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Born · October 27, 1911
Died · January 29, 1986 (74 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Alameda, California, USA
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
John Tyree · (2 episodes)
6.0
1980
(1 episode)
8.0
1977
Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director
6.4
1977
Ben Wallace · (1 episode)
5.8
1977
Guthrie
6.6
1975
(1 episode)
5.0
1975
Prescott
4.0
1975
Cal Newkirk
5.0
1975
Carl Colton 'C.C.' Calloway · (1 episode)
7.5
1974
(1 episode)
4.6
1974
William Henry Cameron
6.1
1973
Nicholas Olson · (1 episode)
6.7
1973
(1 episode)
5.5
1973
(1 episode)
7.0
1972
Amos Wetherall
5.2
1972
Mike Lamont
10.0
1972
(1 episode)
6.9
1972
Dr. Victor Briggs
0.0
1972
(1 episode)
6.3
1972
Dr. Harold Malcolm
6.0
1971
Marty Treleavan
6.8
1971
(1 episode)
6.5
1971
Sheriff Mossman
6.0
1971
Charlie Wheatland · (2 episodes)
7.8
1970
(1 episode)
6.1
1969
(1 episode)
6.5
1968
(1 episode)
6.7
1967
Big John Cannon · (98 episodes)
6.5
1967
(1 episode)
6.9
1967
The Major
7.0
1965
Dave Mannering
6.2
1965
(1 episode)
6.4
1965
Joe Lean
5.9
1964
Aaron Burr · (1 episode)
6.9
1964
Bill Sedley · (1 episode)
6.9
1964
Jonas Cord Senior
5.8
1964
Bill Cutler
6.6
1964
General · (1 episode)
5.3
1963
(2 episodes)
5.5
1963
Abel Parrish · (1 episode)
0.0
1963
President Grover Cleveland · (1 episode)
0.0
1963
Jason Hayes · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
(1 episode)
7.0
1963
Gen. Hewitt
5.4
1963
Paul White · (1 episode)
7.8
1962
Peterson · (1 episode)
6.4
1962
Charlie Ryan · (1 episode)
6.4
1962
Bill King · (1 episode)
6.4
1962
Sam Barbee
0.0
1962
Dr. Eric Thor · (1 episode)
7.0
1961
Dave Blaine · (1 episode)
5.3
1959
Andrew Middleton · (1 episode)
6.3
1959
Tom Caine · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
Josh Tatum · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
Frank Travis · (2 episodes)
7.1
1959
(1 episode)
7.0
1958
Granville "Granny" Dix
8.5
1958
Harry Hutton
4.2
1958
Eddie Turnbill
5.4
1957
Louis Morel
5.5
1957
Charlie Boyle
6.0
1957
Jim Lewis · (1 episode)
5.5
1956
Cash Wilson · (1 episode)
5.5
1956
Bill Reynolds
6.9
1956
Lou Glover
6.8
1956
George Ballard
4.6
1956
(2 episodes)
4.6
1955
Wayne Phillips · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Virgil Powell · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Brian Hendricks · (1 episode)
5.0
1955
Norman Conover · (1 episode)
5.0
1955
Robert Eunson · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Richard Carmichael · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Doug Randell · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Richard Moore · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Glover
7.9
1954
(1 episode)
7.0
1954
Edgar Blevins
3.0
1953
Sam
4.7
1953
Kalmani
5.5
1953
Mr. George MacLean
5.9
1953
Richards
4.0
1953
Father Provincial aka Ed
5.8
1953
Bob Marshall
5.0
1953
Man · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
Sgt. Norbert 'Noisy' Jackson
4.9
1953
Morgan
5.9
1952
Nicholas Reed
5.4
1952
Feder
6.3
1952
General aboard plane
5.9
1952
Commander Lane
6.2
1952
Marshal John Sutton
6.1
1952
B. Frederick Linaker
6.0
1951
Dan · (1 episode)
7.0
1951
Sam Sargent · (1 episode)
7.0
1951
Stranger
6.9
1951
Pete
6.0
1951
Bit Part (uncredited)
7.2
1951
Pilate
4.4
1951
U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby
6.4
1950
Bill Chase
6.4
1950
Big Mart
4.8
1950
Fred Anderson Jr.
0.0
1950
Dr. Bruce Gordon
6.2
1950
Tony
6.0
1949
Pringle
6.5
1949
Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
6.0
1948
Dr. Mason
5.8
1948
Gordon
7.0
1948
Fred Lord
6.7
1948
Dr. Harold Matson
0.0
1948
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
9.0
1948
Beaumont
4.7
1947
Steve Blake
4.7
1947
Kamar (as Leif Erikson)
5.9
1942
Laurie
6.2
1942
Whaba
6.5
1942
Johnny M. Coe
0.0
1942
Bill Stone
0.0
1942
Jake
7.0
1942
Rodney 'Bo-Jo' Brown
6.9
1941
Terry Prescott
5.0
1941
Tommy Van Dusen
7.1
1941
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1939
Peter Cortlant
5.8
1939
Johnny Simpkins
0.0
1938
Bob Hayes
6.0
1938
Howard Nelson
5.0
1937
Paul Lachinski
6.6
1937
Dr. Victor Quimby
5.4
1937
Dick Winters
5.2
1936
Tom Bolton
6.0
1936
Glenn Kasedon
5.4
1936
Curley Prentice
4.0
1936
Bill Ide
3.0
1935
Lawrence
5.0
1935