Personal Info
Known Credits
33
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1926-09-23 (99 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Düsseldorf, Germany
Also Known For
Joachim Alexander Ottokar MeibesJohn 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 ...
Known For
Acting
2002 --
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
| Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
1990 --
Primary Target
|
1984 --
Final Mission
| The Colonel
1980 --
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
| George Ross
1978 --
The House of the Dead
| Talmudge
1976 --
Crash!
| Dr. Gregg Martin
1976 --
Hustler Squad
|
1974 --
Murder Impossible
| Murray
1974 --
Hog Wild
| Morris Melborne
1972 --
The Bounty Man
| Billy Riddle
1971 --
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
| Col. Heller
1969 --
Heads or Tails
| William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'
1968 --
The Bamboo Saucer
| Fred Norwood
1968 --
The Destructors
| Dutch Holland
1967 --
The Money Jungle
| Blake Heller
1967 --
The Vengeance of Pancho Villa
| Don Diego Alvarado / Diego Owens
1965 --
Operation Atlantis
| George Steele
1964 --
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
| Ed Cunningham / Transformed Pan
1963 --
I Am Semiramis
| Kir
1960 --
Under Ten Flags
| Lieutenant Krüger
1960 --
Pretty Boy Floyd
| Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
1958 --
Day of the Badman
| Sheriff Barney Wiley
1957 --
Oregon Passage
| Lt. Niles Ord
1957 --
Forty Guns
| Brockie Drummond
1956 --
The Cruel Tower
| Tom Kittredge
1955 --
The Return of Jack Slade
| Jack Slade
1955 --
Bad Day at Black Rock
| Pete Wirth
1954 --
Green Fire
| Donald Knowland
1954 --
The Student Prince
| Count Von Asterburg
1954 --
Rhapsody
| James Guest
1954 --
Great Lady Has an Interview
| Reporter (uncredited)
1951 --
It's a Big Country
| Naval Ensign (uncredited)
1951 --
Teresa
| Philip Cass