John Ericson
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-09-23 (94 years old)
Deathday
2020-05-03
Place of Birth
Düsseldorf, Germany
Also known As
Joachim Alexander Ottokar Meibes
John Erickson
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...
Acting
1951
as Naval Ensign (uncredited)
1971
as Col. Heller
1968
as Fred Norwood
1964
as Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
1955
as Pete Wirth
1957
as Brockie Drummond
1963
as Kir
1974
as Morris Melborne
1956
as Tom Kittredge
1954
as Count Von Asterburg
1954
as Donald Knowland
1978
as Talmudge
1954
as James Guest
1976
as Dr. Gregg Martin
1960
as Lieutenant Krüger
1969
as William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
1967
as Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
1951
as Philip Cass
1955
as Jack Slade
1968
as Dutch Holland
2002
as Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
1974
as Murray
1984
as The Colonel
1957
as Lt. Niles Ord
1976
1980
as George Ross
1967
as Blake Heller
1965
as George Steele
1958
as Sheriff Barney Wiley
1972
as Billy Riddle
1960
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
1990
1954
as Reporter (uncredited)
1956
as Johnny Hanneman
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