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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 23, 1926
Died
May 3, 2020
Place of Birth
Düsseldorf, Germany
Also Known As
- Joachim Alexander Ottokar Meibes
- John Erickson
John Ericson
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.8
Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
0.0
Primary Target
1990
7.5
Henderson Wheatley
Murder, She Wrote
1984
4.0
The Colonel
Final Mission
1984
7.6
Dr. Karl Krüger
Airwolf
1984
7.5
Calvin Cutter
The A-Team
1983
7.5
Phillip Royce
Knight Rider
1982
7.4
Arthur Poor
Nero Wolfe
1981
6.3
George Ross
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
1980
4.7
Talmudge
The House of the Dead
1978
Credits
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
2002
5.8
Primary Target
1990
0.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Henderson Wheatley
1984
7.5
Final Mission
as The Colonel
1984
4.0
Airwolf
as Dr. Karl Krüger
1984
7.6
The A-Team
as Calvin Cutter
1983
7.5
Knight Rider
as Phillip Royce
1982
7.5
Nero Wolfe
as Arthur Poor
1981
7.4
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
as George Ross
1980
6.3
The House of the Dead
as Talmudge
1978
4.7
CHiPs
as John Ericson (uncredited)
1977
6.8
CHiPs
as Captain Burke
1977
6.8
Crash!
as Dr. Gregg Martin
1976
5.1
Hustler Squad
1976
4.0
One Day at a Time
as Clint Wilkens
1975
6.7
Barbary Coast
as Mike McCord
1975
7.5
S.W.A.T.
1975
7.0
Murder Impossible
as Murray
1974
0.0
Hog Wild
as Morris Melborne
1974
0.0
Hawkins
as Frank Pearson
1973
7.2
The Bounty Man
as Billy Riddle
1972
5.5
The Streets of San Francisco
as Shelby
1972
7.0
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Col. Heller
1971
7.0
Heads or Tails
as William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
1969
4.9
The Bamboo Saucer
as Fred Norwood
1968
4.9
The Destructors
as Dutch Holland
1968
5.2
The Money Jungle
as Blake Heller
1967
5.0
The Vengeance of Pancho Villa
as Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
1967
4.8
Ironside
as Fred
1967
6.8
The Invaders
as Hardy Smith
1967
6.8
Operation Atlantis
as George Steele
1965
0.0
The F.B.I.
as Sgt. Paul Devlin
1965
5.4
Honey West
as Sam Bolt
1965
7.0
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
1964
6.9
The Fugitive
as Lars
1963
7.2
I Am Semiramis
as Kir
1963
4.7
The Virginian
as Jack Bonham
1962
6.4
Under Ten Flags
as Lieutenant Krüger
1960
5.4
🎬
The Chevy Mystery Show
as Ray
1960
6.3
Pretty Boy Floyd
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
1960
6.3
Adventures in Paradise
as Jeff Hazen
1959
5.7
Bonanza
as Vince Dagen
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Wade Hollister
1959
7.5
The David Niven Show
as Twist Thompson
1959
0.0
Day of the Badman
as Sheriff Barney Wiley
1958
6.5
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Brom Bones
1958
6.2
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Hiawatha
1958
6.2
Oregon Passage
as Lt. Niles Ord
1957
4.0
The Restless Gun
1957
3.0
Wagon Train
1957
6.6
Forty Guns
as Brockie Drummond
1957
6.5
Heritage of Anger
as Johnny Hanneman
1956
0.0
The Cruel Tower
as Tom Kittredge
1956
4.7
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Will Ruxton
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lane Baker
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Linc Mallory
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Andy McCall
1956
6.0
Playhouse 90
1956
7.6
The Return of Jack Slade
as Jack Slade
1955
6.0
Star Stage
1955
0.0
🎬
Appointment with Adventure
1955
6.5
The Millionaire
as Sgt. Peter Barkley
1955
5.0
Bad Day at Black Rock
as Pete Wirth
1955
7.3
Green Fire
as Donald Knowland
1954
6.2
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Morris Melborne
1954
7.8
Climax!
as William Herrick
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Lindy Jackson
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Cameron Lacey
1954
3.3
The Student Prince
as Count Von Asterburg
1954
6.1
Rhapsody
as James Guest
1954
6.5
Great Lady Has an Interview
as Reporter (uncredited)
1954
2.0
The United States Steel Hour
1953
6.2
Letter to Loretta
as Will Hadley
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Roy Hendricks
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Carl Stanton
1953
6.5
General Electric Theater
as Red
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Wonder Boy Nick
1953
6.4
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
Cavalcade of America
as Leon Patterson
1952
3.5
Cavalcade of America
as Joe Loring
1952
3.5
It's a Big Country
as Naval Ensign (uncredited)
1951
5.3
🎬
Out There
1951
0.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Eddie Markham
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Paul
1951
7.2
Teresa
as Philip Cass
1951
5.8
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Mike
1950
6.3
Studio One
as Anderson
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
Kraft Television Theatre
as Matt Wilson
1947
7.5