- Born Name: John Meibes
- Birthday: 1926-09-25 (Year-Month-Day)
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John Ericson,   (Redirected from John Ericson (actor)) For John Ericsson, the inventor, see John Ericsson.John Ericson (sometimes Erickson), born John Meibes (September 25, 1926) in Düsseldorf, Germany, is 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 also launched the film careers of Pier Angeli and Rod Steiger. He then went on to appear in a series of films which included Rhapsody, The Student Prince, Green Fire (all in 1954), and Bad Day at Black Rock (1955).His career continued, mostly on television, for the next thirty years. He appeared in the lead role in The Peter Bartley Story of CBSs fantasy drama, The Millionaire. Child actor Johnny Washbrook appeared in the same episode in a flashback segment of Ericson as a boy. He appeared with Dorothy Malone in the January 1, 1956, episode entitled Mutiny of CBSs Appointment with Adventure. He guest starred in 1958 in the NBC western series The Restless Gun, starring John Payne. He also guest starred in the 1961 ABC crime drama, Target: The Corruptors! In 1965-1966, he co-starred with Anne Francis in the detective series Honey West. He occasionally appeared in such films as Pretty Boy Floyd (1960), 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971).He has been married twice and has two children from his first marriage to Milly Coury.[edit] External linksWikimedia Commons has media related to: John EricsonJohn Ericson at the Internet Movie DatabaseJohn Ericson at the Internet Broadway DatabasePersondataNameEricson, JohnAlternative namesShort descriptionDate of birthSeptember 25, 1926Place of birthDüsseldorf, GermanyDate of deathPlace of deathRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_EricsonCategories: American television actors | German film actors | German television actors | German immigrants to the United States | Actors from New York | American people of German descent | American film actors | 1926 births | Living peopleHidden categories: BLP articles lacking sources from May 2010 | Articles lacking reliable references from May 2010 | All articles lacking sources | Articles sourced by IMDB 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