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Leif Erickson
Actor
Born October 27, 1911Died January 29, 1986 (74 years)
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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.
Erickson enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II. Rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer in the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit, he served as a military photographer, shooting film in combat zones, and as an instructor. He was shot down twice in the Pacific as well as receiving two Purple Hearts. Erickson was in the unit that filmed and photographed the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. Over four years service, he shot more than 200,000 feet of film for the Navy.
Erickson's first films were two 1933 band films with Betty Grable before starting a string of Buster Crabbe Western films based on Zane Grey novels. He would go on to appears in films such as The Snake Pit, Sorry, Wrong Number, Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd, Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront, A Gathering of Eagles, Roustabout, The Carpetbaggers and Mirage.
One of his more notable roles was as Deborah Kerr's macho husband in the stage and film versions of Tea and Sympathy. He appeared with Greta Garbo, as her brother in Conquest (1937). He played the role of Pete, the vindictive boat engineer, in the 1951 remake of the famed musical Show Boat. His final appearance in a feature film was in Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977).
Erickson appeared frequently on television; he was cast as Dr. Hillyer in "Consider Her Ways" (1964) and as Paul White in "The Monkey's Paw—A Retelling" (1965) on CBS's The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. However, he is probably best known for The High Chaparral, which aired on NBC from 1967 until 1971. He portrayed a rancher, Big John Cannon, determined to establish a cattle empire in the Arizona Territory while keeping peace with the Apache. Erickson guest-starred in several television series, including Rawhide, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Marcus Welby, M.D., Medical Center, Cannon, The Rifleman, The Rockford Files, and the 1977 series Hunter. His final role was in an episode of Fantasy Island in 1984.
Erickson was married to actress Frances Farmer from 1936 until 1942. The same day that his divorce from Farmer was finalized, June 12, 1942, he married actress Margaret Hayes. They divorced a month later. He married Ann Diamond in 1945. They had two children, William Leif Erickson (born 1946 - died 1971 in a car accident) and Susan Irene Erickson (born 1950).
Erickson died of cancer in Pensacola, Florida, on January 29, 1986, aged 74 CLR
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.
Erickson enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II. Rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer in the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit, he served as a military photographer, shooting film in combat zones, and as an instructor. He was shot down twice in the Pacific as well as receiving two Purple Hearts. Erickson was in the unit that filmed and photographed the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. Over four years service, he shot more than 200,000 feet of film for the Navy.
Erickson's first films were two 1933 band films with Betty Grable before starting a string of Buster Crabbe Western films based on Zane Grey novels. He would go on to appears in films such as The Snake Pit, Sorry, Wrong Number, Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd, Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront, A Gathering of Eagles, Roustabout, The Carpetbaggers and Mirage.
One of his more notable roles was as Deborah Kerr's macho husband in the stage and film versions of Tea and Sympathy. He appeared with Greta Garbo, as her brother in Conquest (1937). He played the role of Pete, the vindictive boat engineer, in the 1951 remake of the famed musical Show Boat. His final appearance in a feature film was in Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977).
Erickson appeared frequently on television; he was cast as Dr. Hillyer in "Consider Her Ways" (1964) and as Paul White in "The Monkey's Paw—A Retelling" (1965) on CBS's The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. However, he is probably best known for The High Chaparral, which aired on NBC from 1967 until 1971. He portrayed a rancher, Big John Cannon, determined to establish a cattle empire in the Arizona Territory while keeping peace with the Apache. Erickson guest-starred in several television series, including Rawhide, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Marcus Welby, M.D., Medical Center, Cannon, The Rifleman, The Rockford Files, and the 1977 series Hunter. His final role was in an episode of Fantasy Island in 1984.
Erickson was married to actress Frances Farmer from 1936 until 1942. The same day that his divorce from Farmer was finalized, June 12, 1942, he married actress Margaret Hayes. They divorced a month later. He married Ann Diamond in 1945. They had two children, William Leif Erickson (born 1946 - died 1971 in a car accident) and Susan Irene Erickson (born 1950).
