
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.
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Acting (34 movies)

It's a Big Country
1951

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971

The Bamboo Saucer
1968

7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964

Bad Day at Black Rock
1955

Forty Guns
1957

I Am Semiramis
1963

Hog Wild
1974

The Cruel Tower
1956

The Student Prince
1954

Green Fire
1954

The House of the Dead
1978

Rhapsody
1954

Crash!
1976

Under Ten Flags
1960

Heads or Tails
1969

The Vengeance of Pancho Villa
1967

Teresa
1951

The Return of Jack Slade
1955

The Destructors
1968

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002

Murder Impossible
1974

Final Mission
1984

Oregon Passage
1957

Hustler Squad
1976

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
1980

The Money Jungle
1967

Operation Atlantis
1965

Day of the Badman
1958

The Bounty Man
1972

Pretty Boy Floyd
1960

Primary Target
1990

Great Lady Has an Interview
1954

Heritage of Anger
1956
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