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Leif Erickson (1911–1986)

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Studied at USC in California and first worked as a singer and trombonist with Ted Fio Rito and His orchestra. In films from 1933, often in westerns based on Zane Grey novels. Appeared under the name Glenn Erickson early in his career, but, because of his Nordic appearance, his first name was changed to Leif by 1938... See more trivia »

Born:

William Y. Wycliffe Anderson
in Alameda, California, USA

Died:

(age 74) in Pensacola, Florida, USA
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1984 Fantasy Island (TV series)
– Goin' on Home/Ambitious Lady (1984)
 
1983 Savage in the Orient (TV movie)
 
1980 Wild Times (TV mini-series)
John Tyree
 
1979 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Carl Colton 'C.C.' Calloway
– Paradise Cove (1979) … Carl Colton 'C.C.' Calloway
 
1978 Project U.F.O. (TV series)
Frederick Carlson
– Sighting 4004: The Howard Crossing Incident (1978) … Frederick Carlson
 
1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming
Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director
 
1977 The Fantastic Journey (TV series)
Ben Wallace
– Vortex (1977) … Ben Wallace
 
1977 Hunter (TV series)
Maitland
– The Backup (1977) … Maitland
 
1976 The Quest (TV series)
– The Last of the Mountain Men
 
1975 Cannon (TV series)
Mr. Kawalski
– Daddy's Little Girl (1975) … Mr. Kawalski
 
1975 Winterhawk
Guthrie
 
1975 Medical Story (TV series)
Dr. Taussig
– The Moonlight Heater (1975) … Dr. Taussig
 
1975 Abduction
Prescott
 
1975 Force Five (TV movie)
Cal Newkirk
 
1974 Harry O (TV series)
Admiral Tannehill
– The Admiral's Lady (1974) … Admiral Tannehill
 
1974 Medical Center (TV series)
Ben
– Appointment with Danger (1974) … Ben
 
1974 The Evil Touch (TV series)
Reverend Vincent
– Kadaitcha Country (1974) … Reverend Vincent
 
1974 Ironside (TV series)
Preston Lakes
– Class of '40 (1974) … Preston Lakes
 
1973 The Magician (TV series)
Nicholas Olsen
– Nightmare in Steel (1973) … Nicholas Olsen
 
1973 The Rookies (TV series)
Ben Fuller
– Another Beginning for Ben Fuller (1973) … Ben Fuller
 
1973 The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping (TV movie)
William Henry Cameron
 
1973 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Fr. Henry Driscoll
– For the Love of God (1973) … Fr. Henry Driscoll
 
1971-1973 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Charlie Wheatland / Director (segment "The Academy")
– Something in the Woodwork (1973) … Charlie Wheatland
– A Fear of Spiders/Junior/Marmalade Wine/The Academy (1971) … Director (segment "The Academy")
 
1972 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Dr. Justin Garvey
– With a Shout, Not a Whimper (1972) … Dr. Justin Garvey
 
1972 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV series)
Matt
– Love Child (1972) … Matt
 
1972 Mod Squad (TV series)
Lt. Jerry Price
– Good Times Are Just Memories (1972) … Lt. Jerry Price
 
1972 The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (TV movie)
Amos Wetherall
 
1972 The Family Rico (TV movie)
Mike Lamont
 
1972 The New Healers (TV movie)
Dr. Victor Briggs
 
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
Dr. Philip Ford
– The Heart That Wouldn't Stay Buried (1972) … Dr. Philip Ford
 
1971 Longstreet (TV series)
Harold Kemp
– The Old Team Spirit (1971) … Harold Kemp
 
1971 Deadly Dream (TV movie)
Dr. Harold Malcolm
 
1971 Terror in the Sky (TV movie)
Marty Treleavan
 
1971 Man and Boy
Sheriff Mossman
 
1967-1971 The High Chaparral (TV series)
Big John Cannon
– A Man to Match the Land (1971) … Big John Cannon
– The Hostage (1971) … Big John Cannon
– Sangre (1971) … Big John Cannon
– The New Lion of Sonora (1971) … Big John Cannon
– The Badge (1970) … Big John Cannon
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1971 The Name of the Game (TV series)
King
– Seek and Destroy (1971) … King
 
1970 Paris 7000 (TV series)
– To Cage a Lion (1970)
 
1967 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Virgil Powell
– Saturday Night (1967) … Virgil Powell
 
1965-1966 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Aaron Burr / Bill Sedley
– River Passage (1966) … Bill Sedley
– The Aaron Burr Story (1965) … Aaron Burr
 
1966 Insight (TV series)
– The Governor's Mansion (1966)
 
1965-1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Ben Stafford / St. Cloud
– Guilty or Not Guilty (1966) … Ben Stafford
– Escape into Jeopardy (1965) … St. Cloud
 
