Birthday
1926/09/23
Day of death
2020/05/03 (93 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Düsseldorf, Germany
Also know as
Joachim Alexander Ottokar Meibes, John Erickson
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 ...Read more
(1951) It's a Big Country
as Naval Ensign (uncredited)
(1971) Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Col. Heller
(1968) The Bamboo Saucer
as Fred Norwood
(1964) 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
(1955) Bad Day at Black Rock
as Pete Wirth
(1957) Forty Guns
as Brockie Drummond
(1963) I Am Semiramis
as Kir
(1974) Hog Wild
as Morris Melborne
(1956) The Cruel Tower
as Tom Kittredge
(1954) The Student Prince
as Count Von Asterburg
(1954) Green Fire
as Donald Knowland
(1978) The House of the Dead
as Talmudge
(1954) Rhapsody
as James Guest
(1976) Crash!
as Dr. Gregg Martin
(1960) Under Ten Flags
as Lieutenant Krüger
(1969) Heads or Tails
as William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
(1967) The Vengeance of Pancho Villa
as Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
(1951) Teresa
as Philip Cass
(1955) The Return of Jack Slade
as Jack Slade
(1968) The Destructors
as Dutch Holland
(2002) The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
(1974) Murder Impossible
as Murray
(1984) Final Mission
as The Colonel
(1957) Oregon Passage
as Lt. Niles Ord
(1976) Hustler Squad
as ---
(1980) The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
as George Ross
(1967) The Money Jungle
as Blake Heller
(1965) Operation Atlantis
as George Steele
(1958) Day of the Badman
as Sheriff Barney Wiley
(1972) The Bounty Man
as Billy Riddle
(1960) Pretty Boy Floyd
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
(1990) Primary Target
as ---
(1954) Great Lady Has an Interview
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1973) Hawkins
as Frank Pearson
(1963) The Fugitive
as Lars
(1975) S.W.A.T.
as ---
(1965) Honey West
as Sam Bolt
(1967) Ironside
as Fred
(1983) The A-Team
as Calvin Cutter
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Mike
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as ---
(1951) Out There
as ---
(1955) Star Stage
as ---
(1955) Appointment with Adventure
as ---
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Red
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as ---
(1954) Climax!
as William Herrick
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Gunner's Mate Eddie Younger
(1955) The Millionaire
as Sgt. Peter Barkley
(1956) Playhouse 90
as ---
(1957) Wagon Train
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Will Ruxton
(1957) The Restless Gun
as ---
(1959) The David Niven Show
as Twist Thompson
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Jeff Hazen
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Will Hadley
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Roy Hendricks
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Carl Stanton
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Wonder Boy Nick
(1981) Nero Wolfe
as Arthur Poor
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Leon Patterson
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Joe Loring
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Eddie Markham
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Paul
(1977) CHiPs
as John Ericson (uncredited)
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lane Baker
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Linc Mallory
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Andy McCall
(1960) The Chevy Mystery Show
as Ray
(1982) Knight Rider
as Phillip Royce
(1959) Bonanza
as Vince Dagen
(1962) The Virginian
as Jack Bonham
(1984) Airwolf
as Dr. Karl Krüger
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Morris Melborne
(1954) Climax!
as Lindy Jackson
(1954) Climax!
as Cameron Lacey
(1953) The United States Steel Hour
as ---
(1977) CHiPs
as Captain Burke
(1975) One Day at a Time
as Clint Wilkens
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as Shelby
(1967) The Invaders
as Hardy Smith
(1975) Barbary Coast
as Mike McCord
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Henderson Wheatley
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Sgt. Paul Devlin
(1958) Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Brom Bones
(1958) Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Hiawatha