John Ericson

Personal Info

Birthday

September 23, 1926

Day of Death

2020-05-03

(93 years old)

Place of Birth

Düsseldorf, Germany

Also Known As

Joachim Alexander Ottokar Meibes

John Erickson

John Ericson

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).

Known For

Bonanza

Murder, She Wrote

Knight Rider

The A-Team

Climax!

The Fugitive

Ironside

The Virginian

Filmography

2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
1984
Final Mission
as The Colonel
1980
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
as George Ross
1978
The House of the Dead
as Talmudge
1976
Crash!
as Dr. Gregg Martin
1974
Murder Impossible
as Murray
Hog Wild
as Morris Melborne
1972
The Bounty Man
as Billy Riddle
1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Col. Heller
1969
Heads or Tails
as William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
1968
The Bamboo Saucer
as Fred Norwood
The Destructors
as Dutch Holland
1967
The Money Jungle
as Blake Heller
The Vengeance of Pancho Villa
as Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
1965
Operation Atlantis
as George Steele
1964
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
1963
I Am Semiramis
as Kir
1960
Under Ten Flags
as Lieutenant Krüger
Pretty Boy Floyd
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
1958
Day of the Badman
as Sheriff Barney Wiley
1957
Oregon Passage
as Lt. Niles Ord
Forty Guns
as Brockie Drummond
1956
Heritage of Anger
as Johnny Hanneman
The Cruel Tower
as Tom Kittredge
1955
The Return of Jack Slade
as Jack Slade
Bad Day at Black Rock
as Pete Wirth
1954
Green Fire
as Donald Knowland
The Student Prince
as Count Von Asterburg
Rhapsody
as James Guest
Great Lady Has an Interview
as Reporter (uncredited)
1951
It's a Big Country
as Naval Ensign (uncredited)
Teresa
as Philip Cass