Actor
John Ericson
Born September 23, 1926 in Düsseldorf, GermanyDied May 3, 202033 films
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).
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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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First watchBad Day at Black Rock19557.3as Pete WirthOne-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.View filmEssential films
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33 films as actor- 1990Primary Target
- 1984Final MissionThe Colonel
- 1980The Ghosts of Buxley HallGeorge Ross
- 1978The House of the DeadTalmudge
- 1976Crash!Dr. Gregg Martin
- 1976Hustler Squad
- 1974Murder ImpossibleMurray
- 1974Hog WildMorris Melborne
- 1972The Bounty ManBilly Riddle
- 1971Bedknobs and BroomsticksCol. Heller
- 1969Heads or TailsWilliam Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
- 1968The Bamboo SaucerFred Norwood
- 1968The DestructorsDutch Holland
- 1967The Money JungleBlake Heller
- 1967The Vengeance of Pancho VillaDon Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
- 1965Operation AtlantisGeorge Steele
- 19647 Faces of Dr. LaoEd Cunningham / Transformed Pan
- 1963I Am SemiramisKir
- 1960Under Ten FlagsLieutenant Krüger
- 1960Pretty Boy FloydCharles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
- 1958Day of the BadmanSheriff Barney Wiley
- 1957Oregon PassageLt. Niles Ord
- 1957Forty GunsBrockie Drummond
- 1956Heritage of AngerJohnny Hanneman
- 1956The Cruel TowerTom Kittredge
- 1955The Return of Jack SladeJack Slade
- 1955Bad Day at Black RockPete Wirth
- 1954Green FireDonald Knowland
- 1954The Student PrinceCount Von Asterburg
- 1954RhapsodyJames Guest
- 1954Great Lady Has an InterviewReporter (uncredited)
- 1951It's a Big CountryNaval Ensign (uncredited)
- 1951TeresaPhilip Cass