Leif Erickson
Known for Acting · 128 credits
- Born
- 1911-10-27
- Died
- 1986-01-29
- Place of birth
- Alameda, California, USA
- Also known as
- Leif Erikson · Glenn Erickson · Glen Erickson · Glenn Erikson · William Wycliffe Anderson
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.
Known For
TV Shows (42)
Bonanza
1959
as Tom Caine / Josh Tatum
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967
The Rifleman
1958
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Paul White / Doctor Hellyer
The Virginian
1962
as Peterson / Charlie Ryan / Bill King
Climax!
1954
as Robert Eunson / Richard Carmichael / Doug Randell / Richard Moore
The Rockford Files
1974
as Carl Colton 'C.C.' Calloway
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Cannon
1971
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Jim Lewis / Cash Wilson
Daniel Boone
1964
as Aaron Burr / Bill Sedley
Rawhide
1959
as Frank Travis
Matinee Theater
1955
Burke's Law
1963
as Jason Hayes
Medical Center
1969
Bambi
1948
as Self (archive footage)
Night Gallery
1970
as Charlie Wheatland
The Rookies
1972
Gunsmoke
1955
as Virgil Powell
The High Chaparral
1967
as Big John Cannon
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Wayne Phillips
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as General
The Rebel
1959
as Dave Blaine
The Mod Squad
1968
The Millionaire
1955
as Brian Hendricks / Norman Conover
Harry O
1974
Branded
1965
Arrest and Trial
1963
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Andrew Middleton
The Magician
1973
as Nicholas Olson
The Great Adventure
1963
as Abel Parrish / President Grover Cleveland
The New Breed
1961
as Dr. Eric Thor
Inner Sanctum
1954
Medical Story
1975
as Dr. Taussing
The Sixth Sense
1972
The Evil Touch
1973
The Fantastic Journey
1977
as Ben Wallace
General Electric Theater
1953
as Man
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Dan / Sam Sargent
Wild Times
1980
as John Tyree
Movies (86)
On the Waterfront
1954
as Glover
Mirage
1965
as The Major
Eagle Squadron
1942
as Johnny M. Coe
Show Boat
1951
as Pete
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
as Fred Lord
Roustabout
1964
as Joe Lean
Night Monster
1942
as Laurie
The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Jonas Cord Sr.
Joan of Arc
1948
as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
Stella
1950
as Fred Anderson Jr.
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Lou Glover
Three Secrets
1950
as Bill Chase
Arabian Nights
1942
as Kamar (as Leif Erikson)
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
1973
as William Henry Cameron
Blonde Savage
1947
as Steve Blake
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
as Gen. Hewitt
Conquest
1937
as Paul Lachinski
Dallas
1950
as U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby
Invaders from Mars
1953
as Mr. George MacLean
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director
Sailor Beware
1952
as Commander Lane
The Lady Gambles
1949
as Tony
Fort Algiers
1953
as Kalmani
Trouble Along the Way
1953
as Father Provincial aka Ed
Tea and Sympathy
1956
as Bill Reynolds
Strait-Jacket
1964
as Bill Cutler
Fourteen Hours
1951
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Tall Target
1951
as Stranger
The Cimarron Kid
1952
as Marshal John Sutton
I Saw What You Did
1965
as Dave Mannering
A Perilous Journey
1953
as Richards
The Gangster
1947
as Beaumont
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Bob Hayes
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949
as Pringle
Waikiki Wedding
1937
as Dr. Victor Quimby
Carbine Williams
1952
as Feder
Kiss Them for Me
1957
as Eddie Turnbill
Captain Scarface
1953
as Sam
Pardon My Sarong
1942
as Whaba
Star in the Dust
1956
as George Ballard
Istanbul
1957
as Charlie Boyle
The Snake Pit
1948
as Gordon
The Deadly Dream
1971
as Dr. Harold Malcolm
Terror in the Sky
1971
as Marty Treleavan
The Fantastic Journey
1977
as Ben Wallace
Force Five
1975
as Cal Newkirk
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952
as Morgan
Nothing but the Truth
1941
as Tommy Van Dusen
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972
as Amos Wetherall
The Vintage
1957
as Louis Morel
Winterhawk
1975
as Guthrie
One Third of a Nation
1939
as Peter Cortlant
Nevada
1935
as Bill Ide
Drift Fence
1936
as Curley Prentice
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942
as Bill Stone
Mother Didn't Tell Me
1950
as Dr. Bruce Gordon
Man and Boy
1971
as Sheriff Mossman
My Wife's Best Friend
1952
as Nicholas Reed
Abduction
1975
as Prescott
Desert Gold
1936
as Glenn Kasedon
Paris Model
1953
as Edgar Blevins
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as Sgt. Norbert 'Noisy' Jackson
College Holiday
1936
as Dick Winters
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
1951
as Pilate
The Fleet's In
1942
as Jake
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948
as Dr. Mason
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
as Rodney 'Bo-Jo' Brown
With a Song in My Heart
1952
as General (uncredited)
Twilight for the Gods
1958
as Harry Hutton
The Showdown
1950
as Big Mart
The Family Rico
1972
as Mike Lamont
Ride a Crooked Mile
1938
as Johnny Simpkins
Shootout at Big Sag
1962
as Sam Barbee
Reunion in Reno
1951
as B. Frederick Linaker
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
as Lawrence
Born to the Saddle
1953
as Bob Marshall
The Gay Intruders
1948
as Dr. Harold Matson
The New Healers
1972
as Dr. Victor Briggs
The Blonde from Singapore
1941
as Terry Prescott
Thrill of a Lifetime
1937
as Howard Nelson
Once Upon a Horse...
1958
as Granville "Granny" Dix
Crisis
1939
as Narrator (voice)
Girl of the Ozarks
1936
as Tom Bolton
Air Tonic
1933
as Band Singer
One Coat of White
1957
as Ben Riggs
The Shape of the River
1960
as William Dean Howells
About Leif Erickson
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 durin… With 128 credits spanning from 1933 to 1980, Leif Erickson has appeared in 86 films and 42 TV shows.
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- Eagle Squadron (1942) — as Johnny M. Coe
- Show Boat (1951) — as Pete
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