1966 Branded (TV series)
Roy Beckwith
– Barbed Wire (1966) … Roy Beckwith
 
1964-1965 The Virginian (TV series)
Bill King / Charlie Ryan / Peterson
– Blaze of Glory (1965) … Bill King
– Return a Stranger (1964) … Charlie Ryan
– The Drifter (1964) … Peterson
 
1961-1965 Bonanza (TV series)
Josh Tatum / Tom Caine
– All Ye His Saints (1965) … Tom Caine
– The Rescue (1961) … Josh Tatum
 
1965 A Man Called Shenandoah (TV series)
Sheriff Dan Grier
– Incident at Dry Creek (1965) … Sheriff Dan Grier
 
1965 I Saw What You Did
Dave Mannering
 
1965 Mirage
Major Crawford
 
1964-1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Doctor Hellyer / Paul White
– The Monkey's Paw--A Retelling (1965) … Paul White
– Consider Her Ways (1964) … Doctor Hellyer
 
1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
The General
– Streetcar, Do You Read Me? (1965) … The General
 
1964 Burke's Law (TV series)
Jason Hayes
– Who Killed the Swinger on a Hook? (1964) … Jason Hayes
 
1964 Roustabout
Joe Lean
 
1964 The Carpetbaggers
Jonas Cord Sr.
 
1964 Grindl (TV series)
Karl Stauffer
– The Moon Killer (1964) … Karl Stauffer
 
1963-1964 The Great Adventure (TV series)
Abel Parrish / President Grover Cleveland
– The President Vanishes (1964) … President Grover Cleveland
– The Outlaw and the Nun (1963) … Abel Parrish
 
1964 Strait-Jacket
Bill Cutler
 
1964 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)
Sugar Bob Devlin
– The Day of the Toll Takers (1964) … Sugar Bob Devlin
 
1963 Hazel (TV series)
Zachary
– Hazel and the Vanishing Hero (1963) … Zachary
 
1963 Wagon Train (TV series)
Eli Bancroft
– The Eli Bancroft Story (1963) … Eli Bancroft
 
1963 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Henry Vallos
– Whose Little Girl Are You? (1963) … Henry Vallos
 
1963 A Gathering of Eagles
Gen. Hewitt
 
1963 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
Mr. Green
– The Broken Year (1963) … Mr. Green
 
1963 The New Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Bascomb T. Beebe
– The Ring Master (1963) … Bascomb T. Beebe
 
1962 Shoot Out at Big Sag
Sam Barbee
 
1962 The New Breed (TV series)
Dr. Eric Thor
– Care Is No Cure (1962) … Dr. Eric Thor
 
1959-1961 Rawhide (TV series)
Frank Travis / Jeremiah Walsh
– Incident Near Gloomy River (1961) … Frank Travis
– Incident at the Buffalo Smokehouse (1959) … Jeremiah Walsh
 
1957-1960 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Ben Riggs / James Mayberry / Paul Henderson / …
– The Shape of the River (1960) … William Dean Howells
– The Raider (1959) … James Mayberry
– Panic Button (1957) … Paul Henderson
– One Coat of White (1957) … Ben Riggs
 
1958-1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Cash Wilson / Jim Lewis
– The Sunday Man (1960) … Cash Wilson
– The Sharpshooter (1958) … Jim Lewis
 
1959 Hotel de Paree (TV series)
O.K. Lassiter
– The High Cost of Justice (1959) … O.K. Lassiter
 
1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
Andrew Middleton
– Dark Morning (1959) … Andrew Middleton
 
1958 Colgate Theatre (TV series)
Paul Harper
– Welcome to Washington (1958) … Paul Harper
 
1958 Once Upon a Horse...
Granville 'Granny' Dix
 
1958 The Rifleman (TV series)
Jim Lewis
– The Sharpshooter (1958) … Jim Lewis
 
1956-1958 The Millionaire (TV series)
Brian Hendricks / Norman Conover
– The Norman Conover Story (1958) … Norman Conover
– The Brian Hendricks Story (1956) … Brian Hendricks
 
1958 Twilight for the Gods
Harry Hutton
 
1958 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Man
– The Cold Touch (1958) … Man
 
1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– O'Rourks' House (1958)
– The Vigilante (1958)
 
1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Wayne Phillips
– The Equalizer (1958) … Wayne Phillips
 
1957 Kiss Them for Me
Eddie Turnbill
 
1955-1957 Climax! (TV series)
Doug Randell / Richard Carmichael / Richard Moore / …
– Along Came a Spider (1957) … Richard Moore
– Walk a Tightrope (1957) … Doug Randell
– The Gold Dress (1957) … Richard Carmichael
– The Day They Gave Babies Away (1955) … Robert Eunson
 
1957 The Vintage
Louis Morel
 
1957 Istanbul
Charlie Boyle
 
1956 Tea and Sympathy
Bill Reynolds
 
1956 The Fastest Gun Alive
Lou Glover
 
1956 Star in the Dust
George Ballard
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Jim Torrance
– Impact (1956) … Jim Torrance
 
