John Ericson

Actor Sep 23 (died age 93) Düsseldorf, Germany 1947–2002 (55 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Col. Heller

Film

Bad Day at Black Rock

Pete Wirth

Film

Forty Guns

Brockie Drummond

Film

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan

Film

Rhapsody

James Guest

Film

Green Fire

Donald Knowland

Film

Honey West

Sam Bolt

Film

Crash!

Dr. Gregg Martin

Filmography

Acting (75)

Movies (34)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002

as Brockie Drummond (archive footage)

Primary Target

Final Mission

as The Colonel

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

1980

as George Ross

6.3

The House of the Dead

as Talmudge

Hustler Squad

Crash!

as Dr. Gregg Martin

Hog Wild

as Morris Melborne

Murder Impossible

1974

as Murray

The Bounty Man

1972

as Billy Riddle

5.5

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

as Col. Heller

7.0

Heads or Tails

1969

as William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'

The Bamboo Saucer

as Fred Norwood

The Destructors

as Dutch Holland

The Money Jungle

as Blake Heller

The Vengeance of Pancho Villa

1967

as Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens

4.8

Operation Atlantis

1965

as George Steele

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

1964

as Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan

I Am Semiramis

as Kir

Under Ten Flags

as Lieutenant Krüger

Pretty Boy Floyd

as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd

6.3

Day of the Badman

1958

as Sheriff Barney Wiley

Forty Guns

as Brockie Drummond

Oregon Passage

as Lt. Niles Ord

The Cruel Tower

as Tom Kittredge

Heritage of Anger

as Johnny Hanneman

Bad Day at Black Rock

1955

as Pete Wirth

7.3

The Return of Jack Slade

as Jack Slade

Rhapsody

as James Guest

Green Fire

as Donald Knowland

The Student Prince

as Count Von Asterburg

6.1

Great Lady Has an Interview

1954

as Reporter (uncredited)

2.0

It's a Big Country

1951

as Naval Ensign (uncredited)

5.3

Teresa

1951

as Philip Cass

5.8

Television (41)

Murder, She Wrote

1984

as Henderson Wheatley

Airwolf

as Dr. Karl Krüger

The A-Team

as Calvin Cutter

Knight Rider

as Phillip Royce

Nero Wolfe

as Arthur Poor

CHiPs

as John Ericson (uncredited)

One Day at a Time

as Clint Wilkens

S.W.A.T.

Barbary Coast

as Mike McCord

Hawkins

as Frank Pearson

The Streets of San Francisco

as Shelby

Ironside

as Fred

The Invaders

as Hardy Smith

The F.B.I.

as Sgt. Paul Devlin

Honey West

as Sam Bolt

The Fugitive

as Lars

The Virginian

as Jack Bonham

The Chevy Mystery Show

as Ray

Bonanza

as Vince Dagen

Adventures in Paradise

1959

as Jeff Hazen

5.7

The David Niven Show

1959

as Twist Thompson

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Brom Bones

Wagon Train

The Restless Gun

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Will Ruxton

Playhouse 90

The Millionaire

as Sgt. Peter Barkley

5.0

Star Stage

1955

Appointment with Adventure

Climax!

as William Herrick

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Morris Melborne

7.8

The United States Steel Hour

1953

6.2

General Electric Theater

as Red

Letter to Loretta

as Will Hadley

Cavalcade of America

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger

Out There

Lux Video Theatre

as Mike

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One

as Anderson

Kraft Television Theatre

1947

as Matt Wilson

7.5