
Leif Erickson
Highest Rated: 100% The Tall Target (1951)
Lowest Rated: 33% The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Birthday: Oct 27, 1911
Birthplace: Alameda, California, USA
Actor Leif Erickson's Nordic good looks earned him lots of screen time as well as pinning him in frequent second-banana spots reserved for the highly attractive but moderately talented. His first love was music, and he worked first as a vocalist and trombone player. After dabbling in theater, he moved into films, playing alongside Buster Crabbe in a series of Westerns based on the stories of Zane Grey. Though the parts kept coming, Erickson took a four-year break from acting to serve in World War II, returning afterward to success in such notable films as "The Snake Pit," a drama of life in a psychiatric hospital, and "Show Boat," the 1951 version of the famous musical. Erickson continued to work steadily in supporting roles, including that of an investigator in the classic drama of life on the docks, "On the Waterfront." After numerous spots on anthology and Western series, he landed the top spot on "The High Chaparral" as the head of a family of ranchers, leading the show for four seasons. Once that show ended, he mainly played one-off parts on TV series through the '70s. His final appearance came in 1984 in an episode of "Fantasy Island." In his personal life, Erickson gained some notoriety for trading actress wives in 1942, divorcing Frances Farmer and marrying Margaret Hayes on the same day.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lost in Time | Unknown (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Winterhawk | Guthrie (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Abduction | Prescott (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Family Rico | Mike Lamont (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Man and Boy | Sheriff Mossman (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daughters of Joshua Cabe | Amos Wetherall (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Terror in the Sky | Marty Treleavan (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Seek and Destroy | King (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deadly Dream | Dr. Harold Malcolm (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | 46% | I Saw What You Did | Dave Mannering (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Mirage | Crawford Gilcuttie (Character) | - | 1965 |
33% | 62% | The Carpetbaggers | Jonas Cord Sr. (Character) | - | 1964 |
56% | 57% | Roustabout | Joe Lean (Character) | - | 1964 |
88% | 65% | Strait-Jacket | Bill Cutler (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | 50% | A Gathering of Eagles | Gen. Hewitt (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shoot Out at Big Sag | Sam Barbee (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Twilight for the Gods | Harry Hutton (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Once Upon a Horse | Granville "Granny" Dix (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Vintage | Louis Morel (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Istanbul | Charlie Boyle (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 37% | Kiss Them for Me | Eddie Turnbill (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 72% | The Fastest Gun Alive | