel
- 23. September 1926 · Düsseldorf, Germany
- 3. Mai 2020
Biografie
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.
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Filmografie
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller · Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
- Primary Target
- Mord ist ihr Hobby · Henderson Wheatley
- Final Mission · The Colonel
- Airwolf · Dr. Karl Krüger
- Das A-Team · Calvin Cutter
- Knight Rider · Phillip Royce
- Nero Wolfe · Arthur Poor
- Die Geister von Huxley Hall · George Ross
- House of the Dead · Talmudge
- CHiPs · John Ericson (uncredited), Captain Burke
- Draculas Todesrennen · Dr. Gregg Martin
- Kommando-Unternehmen „Rote Laterne“
- One Day at a Time · Clint Wilkens
- Die Küste der Ganoven · Mike McCord
- Die knallharten Fünf
- Murder Impossible · Murray
- Hog Wild · Morris Melborne
- Hawkins · Frank Pearson
- Kopfgeldjäger · Billy Riddle
- Die Straßen von San Francisco · Shelby
- Die tollkühne Hexe in ihrem fliegenden Bett · Col. Heller
- Blutrache einer Geschändeten · William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
- The Bamboo Saucer · Fred Norwood
- The Destructors · Dutch Holland
- The Money Jungle · Blake Heller
- Die Rache des Pancho Villa · Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
- Der Chef · Fred
- Invasion von der Wega · Hardy Smith
- Agente S 03: Operazione Atlantide · George Steele
- F.B.I. · Sgt. Paul Devlin
- Privatdetektivin Honey West · Sam Bolt
- Der mysteriöse Dr. Lao · Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
- Auf der Flucht · Lars
- Sklaven der Semiramis · Kir
- Die Leute von der Shiloh-Ranch · Jack Bonham
- Unter zehn Flaggen · Lieutenant Krüger
- The Chevy Mystery Show · Ray
- Hübscher Junge Floyd · Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
- Adventures in Paradise · Jeff Hazen
- Bonanza · Vince Dagen, Wade Hollister
- The David Niven Show · Twist Thompson
- Die letzte Kugel · Sheriff Barney Wiley
- Shirley Temple's Storybook · Brom Bones, Hiawatha
- Oregon Passage · Lt. Niles Ord
- The Restless Gun
- Wagon Train
- Vierzig Gewehre · Brockie Drummond
- Heritage of Anger · Johnny Hanneman
- Der Turm des Todes · Tom Kittredge
- Abenteuer im wilden Westen · Will Ruxton, Lane Baker
- Playhouse 90
- Gelbe Rose von Texas · Jack Slade
- Star Stage
- Appointment with Adventure
- The Millionaire · Sgt. Peter Barkley
- Stadt in Angst · Pete Wirth
- Grünes Feuer · Donald Knowland
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Morris Melborne
- Climax! · William Herrick, Lindy Jackson
- Alt Heidelberg · Count Von Asterburg
- Symphonie des Herzens · James Guest
- Great Lady Has an Interview · Reporter (uncredited)
- The United States Steel Hour
- Ihr Star: Loretta Young · Will Hadley, Roy Hendricks
- General Electric Theater · Red, Wonder Boy Nick
- Cavalcade of America · Leon Patterson, Joe Loring
- It's a Big Country · Naval Ensign (uncredited)
- Out There
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger, Eddie Markham
- Teresa · Philip Cass
- Lux Video Theatre · Mike
- Studio One · Anderson
- The Philco Television Playhouse
- Kraft Television Theatre · Matt Wilson