Leif Erickson

Acting · 1.3 popularity

Age

114

Movies

Born: October 27, 1911 – January 29, 1986
From: Alameda, California, USA

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

Works

86 films

On the Waterfront

19547.9

Joan of Arc

19486.2

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

19725.5

Twilight's Last Gleaming

19776.5

Dallas

19506.4

Istanbul

19576.0

The Fastest Gun Alive

19566.9

Sorry, Wrong Number

19486.8

Fourteen Hours

19517.3

Invaders from Mars

19535.9

Mirage

19657.1

Star in the Dust

19565.1

Show Boat

19516.2

Paris Model

19533.6

The Lady Gambles

19496.1

The Snake Pit

19487.1

Roustabout

19646.0

Arabian Nights

19426.0

A Gathering of Eagles

19635.9

Waikiki Wedding

19375.9

Sailor Beware

19526.3

Trouble Along the Way

19536.1

Tea and Sympathy

19567.0

Strait-Jacket

19646.5

Three Secrets

19506.5

The Carpetbaggers

19645.9

Blonde Savage

19474.7

I Saw What You Did

19656.2

Kiss Them for Me

19575.6

Reunion in Reno

19516.3

The Deadly Dream

19717.0

Nothing but the Truth

19417.3

Carbine Williams

19526.6

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

19526.0

Pardon My Sarong

19426.5

The Blonde from Singapore

19415.8

The Tall Target

19516.9

The Gangster

19475.2

The Fantastic Journey

19776.0

Winterhawk

19756.6

The Cimarron Kid

19526.1

Man and Boy

19716.7

Night Monster

19426.2

Fort Algiers

19536.0

College Holiday

19365.7

Mother Didn't Tell Me

19506.4

Eagle Squadron

19427.0

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

19417.1

Conquest

19376.6

With a Song in My Heart

19526.1

Never Wave at a WAC

19535.0

The Vintage

19576.0

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

19514.8

The Gay Intruders

19486.7

Twilight for the Gods

19584.7

Girl of the Ozarks

19366.5

Terror in the Sky

19717.1

Ride a Crooked Mile

19387.0

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping

19736.8

The Family Rico

19729.5

One Third of a Nation

19396.2

The Big Broadcast of 1938

19386.3

Johnny Stool Pigeon

19496.3

A Perilous Journey

19534.5

Once Upon a Horse...

19588.3

Force Five

19756.5

My Wife's Best Friend

19526.0

The Fleet's In

19427.3

The Showdown

19506.0

Stella

19509.0

Miss Tatlock's Millions

19486.3

Abduction

19754.0

The Shape of the River

1960

Desert Gold

19365.7

Are Husbands Necessary?

19427.0

One Coat of White

1957

Crisis

19398.0

Captain Scarface

19534.8

Thrill of a Lifetime

19377.0

Wanderer of the Wasteland

19356.0

Shootout at Big Sag

19625.5

Nevada

19354.8

The New Healers

197210.0

Drift Fence

19366.0

Born to the Saddle

19535.7

Air Tonic

19338.0