Erickson died of cancer in Pensacola, Florida, on January 29, 1986, aged 74 CLR
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| 2005 | Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us · as George Maclean |
| 1980 | Wild Times (TV Series) · as John Tyree |
| 1978 | Project UFO (TV Series) · as Frederick Carlson |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming · as Ralph Whittaker - Cia Director |
| 1977 | The Fantastic Journey (TV Series) · as Ben Wallace |
| 1977 | The Fantastic Journey · as Ben Wallace |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Father Prine |
| 1976 | The Quest (1976) (TV Series) · as Jerrico Franklin |
| 1976 | Hunter (1977) (TV Series) · as Maitland |
| 1975 | Winterhawk · as Guthrie |
| 1975 | Medical Story (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Abduction · as Prescott |
| 1975 | Force Five · as Cal Newkirk |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Carl Colton 'c.c.' Calloway |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping · as William Henry Cameron |
| 1973 | The Evil Touch (TV Series) |
| 1973 | The Magician (TV Series) · as Nicholas Olson |
| 1973 | Harry O (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Daughters of Joshua Cabe · as Amos Wetherall |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense (TV Series) |
| 1971 | The Deadly Dream · as Dr. Harold Malcolm |
| 1971 | Terror in the Sky · as Marty Treleavan |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Matt |
| 1971 | Man and Boy · as Sheriff Mossman |
| 1971 | Longstreet (TV Series) · as Harold Kemp |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Charlie Wheatland |
| 1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Dr. Justin Garvey |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as King |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral (TV Series) · as Big John Cannon |
| 1965 | Mirage · as The Major |
| 1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah (TV Series) · as Sheriff Dan Grier |
| 1965 | I Saw What You Did · as Dave Mannering |
| 1965 | Branded (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Roustabout · as Joe Lean |
| 1964 | The Carpetbaggers · as Jonas Cord Senior |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Aaron Burr |
| 1964 | Strait-Jacket · as Bill Cutler |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as General |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure (TV Series) · as Abel Parrish |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Jason Hayes |
| 1963 | Grindl (TV Series) · as Karl Stauffer |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) |
| 1963 | The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV Series) · as Sugar Bob Devlin |
| 1963 | A Gathering of Eagles · as Gen. Hewitt |
| 1962 | The New Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Bascomb T. Beebe |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Paul White |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Peterson |
| 1962 | Shootout at Big Sag · as Sam Barbee |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Mr. Green |
| 1961 | The New Breed (TV Series) · as Dr. Eric Thor |
| 1961 | Hazel (TV Series) · as Zachary King |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Governor |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Hotel de Paree (TV Series) · as O.k. Lassiter |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show (TV Series) · as Andrew Middleton |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Frank Travis |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Once Upon a Horse... · as Granville "granny" Dix |
| 1958 | Twilight for the Gods · as Harry Hutton |
| 1957 | Kiss Them for Me · as Eddie Turnbill |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Eli Bancroft |
| 1957 | The Vintage · as Louis Morel |
| 1957 | Istanbul · as Charlie Boyle |
| 1956 | Tea and Sympathy · as Bill Reynolds |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series) · as Jim Lewis |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Ben Riggs |
| 1956 | The Fastest Gun Alive · as Lou Glover |
| 1956 | Star in the Dust · as George Ballard |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Wayne Phillips |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Virgil Powell |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Brian Hendricks |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Richard Carmichael |
| 1954 | On the Waterfront · as Glover |
| 1954 | The Inner Sanctum (TV Series) |
| 1953 | Paris Model · as Edgar Blevins |
| 1953 | Captain Scarface · as Sam |
| 1953 | Fort Algiers · as Kalmani |
| 1953 | Invaders from Mars · as Mr. George Maclean |
| 1953 | A Perilous Journey · as Richards |
| 1953 | Trouble Along the Way · as Father Provincial Aka Ed |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Man |
| 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC · as Sgt. Norbert 'noisy' Jackson |
| 1952 | Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd · as Morgan |
| 1952 | My Wife's Best Friend · as Nicholas Reed |
| 1952 | Born to the Saddle · as Bob Marshall |
| 1952 | Carbine Williams · as Feder |
| 1952 | With a Song in My Heart · as General Aboard Plane |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | The Cimarron Kid · as Marshal John Sutton |
| 1952 | Sailor Beware · as Commander Lane |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Sam Sargent |
| 1951 | The Tall Target · as Stranger |
| 1951 | Show Boat · as Pete |
| 1951 | Fourteen Hours · as Bit Part (uncredited) |
| 1951 | |
| 1950 | Dallas · as U.s. Marshal Martin Weatherby |
| 1950 | Three Secrets · as Bill Chase |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Jim Torrance |
| 1950 | The Showdown · as Big Mart |
| 1950 | Stella · as Fred Anderson Jr. |
| 1950 | Love That Brute · as Elmdale Military Academy Captain |
| 1950 | Mother Didn't Tell Me · as Dr. Bruce Gordon |
| 1949 | Family Theatre (TV Series) · as Pilate |
| 1949 | The Lady Gambles · as Tony |
| 1949 | Johnny Stool Pigeon · as Pringle |
| 1948 | Miss Tatlock's Millions · as Dr. Mason |
| 1948 | The Snake Pit · as Gordon |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc · as Dunois, Bastard Of Orleans |
| 1948 | Sorry, Wrong Number · as Fred Lord |
| 1947 | The Gangster · as Beaumont |
| 1947 | Blonde Savage · as Steve Blake |
| 1942 | Arabian Nights · as Kamar (as Leif Erikson) |
| 1942 | Night Monster · as Laurie |
| 1942 | Pardon My Sarong · as Whaba |
| 1942 | Eagle Squadron · as Johnny M. Coe |
| 1942 | Are Husbands Necessary? · as Bill Stone |
| 1942 | The Fleet's In · as Jake |
| 1941 | H.M. Pulham, Esq. · as Rodney 'bo-Jo' Brown |
| 1941 | Nothing But the Truth · as Tommy Van Dusen |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty · as Cast |
| 1939 | Crisis · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1939 | ...One Third of a Nation... · as Peter Cortlant |
| 1938 | Ride a Crooked Mile · as Johnny Simpkins |
| 1938 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 · as Bob Hayes |
| 1937 | Thrill of a Lifetime · as Howard Nelson |
| 1937 | Conquest · as Paul Lachinski |
| 1937 | Waikiki Wedding · as Dr. Victor Quimby |
| 1936 | College Holiday · as Dick Winters |
| 1936 | Desert Gold · as Glenn Kasedon |
| 1936 | Drift Fence · as Curley Prentice |
| 1933 | The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi · as Band Singer With Ted Fio Rito |