John Ericson

About

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...

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BonanzaSeries • 1959Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984IronsideSeries • 1967AirwolfSeries • 1984The FugitiveSeries • 1963Wagon TrainSeries • 1957The A-TeamSeries • 1983Knight RiderSeries • 1982The VirginianSeries • 1962Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956Climax!Series • 1954Studio OneSeries • 1948The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries • 1948The F.B.I.Series • 1965The InvadersSeries • 1967One Day at a TimeSeries • 1975The Streets of San FranciscoSeries • 1972Adventures in ParadiseSeries • 1959Kraft Television TheatreSeries • 1947The MillionaireSeries • 1955The United States Steel HourSeries • 1953Playhouse 90Series • 1956Honey WestSeries • 1965CHiPsSeries • 1977