John Ericson

John Ericson

Birthday: 1926-09-23

Deathday: 2020-05-03

Place of birth: Düsseldorf, Germany

Also known as: Joachim Alexander Ottokar Meibes, John Erickson

imdb_id: nm0259152

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). 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.

Played in movies:

Bad Day at Black Rock

Score: 7.3

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Score: 7.0

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Score: 6.9

Rhapsody

Score: 6.7

Day of the Badman

Score: 6.5

Forty Guns

Score: 6.5

The Student Prince

Score: 6.4

Pretty Boy Floyd

Score: 6.3

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

Score: 6.3

Green Fire

Score: 6.2

The Return of Jack Slade

Score: 6.0

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Score: 5.8

Teresa

Score: 5.8

The Bounty Man

Score: 5.5

Under Ten Flags

Score: 5.4

It's a Big Country

Score: 5.3

The Destructors

Score: 5.2

Crash!

Score: 5.1

The Cruel Tower

Score: 5.1

The Money Jungle

Score: 5.0

The Bamboo Saucer

Score: 4.9

The Vengeance of Pancho Villa

Score: 4.8

Heads or Tails

Score: 4.8

The House of the Dead

Score: 4.8

I Am Semiramis

Score: 4.7

Oregon Passage

Score: 4.6

Final Mission

Score: 4.5

Hustler Squad

Score: 4.3

Great Lady Has an Interview

Score: 2.0

Heritage of Anger

Score: 0.0

Primary Target

Score: 0.0

Operation Atlantis

Score: 0.0

Murder Impossible

Score: 0.0

Hog Wild

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Wonderful World of Disney

Score: 7.8

Airwolf

Score: 7.6

Playhouse 90

Score: 7.6

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Knight Rider

Score: 7.5

Bonanza

Score: 7.5

Bonanza

Score: 7.5

Kraft Television Theatre

Score: 7.5

The A-Team

Score: 7.5

Nero Wolfe

Score: 7.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

The Fugitive

Score: 7.2

Hawkins

Score: 7.2

Honey West

Score: 7.0

S.W.A.T.

Score: 7.0

The Streets of San Francisco

Score: 6.9

Ironside

Score: 6.8

CHiPs

Score: 6.8

CHiPs

Score: 6.8

The Invaders

Score: 6.8

One Day at a Time

Score: 6.7

Letter to Loretta

Score: 6.5

Letter to Loretta

Score: 6.5

Letter to Loretta

Score: 6.5

Appointment with Adventure

Score: 6.5

The Virginian

Score: 6.3

The Chevy Mystery Show

Score: 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Wagon Train

Score: 6.3

The Philco Television Playhouse

Score: 6.3

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.3

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.3

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Score: 6.2

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Score: 6.2

The United States Steel Hour

Score: 6.2

Adventures in Paradise

Score: 5.7

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Score: 5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Score: 5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Score: 5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Barbary Coast

Score: 5.0

The Millionaire

Score: 5.0

The Restless Gun

Score: 3.7

Cavalcade of America

Score: 3.5

Cavalcade of America

Score: 3.5

Cavalcade of America

Score: 3.5

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

The David Niven Show

Score: 0.0

Star Stage

Score: 0.0

Out There

Score: 0.0