1954 On the Waterfront
Glover
 
1954 Inner Sanctum (TV series)
Seton
– The Hands (1954) … Seton
 
1953 Paris Model
Edgar Blevins
 
1953 Captain Scarface
Sam (as Lief Erickson)
 
1953 Fort Algiers
Sgt. Kalmani
 
1953 Invaders from Mars
Mr. George MacLean
 
1953 A Perilous Journey
Richards
 
1953 Trouble Along the Way
Father Provincial aka Ed
 
1953 Born to the Saddle
Robert 'Bob' Marshall
 
1951-1953 Family Theatre (TV series)
Pilate
– Trial of Tara (1953)
– Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration (1951) … Pilate
 
1953 Never Wave at a WAC
Sgt. Norbert 'Noisy' Jackson
 
1952 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Morgan
 
1952 My Wife's Best Friend
Nicholas Reed
 
1952 The Unexpected (TV series)
– Blackmail (1952)
 
1952 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Dan / Sam Sargent
– Homecoming (1952) … Sam Sargent
– Say Hello to Pamela (1952) … Dan
 
1952 Carbine Williams
Feder
 
1952 With a Song in My Heart
General (uncredited)
 
1952 Sailor Beware
Cmdr. Lane
 
1952 The Cimarron Kid
Marshal John Sutton
 
1951 Reunion in Reno
B. Frederick Linaker
 
1951 The Tall Target
Stranger
 
1951 Show Boat
Pete (as Lief Erickson)
 
1951 Fourteen Hours
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1950 Dallas
U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby
 
1950 Three Secrets
Bill Chase
 
1950 The Showdown
Big Mart
 
1950 Stella
Fred Anderson Jr.
 
1950 Love That Brute
Elmdale Military Academy Captain (uncredited)
 
1950 Mother Didn't Tell Me
Dr. Bruce Gordon
 
1949 Johnny Stool Pigeon
Pringle
 
1949 Your Show Time (TV series)
Jean Valjean
– The Bishop's Experiment (1949) … Jean Valjean
– The Marquise (1949)
– The Lady or the Tiger (1949)
 
1949 The Lady Gambles
Tony
 
1948 Miss Tatlock's Millions
Dr. Mason
 
1948 Joan of Arc
Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
 
1948 The Snake Pit
Gordon
 
1948 The Gay Intruders
Dr. Harold Matson
 
1948 Sorry, Wrong Number
Fred Lord
 
1947 The Gangster
Beaumont
 
1947 Blonde Savage
Steve Blake
 
1942 Arabian Nights
Kamar (as Leif Erikson)
 
1942 Night Monster
Laurie (as Leif Erikson)
 
1942 Pardon My Sarong
Whaba (as Leif Erikson)
 
1942 Eagle Squadron
Johnny M. Coe
 
1942 Are Husbands Necessary?
Bill Stone
 
1942 The Fleet's In
Jake
 
1941 H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Rodney 'Bo-Jo' Brown (as Leif Erikson)
 
1941 The Blonde from Singapore
Terry Prescott
 
1941 Nothing But the Truth
Tommy Van Dusen
 
1939 ...One Third of a Nation...
Peter Cortlant (as Leif Erikson)
 
1938 Ride a Crooked Mile
Johnny Simpkins
 
1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938
Bob Hayes (as Leif Erikson)
 
1937 Thrill of a Lifetime
Howard 'Howdy' Nelson
 
1937 Conquest
Paul Lachinski (as Leif Erikson)
 
1937 Waikiki Wedding
Dr. Victor Quimby
 
1936 College Holiday
Dick Winters
 
1936 Girl of the Ozarks
Tom Bolton
 
1936 Desert Gold
Glenn Kasedon (as Glenn Erikson)
 
1936 Drift Fence
Curley Prentiss (as Glenn Erikson)
 
1935 Nevada
Bill Ide (as Glen Erickson)
 
1935 Wanderer of the Wasteland
Lawrence (as Glenn Erickson)
 
1933 Air Tonic (short)
 
1933 The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Band Singer with Ted Fio Rito
 
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1952 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (performer: "Away Ay Aye Ay", "A Bachelor's Life", "Tonight We Sail")
 
1952 With a Song in My Heart (performer: "HOME ON THE RANGE")
 
1933 The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (performer: "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi")
 
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1970 It Takes Two (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 February 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Himself - Intermission Guest
– Betrayed (1956) … Himself - Intermission Guest
 
1939 Crisis (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2005 Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (TV documentary)
George MacLean (uncredited)
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 

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Played the role of Patrick O'Toole in the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hart's "Higher and Higher". See more »

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Alternate Names:

Glenn Erickson | Glen Erickson | Lief Erickson | Glenn Erikson | Leif Erikson

Height:

6' 4" (1.93 m)
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Trivia:

Studied at USC in California and first worked as a singer and trombonist with Ted Fio Rito and His orchestra. In films from 1933, often in westerns based on Zane Grey novels. Appeared under the name Glenn Erickson early in his career, but, because of his Nordic appearance, his first name was changed to Leif by 1938... See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio