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Leif Erickson‌

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Birthday

calendar1911-10-27

Popularity

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Leif Erickson

Alameda, California, USA

Leif Erickson

Alameda, California, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1911-10-27

Popularity

star7.9

Biography

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

Movie Credits

Roustabout

Roustabout‌
star5.9
calendar 1964

On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront‌
star7.9
calendar 1954

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars‌
star5.9
calendar 1953

Conquest

Conquest‌
star6.7
calendar 1937

Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number‌
star6.7
calendar 1948

The Gangster

The Gangster‌
star4.7
calendar 1947

The Fastest Gun Alive

The Fastest Gun Alive‌
star6.8
calendar 1956

The Tall Target

The Tall Target‌
star6.9
calendar 1951

I Saw What You Did

I Saw What You Did‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

Trouble Along the Way

Trouble Along the Way‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Strait-Jacket

Strait-Jacket‌
star6.6
calendar 1964

The Lady Gambles

The Lady Gambles‌
star6.0
calendar 1949

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights‌
star5.9
calendar 1942

The Cimarron Kid

The Cimarron Kid‌
star6.1
calendar 1952

Blonde Savage

Blonde Savage‌
star4.7
calendar 1947

The Big Broadcast of 1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938‌
star5.9
calendar 1938

Three Secrets

Three Secrets‌
star6.4
calendar 1950

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc‌
star6.1
calendar 1948

The Snake Pit

The Snake Pit‌
star7.0
calendar 1948

Tea and Sympathy

Tea and Sympathy‌
star6.9
calendar 1956

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd‌
star5.9
calendar 1952

The Gay Intruders

The Gay Intruders‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

With a Song in My Heart

With a Song in My Heart‌
star5.9
calendar 1952

The Fleet's In

The Fleet's In‌
star7.0
calendar 1942

Kiss Them for Me

Kiss Them for Me‌
star5.4
calendar 1957

Mirage

Mirage‌
star6.9
calendar 1965

Johnny Stool Pigeon

Johnny Stool Pigeon‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

Waikiki Wedding

Waikiki Wedding‌
star5.3
calendar 1937

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming‌
star6.4
calendar 1977

Drift Fence

Drift Fence‌
star4.0
calendar 1936

Nothing But the Truth

Nothing But the Truth‌
star7.1
calendar 1941

Night Monster

Night Monster‌
star6.2
calendar 1942

Never Wave at a WAC

Never Wave at a WAC‌
star4.9
calendar 1953

A Gathering of Eagles

A Gathering of Eagles‌
star5.4
calendar 1963

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe‌
star5.2
calendar 1972

Man and Boy

Man and Boy‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

Star in the Dust

Star in the Dust‌
star4.6
calendar 1956

Dallas

Dallas‌
star6.4
calendar 1950

Winterhawk

Winterhawk‌
star6.6
calendar 1975

A Perilous Journey

A Perilous Journey‌
star4.0
calendar 1953

Istanbul

Istanbul‌
star6.0
calendar 1957

Desert Gold

Desert Gold‌
star5.4
calendar 1936

Stella

Stella‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

One Third of a Nation

One Third of a Nation‌
star6.2
calendar 1939

Mother Didn't Tell Me

Mother Didn't Tell Me‌
star6.2
calendar 1950

My Wife's Best Friend

My Wife's Best Friend‌
star5.4
calendar 1952

The New Healers

The New Healers‌
star0.0
calendar 1972

The Deadly Dream

The Deadly Dream‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

The Vintage

The Vintage‌
star5.5
calendar 1957

Paris Model

Paris Model‌
star3.0
calendar 1953

Terror in the Sky

Terror in the Sky‌
star6.8
calendar 1971

College Holiday

College Holiday‌
star5.2
calendar 1936

Thrill of a Lifetime

Thrill of a Lifetime‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

Are Husbands Necessary?

Are Husbands Necessary?‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

H.M. Pulham, Esq.‌
star6.8
calendar 1941

Crisis

Crisis‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

The Carpetbaggers

The Carpetbaggers‌
star5.8
calendar 1964

Miss Tatlock's Millions

Miss Tatlock's Millions‌
star5.8
calendar 1948

Show Boat

Show Boat‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Born to the Saddle

Born to the Saddle‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

Fort Algiers

Fort Algiers‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

The Showdown

The Showdown‌
star4.8
calendar 1950

Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours‌
star7.1
calendar 1951

Ride a Crooked Mile

Ride a Crooked Mile‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Once Upon a Horse...

Once Upon a Horse...‌
star8.5
calendar 1958

Eagle Squadron

Eagle Squadron‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

The Blonde from Singapore

The Blonde from Singapore‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong‌
star6.5
calendar 1942

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration‌
star4.4
calendar 1951

Abduction

Abduction‌
star4.0
calendar 1975

Sailor Beware

Sailor Beware‌
star6.1
calendar 1952

Captain Scarface

Captain Scarface‌
star4.7
calendar 1953

Force Five

Force Five‌
star5.0
calendar 1975

Girl of the Ozarks

Girl of the Ozarks‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Shootout at Big Sag

Shootout at Big Sag‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Twilight for the Gods

Twilight for the Gods‌
star4.2
calendar 1958

Reunion in Reno

Reunion in Reno‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping‌
star6.1
calendar 1973

The Family Rico

The Family Rico‌
star10.0
calendar 1972

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Wanderer of the Wasteland‌
star5.0
calendar 1935

Nevada

Nevada‌
star3.0
calendar 1935

Carbine Williams

Carbine Williams‌
star6.3
calendar 1952

Tv Credits

Burke's Law

Burke's Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

The Rookies

The Rookies‌
star6.9
calendar 1972

The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre‌
star5.3
calendar 1963

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad‌
star6.5
calendar 1968

Medical Center

Medical Center‌
star6.1
calendar 1969

Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial‌
star5.0
calendar 1963

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Night Gallery

Night Gallery‌
star7.8
calendar 1970

The Evil Touch

The Evil Touch‌
star5.5
calendar 1973

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Cannon

Cannon‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Harry O

Harry O‌
star4.6
calendar 1974

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral‌
star6.5
calendar 1967

The Millionaire

The Millionaire‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

The Fantastic Journey

The Fantastic Journey‌
star5.8
calendar 1977

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre‌
star5.2
calendar 1963

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater‌
star3.3
calendar 1955

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense‌
star6.3
calendar 1972

Branded

Branded‌
star6.4
calendar 1965

The Rebel

The Rebel‌
star5.3
calendar 1959

The Rifleman

The Rifleman‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

The New Breed

The New Breed‌
star7.0
calendar 1961

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Inner Sanctum

Inner Sanctum‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Medical Story

Medical Story‌
star5.0
calendar 1975

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The DuPont Show with June Allyson‌
star6.3
calendar 1959

Hunter

Hunter‌
star8.0
calendar 1977

The Magician

The Magician‌
star6.7
calendar 1973

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

The Millionaire

The Millionaire‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Bonanza

Bonanza‌
star7.5
calendar 1959

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Bambi Awards

Bambi Awards‌
star9.0
calendar 1948

Wild Times

Wild Times‌
star6.0
calendar 1980

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour‌
star7.8
calendar 1962

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files‌
star7.5
calendar 1974