Leif Erickson
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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
Known for
Credits
On the Waterfront (1954)
as Glover
Joan of Arc (1948)
as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
Mirage (1965)
as The Major
Show Boat (1951)
as Pete
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
as Fred Lord
Arabian Nights (1942)
as Kamar (as Leif Erikson)
Roustabout (1964)
as Joe Lean
The Snake Pit (1948)
as Gordon
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
as Bill Reynolds
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
as Lou Glover
Dallas (1950)
as U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby
Invaders from Mars (1953)
as Mr. George MacLean
Fourteen Hours (1951)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
as Jonas Cord Sr.
Star in the Dust (1956)
as George Ballard
Strait-Jacket (1964)
as Bill Cutler
Night Monster (1942)
as Laurie
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
as Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director
A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
as Gen. Hewitt
The Lady Gambles (1949)
as Tony
Three Secrets (1950)
as Bill Chase
The Gangster (1947)
as Beaumont
The Vintage (1957)
as Louis Morel
Fort Algiers (1953)
as Kalmani
Winterhawk (1975)
as Guthrie
Kiss Them for Me (1957)
as Eddie Turnbill
Paris Model (1953)
as Edgar Blevins
Sailor Beware (1952)
as Commander Lane
The Tall Target (1951)
as Stranger
With a Song in My Heart (1952)
as General (uncredited)
I Saw What You Did (1965)
as Dave Mannering
The Fleet's In (1942)
as Jake
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
as Bob Hayes
Eagle Squadron (1942)
as Johnny M. Coe
The Fantastic Journey (1977)
as Ben Wallace
Trouble Along the Way (1953)
as Father Provincial aka Ed
The Showdown (1950)
as Big Mart
Conquest (1937)
as Paul Lachinski
A Perilous Journey (1953)
as Richards
One Third of a Nation (1939)
as Peter Cortlant
H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
as Rodney 'Bo-Jo' Brown
Waikiki Wedding (1937)
as Dr. Victor Quimby
Nevada (1935)
as Bill Ide
Nothing but the Truth (1941)
as Tommy Van Dusen
Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
as Sgt. Norbert 'Noisy' Jackson
Force Five (1975)
as Cal Newkirk
Istanbul (1957)
as Charlie Boyle
Once Upon a Horse... (1958)
as Granville "Granny" Dix
Blonde Savage (1947)
as Steve Blake
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
as Morgan
Terror in the Sky (1971)
as Marty Treleavan
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973)
as William Henry Cameron
The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
as Terry Prescott
Man and Boy (1971)
as Sheriff Mossman
Captain Scarface (1953)
as Sam
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
as Whaba
The Cimarron Kid (1952)
as Marshal John Sutton
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)
as Lawrence
Carbine Williams (1952)
as Feder
The Deadly Dream (1971)
as Dr. Harold Malcolm
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972)
as Amos Wetherall
My Wife's Best Friend (1952)
as Nicholas Reed
Abduction (1975)
as Prescott
Ride a Crooked Mile (1938)
as Johnny Simpkins
The New Healers (1972)
as Dr. Victor Briggs
Desert Gold (1936)
as Glenn Kasedon
Shootout at Big Sag (1962)
as Sam Barbee
The Family Rico (1972)
as Mike Lamont
Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948)
as Dr. Mason
Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950)
as Dr. Bruce Gordon
College Holiday (1936)
as Dick Winters
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration (1951)
as Pilate
The Gay Intruders (1948)
as Dr. Harold Matson
Girl of the Ozarks (1936)
as Tom Bolton
Born to the Saddle (1953)
as Bob Marshall
Drift Fence (1936)
as Curley Prentice
Reunion in Reno (1951)
as B. Frederick Linaker
Twilight for the Gods (1958)
as Harry Hutton
Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
as Pringle
The Shape of the River (1960)
as William Dean Howells
Thrill of a Lifetime (1937)
as Howard Nelson
Air Tonic (1933)
as Band Singer
Stella (1950)
as Fred Anderson Jr.
Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)
as Bill Stone
One Coat of White (1957)
as Ben Riggs
Crisis (1939)
as Narrator (voice)