John Ericson
- Recitazione
- 23 settembre 1926 · Düsseldorf, Germany
- 3 maggio 2020
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller · Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
- Primary Target
- La signora in giallo · Henderson Wheatley
- Final Mission · The Colonel
- Airwolf · Dr. Karl Krüger
- A-Team · Calvin Cutter
- Supercar · Phillip Royce
- Nero Wolfe · Arthur Poor
- I Fantasmi di Buxley Hall · George Ross
- The House of the Dead · Talmudge
- CHiPs · John Ericson (uncredited), Captain Burke
- Crash - L'idolo del male · Dr. Gregg Martin
- Quattro donne disposte a tutto
- Giorno per giorno · Clint Wilkens
- Barbary Coast · Mike McCord
- S.W.A.T.
- Murder Impossible · Murray
- Hog Wild · Morris Melborne
- Hawkins · Frank Pearson
- The Bounty Man · Billy Riddle
- Le strade di San Francisco · Shelby
- Pomi d'ottone e manici di scopa · Col. Heller
- Testa o croce · William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
- La cortina di bambù · Fred Norwood
- The Destructors · Dutch Holland
- The Money Jungle · Blake Heller
- Los siete de Pancho Villa · Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
- Ironside · Fred
- Gli invasori · Hardy Smith
- Agente S 03: Operazione Atlantide · George Steele
- F.B.I. · Sgt. Paul Devlin
- Honey West · Sam Bolt
- Le 7 facce del Dr. Lao · Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
- The Fugitive · Lars
- Io Semiramide · Kir
- Il virginiano · Jack Bonham
- Sotto dieci bandiere · Lieutenant Krüger
- The Chevy Mystery Show · Ray
- Pretty Boy Floyd · Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
- Avventure in paradiso · Jeff Hazen
- Bonanza · Vince Dagen, Wade Hollister
- The David Niven Show · Twist Thompson
- La legge del fucile · Sheriff Barney Wiley
- Shirley Temple's Storybook · Brom Bones, Hiawatha
- Passo Oregon · Lt. Niles Ord
- The Restless Gun
- Carovane verso il west
- 40 pistole · Brockie Drummond
- Heritage of Anger · Johnny Hanneman
- The Cruel Tower · Tom Kittredge
- I racconti del West · Will Ruxton, Lane Baker
- Playhouse 90
- The Return of Jack Slade · Jack Slade
- Star Stage
- Appointment with Adventure
- The Millionaire · Sgt. Peter Barkley
- Giorno maledetto · Pete Wirth
- Fuoco verde · Donald Knowland
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Morris Melborne
- Climax! · William Herrick, Lindy Jackson
- Il principe studente · Count Von Asterburg
- Rapsodia · James Guest
- Great Lady Has an Interview · Reporter (uncredited)
- The United States Steel Hour
- Letter to Loretta · 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