1911-10-27 ( 113 years old ) in Alameda, California, USA
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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
Movies
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977-02-09
The Fantastic Journey
1977-02-03
Winterhawk
1975-11-05
Abduction
1975-05-05
Force Five
1975-03-28
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972-09-13
The Family Rico
1972-09-13
The New Healers
1972-03-27
The Deadly Dream
1971-09-25
Terror in the Sky
1971-09-17
Man and Boy
1971-06-23
Mirage
1965-10-29
I Saw What You Did
1965-07-21
Roustabout
1964-11-11
The Carpetbaggers
1964-04-08
Strait-Jacket
1964-01-19
A Gathering of Eagles
1963-06-21
Shootout at Big Sag
1962-05-31
Once Upon a Horse...
1958-09-01
Twilight for the Gods
1958-08-04
Kiss Them for Me
1957-12-10
The Vintage
1957-05-08
Istanbul
1957-01-23
Tea and Sympathy
1956-09-27
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956-07-12
Star in the Dust
1956-06-13
On the Waterfront
1954-06-22
Paris Model
1953-11-10
Captain Scarface
1953-10-15
Fort Algiers
1953-08-30
Invaders from Mars
1953-04-22
A Perilous Journey
1953-04-05
Trouble Along the Way
1953-04-04
Born to the Saddle
1953-03-15
Never Wave at a WAC
1953-01-28
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952-12-27
My Wife's Best Friend
1952-10-09
Carbine Williams
1952-05-01
With a Song in My Heart
1952-04-03
Sailor Beware
1952-02-08
The Cimarron Kid
1952-01-13
Reunion in Reno
1951-10-09
The Tall Target
1951-08-17
Show Boat
1951-07-19
Fourteen Hours
1951-04-01
Dallas
1950-12-30
Three Secrets
1950-10-20
The Showdown
1950-08-15
Stella
1950-07-20
Mother Didn't Tell Me
1950-03-03
The Lady Gambles
1949-05-20
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949-04-20
Joan of Arc
1948-12-22
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948-11-19
The Snake Pit
1948-11-04
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948-09-24
The Gay Intruders
1948-09-02
The Gangster
1947-11-25
Blonde Savage
1947-11-22
Arabian Nights
1942-12-25
Night Monster
1942-10-20
Pardon My Sarong
1942-08-07
Eagle Squadron
1942-06-16
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942-06-15
The Fleet's In
1942-01-24
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941-12-04
The Blonde from Singapore
1941-10-15
Nothing But the Truth
1941-10-10
Crisis
1939-03-13
One Third of a Nation
1939-02-10
Ride a Crooked Mile
1938-12-09
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938-02-11
Thrill of a Lifetime
1937-12-03
Conquest
1937-10-22
Waikiki Wedding
1937-03-23
College Holiday
1936-12-19
Girl of the Ozarks
1936-06-12
Desert Gold
1936-03-26
Drift Fence
1936-02-14
Nevada
1935-11-29
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935-09-09
Air Tonic
1933-12-22
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