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

Фільмографія

• Wild Times — John Tyree
• 1977The Fantastic Journey — Ben Wallace
• The Fantastic Journey — Ben Wallace
• 1977Twilight's Last Gleaming — Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director
• 1975Abduction — Prescott
• 1975Force Five — Cal Newkirk
• Medical Story — Dr. Taussing
• 1975Winterhawk — Guthrie
• Harry O
• The Rockford Files — Carl Colton 'C.C.' Calloway
• The Evil Touch
• The Magician — Nicholas Olson
• 1973The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping — William Henry Cameron
• 1972The Daughters of Joshua Cabe — Amos Wetherall
• 1972The Family Rico — Mike Lamont
• 1972The New Healers — Dr. Victor Briggs
• The Rookies
• The Sixth Sense
• The Streets of San Francisco
• Cannon
• 1971Man and Boy — Sheriff Mossman
• 1971Terror in the Sky — Marty Treleavan
• 1971The Deadly Dream — Dr. Harold Malcolm
• Night Gallery — Charlie Wheatland
• Medical Center
• The Mod Squad
• Ironside
• Mannix
• The High Chaparral — Big John Cannon
• Branded
• 1965I Saw What You Did — Dave Mannering
• 1965Mirage — The Major
• Daniel Boone — Aaron Burr, Bill Sedley
• 1964Roustabout — Joe Lean
• 1964Strait-Jacket — Bill Cutler
• 1964The Carpetbaggers — Jonas Cord Sr.
• 1963A Gathering of Eagles — Gen. Hewitt
• Arrest and Trial
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• Burke's Law — Jason Hayes
• Kraft Suspense Theatre — General
• The Great Adventure — Abel Parrish, President Grover Cleveland
• 1962Shootout at Big Sag — Sam Barbee
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Paul White, Doctor Hellyer
• The Virginian — Peterson, Charlie Ryan, Bill King
• The New Breed — Dr. Eric Thor
• 1960The Shape of the River — William Dean Howells
• Bonanza — Tom Caine, Josh Tatum
• Rawhide — Frank Travis
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson — Andrew Middleton
• The Rebel — Dave Blaine
• 1958Once Upon a Horse... — Granville "Granny" Dix
• The Rifleman
• 1958Twilight for the Gods — Harry Hutton
• 1957Istanbul — Charlie Boyle
• 1957Kiss Them for Me — Eddie Turnbill
• 1957One Coat of White — Ben Riggs
• 1957Panic Button — Paul Henderson
• 1957The Vintage — Louis Morel
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Jim Lewis, Cash Wilson
• 1956Star in the Dust — George Ballard
• 1956Tea and Sympathy — Bill Reynolds
• 1956The Fastest Gun Alive — Lou Glover
• Matinee Theater
• The Millionaire — Brian Hendricks, Norman Conover
• Альфред Гічкок представляє — Wayne Phillips
• Дим зі ствола — Virgil Powell
• Climax! — Robert Eunson, Richard Carmichael, Doug Randell, Richard Moore
• Inner Sanctum
• 1954У порту — Glover
• 1953A Perilous Journey — Richards
• 1953Born to the Saddle — Bob Marshall
• 1953Captain Scarface — Sam
• 1953Fort Algiers — Kalmani
• General Electric Theater — Man
• 1953Invaders from Mars — Mr. George MacLean
• 1953Never Wave at a WAC — Norbert 'Noisy' Jackson
• 1953Paris Model — Edgar Blevins
• 1953Trouble Along the Way — Father Provincial aka Ed
• 1952Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd — Morgan
• 1952Carbine Williams — Feder
• 1952My Wife's Best Friend — Nicholas Reed
• 1952Sailor Beware — Commander Lane
• 1952The Cimarron Kid — Marshal John Sutton
• 1952With a Song in My Heart — General (uncredited)
• 1951Fourteen Hours — Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1951Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration — Pilate
• 1951Reunion in Reno — B. Frederick Linaker
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Dan, Sam Sargent
• 1951Show Boat — Pete
• 1951The Tall Target — Stranger
• 1950Dallas — U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby
• 1950Mother Didn't Tell Me — Dr. Bruce Gordon
• 1950Stella — Fred Anderson Jr.
• 1950The Showdown — Big Mart
• 1950Three Secrets — Bill Chase
• 1949Johnny Stool Pigeon — Pringle
• 1949The Lady Gambles — Tony
• 1948Joan of Arc — Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
• 1948Miss Tatlock's Millions — Dr. Mason
• 1948Sorry, Wrong Number — Fred Lord
• 1948The Gay Intruders — Dr. Harold Matson
• 1948The Snake Pit — Gordon
• 1947Blonde Savage — Steve Blake
• 1947The Gangster — Beaumont
• 1942Arabian Nights — Kamar (as Leif Erikson)
• 1942Are Husbands Necessary? — Bill Stone
• 1942Eagle Squadron — Johnny M. Coe
• 1942Night Monster — Laurie
• 1942Pardon My Sarong — Whaba
• 1942The Fleet's In — Jake
• 1941H.M. Pulham, Esq. — Rodney 'Bo-Jo' Brown
• 1941Nothing but the Truth — Tommy Van Dusen
• 1941The Blonde from Singapore — Terry Prescott
• 1939Crisis — Narrator (voice)
• 1939One Third of a Nation — Peter Cortlant
• 1938Ride a Crooked Mile — Johnny Simpkins
• 1938The Big Broadcast of 1938 — Bob Hayes
• 1937Conquest — Paul Lachinski
• 1937Thrill of a Lifetime — Howard Nelson
• 1937Waikiki Wedding — Dr. Victor Quimby
• 1936College Holiday — Dick Winters
• 1936Desert Gold — Glenn Kasedon
• 1936Drift Fence — Curley Prentice
• 1936Girl of the Ozarks — Tom Bolton
• 1935Nevada — Bill Ide
• 1935Wanderer of the Wasteland — Lawrence
• 1933Air Tonic — Band Singer

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• Bambi — Self (archive footage)