Acting · Düsseldorf, Germany · Born September 23, 1926
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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2002
as Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
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1990
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Henderson Wheatley
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1984
as The Colonel
TVAirwolf
1984
as Dr. Karl Krüger
TVThe A-Team
1983
as Calvin Cutter
TVKnight Rider
1982
as Phillip Royce
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1981
as Arthur Poor
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1980
as George Ross
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1978
as Talmudge
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1977
as John Ericson (uncredited)
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1976
as Dr. Gregg Martin
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1976
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1975
as Clint Wilkens
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1975
as Mike McCord
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1975
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1974
as Murray
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1974
as Morris Melborne
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1973
as Frank Pearson
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1972
as Billy Riddle
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1972
as Shelby
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1971
as Col. Heller
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1969
as William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
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1968
as Fred Norwood
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1968
as Dutch Holland
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1967
as Blake Heller
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1967
as Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
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1967
as Fred
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1967
as Hardy Smith
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1965
as George Steele
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1965
as Sgt. Paul Devlin
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1965
as Sam Bolt
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1964
as Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
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1963
as Lars
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1963
as Kir
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1962
as Jack Bonham
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1960
as Lieutenant Krüger
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
as Ray
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1960
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
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1959
as Jeff Hazen
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1959
as Vince Dagen
TVThe David Niven Show
1959
as Twist Thompson
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1958
as Sheriff Barney Wiley
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1958
as Brom Bones
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1957
as Lt. Niles Ord
TVThe Restless Gun
1957
TVWagon Train
1957
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1957
as Brockie Drummond
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1956
as Johnny Hanneman
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1956
as Tom Kittredge
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Will Ruxton
TVPlayhouse 90
1956
MovieThe Return of Jack Slade
1955
as Jack Slade
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1955
Appointment with Adventure
1955
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1955
as Sgt. Peter Barkley
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1955
as Pete Wirth
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1954
as Donald Knowland
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1954
as Morris Melborne
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1954
as William Herrick
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1954
as Count Von Asterburg
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1954
as James Guest
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1954
as Reporter (uncredited)
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1953
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1953
as Will Hadley
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1953
as Red
TVCavalcade of America
1952
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1951
as Naval Ensign (uncredited)
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1951
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1951
as Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger
MovieTeresa
1951
as Philip Cass
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mike
TVStudio One
1948
as Anderson
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
TVKraft Television Theatre
1947
as Matt Wilson
