Biography
John Ericson
Acting
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 als…
Career works
75
Movies
34
Series
41
Career average
6.5/10
Birth date
09/23/1926
Place of birth
Düsseldorf, Germany
Date of death
05/03/2020
Filmography highlights
Movies
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002 · 5.8
Primary Target
1990 · 9.0
Final Mission
1984 · 4.5
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
1980 · 6.5
The House of the Dead
1978 · 4.8
Crash!
1976 · 5.4
Hustler Squad
1976 · 4.7
Murder Impossible
1974
Hog Wild
1974 · 8.0
The Bounty Man
1972 · 6.3
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · 7.0
Heads or Tails
1969 · 5.8
The Bamboo Saucer
1968 · 5.2
The Destructors
1968 · 6.1
The Money Jungle
1967 · 5.6
Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 7.5
Airwolf
1984 · 7.6
The A-Team
1983 · 7.5
Knight Rider
1982 · 7.5
Nero Wolfe
1981 · 7.5
CHiPs
1977 · 6.9
One Day at a Time
1975 · 6.8
Barbary Coast
1975 · 8.3
S.W.A.T.
1975 · 7.1
Hawkins
1973 · 7.8
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · 7.0
Ironside
1967 · 6.9
The Invaders
1967 · 6.8
The F.B.I.
1965 · 5.6
Honey West
1965 · 7.2