Leif Erickson

Actor Oct 27 (died age 74) Alameda, California, USA 1933–1980 (47 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leif Erickson (born William Wycliffe Anderson) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Erickson was born in Alameda, California, near San Francisco. He worked as a soloist in a band as vocalist and trombone player, performed in Max Reinhardt's productions, and then gained a small amount of stage experience in a comedy vaudeville act. Initially billed by Paramount Pictures as Glenn Erickson, he began his screen career as a leading man in Westerns…

Known For

Film

On the Waterfront

Glover

Film

Sorry, Wrong Number

Fred Lord

Film

The Snake Pit

Gordon

Film

Mirage

The Major

Film

Strait-Jacket

Bill Cutler

Film

Invaders from Mars

Mr. George MacLean

Film

The Fastest Gun Alive

Lou Glover

Film

Fourteen Hours

Bit Part (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (127)

Movies (85)

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977

as Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director

6.4

The Fantastic Journey

as Ben Wallace

Winterhawk

as Guthrie

Abduction

as Prescott

Force Five

as Cal Newkirk

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping

1973

as William Henry Cameron

The Family Rico

as Mike Lamont

The New Healers

as Dr. Victor Briggs

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

as Amos Wetherall

Man and Boy

as Sheriff Mossman

The Deadly Dream

as Dr. Harold Malcolm

Terror in the Sky

as Marty Treleavan

Mirage

as The Major

I Saw What You Did

as Dave Mannering

The Carpetbaggers

as Jonas Cord Senior

Strait-Jacket

as Bill Cutler

Roustabout

as Joe Lean

A Gathering of Eagles

1963

as Gen. Hewitt

5.7

Shootout at Big Sag

1962

as Sam Barbee

Twilight for the Gods

1958

as Harry Hutton

3.8

Once Upon a Horse...

1958

as Granville "Granny" Dix

Istanbul

as Charlie Boyle

Kiss Them for Me

as Eddie Turnbill

The Vintage

as Louis Morel

One Coat of White

as Ben Riggs

The Fastest Gun Alive

as Lou Glover

Tea and Sympathy

as Bill Reynolds

Star in the Dust

as George Ballard

On the Waterfront

as Glover

Trouble Along the Way

1953

as Father Provincial aka Ed

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Invaders from Mars

1953

as Mr. George MacLean

Fort Algiers

as Kalmani

A Perilous Journey

as Richards

Paris Model

as Edgar Blevins

Captain Scarface

as Sam

Born to the Saddle

as Bob Marshall

Never Wave at a WAC

as Sgt. Norbert 'Noisy' Jackson

4.6

The Cimarron Kid

1952

as Marshal John Sutton

6.1

With a Song in My Heart

1952

as General (uncredited)

5.9

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

as Morgan

Sailor Beware

as Commander Lane

Carbine Williams

as Feder

My Wife's Best Friend

as Nicholas Reed

Show Boat

as Pete

Reunion in Reno

as B. Frederick Linaker

6.0

Fourteen Hours

1951

as Bit Part (uncredited)

7.2

The Tall Target

1951

as Stranger

6.8

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

1951

as Pilate

4.0

Dallas

1950

as U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby

6.5

Mother Didn't Tell Me

as Dr. Bruce Gordon

Three Secrets

as Bill Chase

The Showdown

as Big Mart

Stella

as Fred Anderson Jr.

The Lady Gambles

as Tony

Johnny Stool Pigeon

as Pringle

Sorry, Wrong Number

as Fred Lord

The Snake Pit

as Gordon

Joan of Arc

as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans

6.1

Miss Tatlock's Millions

as Dr. Mason

The Gay Intruders

as Dr. Harold Matson

The Gangster

as Beaumont

Blonde Savage

as Steve Blake

Eagle Squadron

as Johnny M. Coe

Arabian Nights

as Kamar (as Leif Erikson)

Pardon My Sarong

as Whaba

Night Monster

as Laurie

Are Husbands Necessary?

1942

as Bill Stone

The Fleet's In

1942

as Jake

7.0

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941

as Rodney 'Bo-Jo' Brown

7.1

The Blonde from Singapore

1941

as Terry Prescott

5.0

Nothing but the Truth

as Tommy Van Dusen

Crisis

as Narrator (voice)

One Third of a Nation

1939

as Peter Cortlant

5.8

The Big Broadcast of 1938

as Bob Hayes

Ride a Crooked Mile

as Johnny Simpkins

Conquest

as Paul Lachinski

Waikiki Wedding

as Dr. Victor Quimby

Thrill of a Lifetime

as Howard Nelson

College Holiday

as Dick Winters

Desert Gold

as Glenn Kasedon

Girl of the Ozarks

as Tom Bolton

Drift Fence

as Curley Prentice

Nevada

as Bill Ide

Wanderer of the Wasteland

1935

as Lawrence

5.0

Air Tonic

1933

as Band Singer

Television (42)

Wild Times

1980

as John Tyree

6.0

The Fantastic Journey

as Ben Wallace

Medical Story

The Rockford Files

as Carl Colton 'C.C.' Calloway

Harry O

The Magician

as Nicholas Olson

The Evil Touch

The Streets of San Francisco

The Rookies

The Sixth Sense

Cannon

Night Gallery

as Charlie Wheatland

Medical Center

The Mod Squad

Ironside

Mannix

The High Chaparral

as Big John Cannon

Branded

Daniel Boone

as Aaron Burr

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Burke's Law

as Jason Hayes

Arrest and Trial

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as General

5.3

The Great Adventure

1963

as Abel Parrish

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Doctor Hellyer

The Virginian

as Peterson

The New Breed

as Dr. Eric Thor

Bonanza

as Josh Tatum

Rawhide

as Frank Travis

The Rebel

as Dave Blaine

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Andrew Middleton

The Rifleman

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Jim Lewis

Matinee Theater

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Wayne Phillips

The Millionaire

as Brian Hendricks

Gunsmoke

as Virgil Powell

Climax!

as Robert Eunson

Inner Sanctum

General Electric Theater

1953

as Man

6.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Dan

7.2

Bambi

1948

as Self (archive footage)

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