Background
Ericson, John was born on September 25, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Carl Frederick and Ellen (Wilson) Meibes.
Ericson, John was born on September 25, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Carl Frederick and Ellen (Wilson) Meibes.
Graduate Newton high school, Elmhurst, New York. Graduate Newton high school, American Academy Dramatic Arts.
Starred in motion pictures: Teresa, Rhapsody, Bad Day at Black Rock, Pretty Boy Floyd, Forty Guns, Day of the Bad Man, The Student Prince, 7 Faces of Doctor Lao, Return of Jack Slade, Alien Zone, The Money Jungle, The Destructors, Oregon Passage, Slave Queen of Babylon, Heads or Tails, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Under Ten Flags and many others. In tv Honey West, Robert F. Kennedy the Man, House on the Rue Riviera, Space, Hog Wild, Bounty Man, Police Woman, Hunters Moon, Murder, She Wrote, Fantasy Island, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ironside, Police Story, Bonanza, Magnum P.I., General Hospital, Airwolf, Knight Rider, Mannix, Gunsmoke, One Day at a Time and many others. Starred on Broadway in Stalag 17.
Starred in regional theatre prodns.: Camelot, A Streetcar Named Desire, I Do, I Do, Mr. Roberts, On a Clear Day, Richard II, Funny Girl, others.
Cited in published book: Actors as Artists, 1992.
Private United States Army, 1945. Member Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Married Karen Huston, March 31, 1974. Children: Nicole, Brett.