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.
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Filmography
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TV Shows 40
Movies 32
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)
Primary Target (1990)
Robert Kennedy & His Times (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Final Mission (1984)
Airwolf (1984)
The A-Team (1983)
Knight Rider (1982)
Nero Wolfe (1981)
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980)
The House of the Dead (1978)
CHiPs (1977)
Crash! (1976)
Hustler Squad (1976)
Barbary Coast (1975)
S.W.A.T. (1975)
Murder Impossible (1974)
Hog Wild (1974)
Tenafly (1973)
Hawkins (1973)
Escape (1973)
The Bounty Man (1972)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Heads or Tails (1969)
The Bamboo Saucer (1968)
The Destructors (1968)
The Money Jungle (1967)
The Vengeance of Pancho Villa (1967)
Ironside (1967)
The Invaders (1967)
Operation Atlantis (1965)
Honey West (1965)
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
The Fugitive (1963)
I Am Semiramis (1963)
The Virginian (1962)
Kraft Mystery Theatre (1961)
Under Ten Flags (1960)
The Chevy Mystery Show (1960)
Pretty Boy Floyd (1960)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
Bonanza (1959)
The David Niven Show (1959)
Day of the Badman (1958)
Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
Oregon Passage (1957)
The Restless Gun (1957)
Wagon Train (1957)
Forty Guns (1957)
The Cruel Tower (1956)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Playhouse 90 (1956)
The Return of Jack Slade (1955)
Star Stage (1955)
Appointment with Adventure (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Green Fire (1954)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
Climax! (1954)
The Student Prince (1954)
Rhapsody (1954)
The United States Steel Hour (1953)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Cavalcade of America (1952)
It's a Big Country (1951)
Out There (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Teresa (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
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GenderMale
Birthday1926-09-25
Deathday2020-05-03 (93 years old)
Birth NameJoachim Alexander Ottokar Meibes
Birth PlaceDüsseldorf, Germany
CitizenshipsWeimar Republic, United States of America
Also Known AsJoachim Alexander Ottokar Meibes, John Erickson
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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