person

John Ericson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-09-23

Place of Birth

Düsseldorf, Germany

John Ericson

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.

Also Known For

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It's a Big Country

Nov 20, 1951

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Oct 07, 1971

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The Bamboo Saucer

Oct 23, 1968

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69

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Mar 18, 1964

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73

Bad Day at Black Rock

Jan 13, 1955

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65

Forty Guns

Sep 10, 1957

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47

I Am Semiramis

Mar 22, 1963

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NA

Hog Wild

Jan 20, 1974

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51

The Cruel Tower

Oct 28, 1956

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64

The Student Prince

Jun 15, 1954

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Green Fire

Dec 29, 1954

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46

The House of the Dead

Nov 22, 1978

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67

Rhapsody

Apr 16, 1954

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51

Crash!

Dec 24, 1976

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54

Under Ten Flags

Sep 15, 1960

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48

Heads or Tails

Jun 04, 1969

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48

The Vengeance of Pancho Villa

Sep 12, 1967

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58

Teresa

Apr 05, 1951

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60

The Return of Jack Slade

Oct 09, 1955

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52

The Destructors

May 03, 1968

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58

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Jul 02, 2002

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NA

Murder Impossible

Mar 26, 1974

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45

Final Mission

Jul 25, 1984

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46

Oregon Passage

Dec 29, 1957

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43

Hustler Squad

May 07, 1976

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63

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

Dec 21, 1980

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50

The Money Jungle

Dec 15, 1967

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Operation Atlantis

Oct 21, 1965

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65

Day of the Badman

Jan 29, 1958

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55

The Bounty Man

Oct 31, 1972

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63

Pretty Boy Floyd

Jan 01, 1960

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NA

Primary Target

Jul 18, 1990

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Great Lady Has an Interview

Feb 14, 1954

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NA

Heritage of Anger

Nov 15, 1956

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72

Hawkins

Mar 13, 1973

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72

The Fugitive

Sep 17, 1963

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70

S.W.A.T.

Feb 24, 1975

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70

Honey West

Sep 17, 1965

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68

Ironside

Mar 28, 1967

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74

The A-Team

Jan 23, 1983

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63

Lux Video Theatre

Oct 02, 1950

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62

The Philco Television Playhouse

Oct 03, 1948

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NA

Out There

Oct 28, 1951

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NA

Star Stage

Sep 09, 1955

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65

Appointment with Adventure

Apr 03, 1955

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62

General Electric Theater

Feb 01, 1953

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35

Cavalcade of America

Oct 01, 1952

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32

Climax!

Oct 07, 1954

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72

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Oct 05, 1951

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50

The Millionaire

Jan 19, 1955

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76

Playhouse 90

Oct 04, 1956

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63

Wagon Train

Sep 18, 1957

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55

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Oct 05, 1956

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37

The Restless Gun

Sep 23, 1957

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NA

The David Niven Show

Apr 07, 1959

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57

Adventures in Paradise

Oct 05, 1959

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65

Letter to Loretta

Sep 20, 1953

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65

Letter to Loretta

Sep 20, 1953

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65

Letter to Loretta

Sep 20, 1953

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62

General Electric Theater

Feb 01, 1953

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74

Nero Wolfe

Dec 24, 1981

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35

Cavalcade of America

Oct 01, 1952

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35

Cavalcade of America

Oct 01, 1952

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72

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Oct 05, 1951

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72

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Oct 05, 1951

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72

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Oct 05, 1951

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68

CHiPs

Sep 15, 1977

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55

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Oct 05, 1956

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55

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Oct 05, 1956

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55

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Oct 05, 1956

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63

The Chevy Mystery Show

May 29, 1960

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75

Knight Rider

Sep 26, 1982

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75

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

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65

The Virginian

Sep 19, 1962

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75

Airwolf

Jan 22, 1984

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78

The Wonderful World of Disney

Oct 27, 1954

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32

Climax!

Oct 07, 1954

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32

Climax!

Oct 07, 1954

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62

The United States Steel Hour

Oct 27, 1953

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68

CHiPs

Sep 15, 1977

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67

One Day at a Time

Dec 16, 1975

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69

The Streets of San Francisco

Sep 23, 1972

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68

The Invaders

Jan 10, 1967

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50

Barbary Coast

Sep 08, 1975

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75

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

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54

The F.B.I.

Sep 19, 1965

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62

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Jan 12, 1958

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62

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Jan 12, 1958