Leif Erickson
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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
Fotos
Películas (87)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977 · Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director
The Fantastic Journey
1977 · Ben Wallace
Winterhawk
1975 · Guthrie
Abduction
1975 · Prescott
Force Five
1975 · Cal Newkirk
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
1973 · William Henry Cameron
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972 · Amos Wetherall
The Family Rico
1972 · Mike Lamont
The New Healers
1972 · Dr. Victor Briggs
The Deadly Dream
1971 · Dr. Harold Malcolm
Terror in the Sky
1971 · Marty Treleavan
Man and Boy
1971 · Sheriff Mossman
Mirage
1965 · The Major
I Saw What You Did
1965 · Dave Mannering
Roustabout
1964 · Joe Lean
The Carpetbaggers
1964 · Jonas Cord Sr.
Strait-Jacket
1964 · Bill Cutler
A Gathering of Eagles
1963 · Gen. Hewitt
Shootout at Big Sag
1962 · Sam Barbee
The Shape of the River
1960 · William Dean Howells
Once Upon a Horse...
1958 · Granville "Granny" Dix
Twilight for the Gods
1958 · Harry Hutton
Kiss Them for Me
1957 · Eddie Turnbill
Panic Button
1957 · Paul Henderson
The Vintage
1957 · Louis Morel
One Coat of White
1957 · Ben Riggs
Istanbul
1957 · Charlie Boyle
Tea and Sympathy
1956 · Bill Reynolds
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956 · Lou Glover
Star in the Dust
1956 · George Ballard
On the Waterfront
1954 · Glover
Paris Model
1953 · Edgar Blevins
Captain Scarface
1953 · Sam
Fort Algiers
1953 · Kalmani
Invaders from Mars
1953 · George MacLean
A Perilous Journey
1953 · Richards
Trouble Along the Way
1953 · Father Provincial aka Ed
Born to the Saddle
1953 · Bob Marshall
Never Wave at a WAC
1953 · Norbert 'Noisy' Jackson
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952 · Morgan
My Wife's Best Friend
1952 · Nicholas Reed
Carbine Williams
1952 · Feder
With a Song in My Heart
1952 · General (uncredited)
Sailor Beware
1952 · Commander Lane
The Cimarron Kid
1952 · Marshal John Sutton
Reunion in Reno
1951 · B. Frederick Linaker
The Tall Target
1951 · Stranger
Show Boat
1951 · Pete
Fourteen Hours
1951 · Bit Part (uncredited)
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
1951 · Pilate
Dallas
1950 · U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby
Three Secrets
1950 · Bill Chase
The Showdown
1950 · Big Mart
Stella
1950 · Fred Anderson Jr.
Mother Didn't Tell Me
1950 · Dr. Bruce Gordon
The Lady Gambles
1949 · Tony
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949 · Pringle
Joan of Arc
1948 · Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948 · Dr. Mason
The Snake Pit
1948 · Gordon
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948 · Fred Lord
The Gay Intruders
1948 · Dr. Harold Matson
The Gangster
1947 · Beaumont
Blonde Savage
1947 · Steve Blake
Arabian Nights
1942 · Kamar (as Leif Erikson)
Night Monster
1942 · Laurie
Pardon My Sarong
1942 · Whaba
Eagle Squadron
1942 · Johnny M. Coe
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942 · Bill Stone
The Fleet's In
1942 · Jake
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941 · Rodney 'Bo-Jo' Brown
The Blonde from Singapore
1941 · Terry Prescott
Nothing but the Truth
1941 · Tommy Van Dusen
Crisis
1939 · Narrator (voice)
One Third of a Nation
1939 · Peter Cortlant
Ride a Crooked Mile
1938 · Johnny Simpkins
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938 · Bob Hayes
Thrill of a Lifetime
1937 · Howard Nelson
Conquest
1937 · Paul Lachinski
Waikiki Wedding
1937 · Dr. Victor Quimby
College Holiday
1936 · Dick Winters
Girl of the Ozarks
1936 · Tom Bolton
Desert Gold
1936 · Glenn Kasedon
Drift Fence
1936 · Curley Prentice
Nevada
1935 · Bill Ide
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935 · Lawrence
Air Tonic
1933 · Band Singer
Series (42)
Wild Times
1980 · John Tyree
The Fantastic Journey
1977 · Ben Wallace
Medical Story
1975 · Dr. Taussing
The Rockford Files
1974 · Carl Colton 'C.C.' Calloway
Harry O
1974
The Magician
1973 · Nicholas Olson
The Evil Touch
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Rookies
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
Cannon
1971
Night Gallery
1970 · Charlie Wheatland
Medical Center
1969
The Mod Squad
1968
Mannix
1967
The High Chaparral
1967 · Big John Cannon
Ironside
1967
Branded
1965
Daniel Boone
1964 · Aaron Burr, Bill Sedley
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · General
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Great Adventure
1963 · Abel Parrish, President Grover Cleveland
Burke's Law
1963 · Jason Hayes
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Paul White, Doctor Hellyer
The Virginian
1962 · Peterson, Charlie Ryan, Bill King
The New Breed
1961 · Dr. Eric Thor
The Rebel
1959 · Dave Blaine
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Andrew Middleton
Bonanza
1959 · Tom Caine, Josh Tatum
Rawhide
1959 · Frank Travis
The Rifleman
1958
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Jim Lewis, Cash Wilson
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Wayne Phillips
Gunsmoke
1955 · Virgil Powell
The Millionaire
1955 · Brian Hendricks, Norman Conover
Climax!
1954 · Robert Eunson, Richard Carmichael, Doug Randell, Richard Moore
Inner Sanctum
1954
General Electric Theater
1953 · Man
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Dan, Sam Sargent
Bambi
1948 · Self (archive footage)