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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 27, 1911
Died
January 29, 1986
Place of Birth
Alameda, California, USA
Also Known As
- Leif Erikson
- Glenn Erickson
- Glen Erickson
- Glenn Erikson
- William Wycliffe Anderson
Leif Erickson
1.3 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leif Erickson (born William Wycliffe Anderson) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Erickson was born in Alameda, California, near San Francisco. He worked as a soloist in a band as vocalist and trombone player, performed in Max Reinhardt's productions, and then gained a small amount of stage experience in a comedy vaudeville act. Initially billed by Paramount Pictures as Glenn Erickson, he began his screen career as a leading man in Westerns. Erickson enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II. Rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer in the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit, he served as a military photographer, shooting film in combat zones, and as an instructor. He was shot down twice in the Pacific as well as receiving two Purple Hearts. Erickson was in the unit that filmed and photographed the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. Over four years service, he shot more than 200,000 feet of film for the Navy. Erickson's first films were two 1933 band films with Betty Grable before starting a string of Buster Crabbe Western films based on Zane Grey novels. He would go on to appears in films such as The Snake Pit, Sorry, Wrong Number, Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd, Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront, A Gathering of Eagles, Roustabout, The Carpetbaggers and Mirage. One of his more notable roles was as Deborah Kerr's macho husband in the stage and film versions of Tea and Sympathy. He appeared with Greta Garbo, as her brother in Conquest (1937). He played the role of Pete, the vindictive boat engineer, in the 1951 remake of the famed musical Show Boat. His final appearance in a feature film was in Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977). Erickson appeared frequently on television; he was cast as Dr. Hillyer in "Consider Her Ways" (1964) and as Paul White in "The Monkey's Paw—A Retelling" (1965) on CBS's The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. However, he is probably best known for The High Chaparral, which aired on NBC from 1967 until 1971. He portrayed a rancher, Big John Cannon, determined to establish a cattle empire in the Arizona Territory while keeping peace with the Apache. Erickson guest-starred in several television series, including Rawhide, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Marcus Welby, M.D., Medical Center, Cannon, The Rifleman, The Rockford Files, and the 1977 series Hunter. His final role was in an episode of Fantasy Island in 1984. Erickson was married to actress Frances Farmer from 1936 until 1942. The same day that his divorce from Farmer was finalized, June 12, 1942, he married actress Margaret Hayes. They divorced a month later. He married Ann Diamond in 1945. They had two children, William Leif Erickson (born 1946 - died 1971 in a car accident) and Susan Irene Erickson (born 1950). Erickson died of cancer in Pensacola, Florida, on January 29, 1986, aged 74 CLR
Known For
6.0
John Tyree
Wild Times
1980
6.4
Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
5.9
Ben Wallace
The Fantastic Journey
1977
6.0
Ben Wallace
The Fantastic Journey
1977
6.5
Guthrie
Winterhawk
1975
3.0
Medical Story
1975
3.0
Prescott
Abduction
1975
5.0
Cal Newkirk
Force Five
1975
7.6
Carl Colton 'C.C.' Calloway
The Rockford Files
1974
4.6
Harry O
1974
Credits
Wild Times
as John Tyree
1980
6.0
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director
1977
6.4
The Fantastic Journey
as Ben Wallace
1977
5.9
The Fantastic Journey
as Ben Wallace
1977
6.0
Winterhawk
as Guthrie
1975
6.5
Medical Story
1975
3.0
Abduction
as Prescott
1975
3.0
Force Five
as Cal Newkirk
1975
5.0
The Rockford Files
as Carl Colton 'C.C.' Calloway
1974
7.6
Harry O
1974
4.6
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
as William Henry Cameron
1973
6.5
The Magician
as Nicholas Olson
1973
6.7
The Evil Touch
1973
5.5
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Amos Wetherall
1972
4.9
The Family Rico
as Mike Lamont
1972
10.0
The Rookies
1972
6.8
The New Healers
as Dr. Victor Briggs
1972
0.0
The Sixth Sense
1972
5.9
The Deadly Dream
as Dr. Harold Malcolm
1971
6.0
Terror in the Sky
as Marty Treleavan
1971
6.8
Cannon
1971
6.6
Man and Boy
as Sheriff Mossman
1971
6.0
Night Gallery
as Charlie Wheatland
1970
7.8
Medical Center
1969
6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
6.2
Mannix
1967
6.7
The High Chaparral
as Big John Cannon
1967
6.6
Ironside
1967
6.8
Mirage
as The Major
1965
7.0
I Saw What You Did
as Dave Mannering
1965
6.2
Branded
1965
6.6
Roustabout
as Joe Lean
1964
6.0
Daniel Boone
as Aaron Burr
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Bill Sedley
1964
7.0
The Carpetbaggers
as Jonas Cord Senior
1964
5.8
Strait-Jacket
as Bill Cutler
1964
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as General
1963
5.3
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
The Great Adventure
as Abel Parrish
1963
0.0
The Great Adventure
as President Grover Cleveland
1963
0.0
Burke's Law
as Jason Hayes
1963
6.0
Arrest and Trial
1963
7.7
A Gathering of Eagles
as Gen. Hewitt
1963
5.7
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Paul White
1962
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Doctor Hellyer
1962
7.8
The Virginian
as Peterson
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Charlie Ryan
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Bill King
1962
6.4
Shootout at Big Sag
as Sam Barbee
1962
0.0
The New Breed
as Dr. Eric Thor
1961
7.0
The Rebel
as Dave Blaine
1959
4.7
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Andrew Middleton
1959
6.3
Bonanza
as Tom Caine
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Josh Tatum
1959
7.5
Rawhide
as Frank Travis
1959
7.2
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
Once Upon a Horse...
