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