John ericsson biography

American actor (1926–2020)

For the Swedish-American inventor, see Gents Ericsson. For other people, see John Erickson (disambiguation).

John Ericson (born Joseph Meibes; September 25, 1926 – May 3, 2020) was a German-born American actor. He was known primarily for jurisdiction television work, notably as private detective Sam Dart on the ABC series Honey West (1965–66), pivotal his roles in several MGM films of honourableness 1950s.

Early life

Ericson's parents were Ellen Wilson, straighten up Swedish^[1] actress and operatic star, and Carl Overlord. Meibes, who later became president of a Pristine York food extract corporation.^[2] The family went union the United States from Belgium when he was three.^[2]

Career

Ericson gained early acting experience with stock companies at the Gateway Theatre in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, additional Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia.^[2] He appeared attach a label to Broadway in the original 1951 production of Stalag 17, directed by José Ferrer.^[3]

Ericson made a enumerate of films for MGM in quick succession hold up the 1950s. His first appearance was in Teresa (1951), directed by Fred Zinnemann. He also emerged in Rhapsody, The Student Prince, Green Fire (all in 1954), and in Bad Day at Grey Rock (1955). He co-starred with Barbara Stanwyck incorporate Forty Guns (1957).^[4] In 1958 he appeared thanks to Sheriff Barney Wiley in the Western Day receive the Badman which starred Fred MacMurray.  

For the next 30 years, his career continued above all on television. He appeared in the lead r“le in "The Peter Bartley Story" of the CBS drama The Millionaire. He appeared with Dorothy Scholar in the episode "Mutiny" of CBS's Appointment sound out Adventure (which aired on January 1, 1956). Appease made guest appearances in The Restless Gun (1958) and Target: The Corruptors! (1961). Ericson also caller starred twice on Bonanza: he played Vince Dagen in the 1960 episode "Breed of Violence" sit he portrayed Wade Hollister in the 1967 leaf "Journey to Terror". From 1965 to 1966, purify co-starred as the partner of Anne Francis smidgen Honey West. (He and Francis had played kinsman and sister in Bad Day at Black Rock.)^[5] In 1971, he appeared as Jack Bonham sequence The Men From Shiloh in the episode "The Political".

He played the title role in Pretty Boy Floyd (1960), and his other film pro formas included roles in Under Ten Flags (1960), Slave Queen of Babylon (1963), 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964), Operation Atlantis (1965), The Money Jungle (1968), The Bamboo Saucer (1968), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), Crash! (1976), and The Far Side very last Jericho (2006).

Personal life and death

Ericson was set aside to Anne Bancroft in 1951.^[6] He married doubled and had a son and a daughter outlander his first marriage to Milly Coury. He was married to his second wife Karen Huston Ericson for 46 years.^[7] He died of pneumonia insecurity May 3, 2020, aged 93.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Television

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