as Granville "Granny" Dix
1958
8.5
Twilight for the Gods
as Harry Hutton
1958
3.6
Kiss Them for Me
as Eddie Turnbill
1957
5.5
The Vintage
as Louis Morel
1957
5.7
One Coat of White
as Ben Riggs
1957
0.0
Istanbul
as Charlie Boyle
1957
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jim Lewis
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Cash Wilson
1956
6.0
Tea and Sympathy
as Bill Reynolds
1956
6.9
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Lou Glover
1956
6.9
Star in the Dust
as George Ballard
1956
4.8
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Wayne Phillips
1955
7.8
Gunsmoke
as Virgil Powell
1955
6.6
The Millionaire
as Brian Hendricks
1955
5.0
The Millionaire
as Norman Conover
1955
5.0
Climax!
as Robert Eunson
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Richard Carmichael
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Doug Randell
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Richard Moore
1954
3.3
On the Waterfront
as Glover
1954
7.9
Inner Sanctum
1954
7.0
Paris Model
as Edgar Blevins
1953
2.8
Captain Scarface
as Sam
1953
4.3
Fort Algiers
as Kalmani
1953
6.0
Invaders from Mars
as Mr. George MacLean
1953
5.9
A Perilous Journey
as Richards
1953
3.8
Trouble Along the Way
as Father Provincial aka Ed
1953
5.9
Born to the Saddle
as Bob Marshall
1953
5.0
General Electric Theater
as Man
1953
6.4
Never Wave at a WAC
as Sgt. Norbert 'Noisy' Jackson
1953
4.6
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
as Morgan
1952
5.9
My Wife's Best Friend
as Nicholas Reed
1952
5.4
Carbine Williams
as Feder
1952
6.4
With a Song in My Heart
as General (uncredited)
1952
5.9
Sailor Beware
as Commander Lane
1952
6.2
The Cimarron Kid
as Marshal John Sutton
1952
6.1
Reunion in Reno
as B. Frederick Linaker
1951
6.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Dan
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sam Sargent
1951
7.2
The Tall Target
as Stranger
1951
6.8
Show Boat
as Pete
1951
6.1
Fourteen Hours
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1951
7.2
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
as Pilate
1951
4.0
Dallas
as U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby
1950
6.5
Three Secrets
as Bill Chase
1950
6.4
The Showdown
as Big Mart
1950
5.2
Stella
as Fred Anderson Jr.
1950
0.0
Mother Didn't Tell Me
as Dr. Bruce Gordon
1950
6.2
The Lady Gambles
as Tony
1949
6.0
Johnny Stool Pigeon
as Pringle
1949
6.2
Joan of Arc
as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
1948
6.1
Miss Tatlock's Millions
as Dr. Mason
1948
5.9
The Snake Pit
as Gordon
1948
7.1
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Fred Lord
1948
6.7
The Gay Intruders
as Dr. Harold Matson
1948
5.5
Bambi
as Self (archive footage)
1948
9.0
The Gangster
as Beaumont
1947
5.1
Blonde Savage
as Steve Blake
1947
4.1
Arabian Nights
as Kamar (as Leif Erikson)
1942
6.0
Night Monster
as Laurie
1942
6.2
Pardon My Sarong
as Whaba
1942
6.4
Eagle Squadron
as Johnny M. Coe
1942
5.5
Are Husbands Necessary?
as Bill Stone
1942
0.0
The Fleet's In
as Jake
1942
7.0
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
as Rodney 'Bo-Jo' Brown
1941
7.1
The Blonde from Singapore
as Terry Prescott
1941
5.0
Nothing But the Truth
as Tommy Van Dusen
1941
7.1
Crisis
as Narrator (voice)
1939
0.0
One Third of a Nation
as Peter Cortlant
1939
5.8
Ride a Crooked Mile
as Johnny Simpkins
1938
0.0
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Bob Hayes
1938
6.3
Thrill of a Lifetime
as Howard Nelson
1937
5.0
Conquest
as Paul Lachinski
1937
6.5
Waikiki Wedding
as Dr. Victor Quimby
1937
5.5
College Holiday
as Dick Winters
1936
5.2
Girl of the Ozarks
as Tom Bolton
1936
6.0
Desert Gold
as Glenn Kasedon
1936
5.4
Drift Fence
as Curley Prentice
1936
5.0
Nevada
as Bill Ide
1935
3.7
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Lawrence
1935
5.0
Air Tonic
as Band Singer
1933
0.0