John Ericson
Born in Düsseldorf, Germany — Sep 23 1926• Died May 03 2020
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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 a…
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The Fugitive
Lars
Murder, She Wrote
Henderson Wheatley
The A-Team
Calvin Cutter
Bonanza
Vince Dagen
Knight Rider
Phillip Royce
Wagon Train
Ironside
Fred
Climax!
William Herrick
The Virginian
Jack Bonham
Airwolf
Dr. Karl Krüger
Studio One
Anderson
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Will Ruxton
The Philco Television Playhouse
The F.B.I.
Sgt. Paul Devlin
The Invaders
Hardy Smith
Adventures in Paradise
Jeff Hazen
One Day at a Time
Clint Wilkens
Kraft Television Theatre
Matt Wilson
The Streets of San Francisco
Shelby
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Brom Bones
Cavalcade of America
Honey West
Sam Bolt
The Millionaire
Sgt. Peter Barkley
The United States Steel Hour
Playhouse 90
CHiPs
John Ericson (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
Mike
The Restless Gun
The Chevy Mystery Show
Ray
S.W.A.T.
Letter to Loretta
Will Hadley
The Wonderful World of Disney
Morris Melborne
Nero Wolfe
Arthur Poor
Hawkins
Frank Pearson
Barbary Coast
Mike McCord
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Col. Heller
General Electric Theater
Red
Bad Day at Black Rock
Pete Wirth
Appointment with Adventure
Forty Guns
Brockie Drummond
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
The Bounty Man
Billy Riddle
Star Stage
Day of the Badman
Sheriff Barney Wiley
The David Niven Show
Twist Thompson
Teresa
Philip Cass
The Student Prince
Count Von Asterburg
Out There
Crash!
Dr. Gregg Martin
Green Fire
Donald Knowland
It's a Big Country
Naval Ensign (uncredited)
Rhapsody
James Guest
The Money Jungle
Blake Heller
Under Ten Flags
Lieutenant Krüger
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
The Return of Jack Slade
Jack Slade
The Cruel Tower
Tom Kittredge
Hog Wild
Morris Melborne
Oregon Passage
Lt. Niles Ord
Pretty Boy Floyd
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
The House of the Dead
Talmudge
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
George Ross
Great Lady Has an Interview
Reporter (uncredited)
The Destructors
Dutch Holland
The Bamboo Saucer
Fred Norwood
Hustler Squad
Murder Impossible
Murray
Heads or Tails
William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
Operation Atlantis
George Steele
Primary Target
Final Mission
The Colonel
Heritage of Anger
Johnny Hanneman
I Am Semiramis
Kir
The Vengeance of Pancho Villa
Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens