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person_profile-Leif Erickson

Leif Erickson Died at age: 74

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Leif Erickson

Date of Birth:

Oct 27, 1911

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 29, 1986

Biography of

Leif Erickson

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    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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Filmography of

Leif Erickson

Found 82 Movies in total

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director ( Actor )

... 1977

The Fantastic Journey

Ben Wallace ( Actor )

... 1977

Winterhawk

Guthrie ( Actor )

... 1975

Abduction

Prescott ( Actor )

... 1975

Force Five

Cal Newkirk ( Actor )

... 1975

... 1973

The Family Rico

Mike Lamont ( Actor )

... 1972

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

Amos Wetherall ( Actor )

... 1972

The New Healers

Dr. Victor Briggs ( Actor )

... 1972

The Deadly Dream

Dr. Harold Malcolm ( Actor )

... 1971

Terror in the Sky

Marty Treleavan ( Actor )

... 1971

Man and Boy

Sheriff Mossman ( Actor )

... 1971

Mirage

The Major ( Actor )

... 1965

I Saw What You Did

Dave Mannering ( Actor )

... 1965

Roustabout

Joe Lean ( Actor )

... 1964

The Carpetbaggers

Jonas Cord Senior ( Actor )

... 1964

Strait-Jacket

Bill Cutler ( Actor )

... 1964

A Gathering of Eagles

Gen. Hewitt ( Actor )

... 1963

Shootout at Big Sag

Sam Barbee ( Actor )

... 1962

Once Upon a Horse...

Granville "Granny" Dix ( Actor )

... 1958

Twilight for the Gods

Harry Hutton ( Actor )

... 1958

Kiss Them for Me

Eddie Turnbill ( Actor )

... 1957

The Vintage

Louis Morel ( Actor )

... 1957

Istanbul

Charlie Boyle ( Actor )

... 1957

Tea and Sympathy

Bill Reynolds ( Actor )

... 1956

The Fastest Gun Alive

Lou Glover ( Actor )

... 1956

Star in the Dust

George Ballard ( Actor )

... 1956

On the Waterfront

Glover ( Actor )

... 1954

Paris Model

Edgar Blevins ( Actor )

... 1953

Captain Scarface

Sam (as Lief Erickson) ( Actor )

... 1953

Fort Algiers

Kalmani ( Actor )

... 1953

Invaders from Mars

Mr. George MacLean ( Actor )

... 1953

A Perilous Journey

Richards ( Actor )

... 1953

Trouble Along the Way

Father Provincial aka Ed ( Actor )

... 1953

Born to the Saddle

Bob Marshall ( Actor )

... 1953

Never Wave at a WAC

Sgt. Norbert 'Noisy' Jackson ( Actor )

... 1953

... 1952

My Wife's Best Friend

Nicholas Reed ( Actor )

... 1952

Carbine Williams

Feder ( Actor )

... 1952

With a Song in My Heart

General aboard plane ( Actor )

... 1952

Sailor Beware

Commander Lane ( Actor )

... 1952

The Cimarron Kid

Marshal John Sutton ( Actor )

... 1952

Reunion in Reno

B. Frederick Linaker ( Actor )

... 1951

The Tall Target

Stranger ( Actor )

... 1951

Show Boat

Pete ( Actor )

... 1951

Fourteen Hours

Bit Part (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1951

Dallas

U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby ( Actor )

... 1950

Three Secrets

Bill Chase ( Actor )

... 1950

The Showdown

Big Mart ( Actor )

... 1950

Stella

Fred Anderson Jr. ( Actor )

... 1950

Mother Didn't Tell Me

Dr. Bruce Gordon ( Actor )

... 1950

The Lady Gambles

Tony ( Actor )

... 1949

Johnny Stool Pigeon

Pringle ( Actor )

... 1949

Joan of Arc

Dunois, Bastard of Orleans ( Actor )

... 1948

Miss Tatlock's Millions

Dr. Mason ( Actor )

... 1948

The Snake Pit

Gordon ( Actor )

... 1948

Sorry, Wrong Number

Fred Lord ( Actor )

... 1948

The Gay Intruders

Dr. Harold Matson ( Actor )

... 1948

The Gangster

Beaumont ( Actor )

... 1947

Blonde Savage

Steve Blake ( Actor )

... 1947

Arabian Nights

Kamar (as Leif Erikson) ( Actor )

... 1942

Night Monster

Laurie ( Actor )

... 1942

Pardon My Sarong

Whaba ( Actor )

... 1942

Eagle Squadron

Johnny M. Coe ( Actor )

... 1942

Are Husbands Necessary?

Bill Stone ( Actor )

... 1942

The Fleet's In

Jake ( Actor )

... 1942

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

Rodney 'Bo-Jo' Brown ( Actor )

... 1941

The Blonde from Singapore

Terry Prescott ( Actor )

... 1941

Nothing But the Truth

Tommy Van Dusen ( Actor )

... 1941

One Third of a Nation

Peter Cortlant ( Actor )

... 1939

Ride a Crooked Mile

Johnny Simpkins ( Actor )

... 1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938

Bob Hayes ( Actor )

... 1938

Thrill of a Lifetime

Howard Nelson ( Actor )

... 1937

Conquest

Paul Lachinski ( Actor )

... 1937

Waikiki Wedding

Dr. Victor Quimby ( Actor )

... 1937

College Holiday

Dick Winters ( Actor )

... 1936

Girl of the Ozarks

Tom Bolton ( Actor )

... 1936

Desert Gold

Glenn Kasedon ( Actor )

... 1936

Drift Fence

Curley Prentice ( Actor )

... 1936

Nevada

Bill Ide (as Glen Erickson) ( Actor )

... 1935

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Lawrence (as Glenn Erickson) ( Actor )

... 1935