John Ericson

John Ericson

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: Acting
Birthday: 1926-09-23
Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, Germany
Also Known As: Joachim Alexander Ottokar Meibes, John Erickson

Movies List of John Ericson

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It's a Big Country

1951 Movie
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The Bamboo Saucer

1968 Movie
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7 Faces of Dr. Lao

1964 Movie
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Bad Day at Black Rock

1955 Movie
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Forty Guns

1957 Movie
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I Am Semiramis

1963 Movie
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Hog Wild

1974 Movie
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The Cruel Tower

1956 Movie
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The Student Prince

1954 Movie
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Green Fire

1954 Movie
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The House of the Dead

1978 Movie
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Rhapsody

1954 Movie
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Crash!

1976 Movie
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Under Ten Flags

1960 Movie
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Heads or Tails

1969 Movie
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Teresa

1951 Movie
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The Destructors

1968 Movie
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Murder Impossible

1974 Movie
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Final Mission

1984 Movie
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Oregon Passage

1957 Movie
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Hustler Squad

1976 Movie
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The Money Jungle

1967 Movie
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Operation Atlantis

1965 Movie
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Day of the Badman

1958 Movie
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The Bounty Man

1972 Movie
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Pretty Boy Floyd

1960 Movie
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Primary Target

1990 Movie