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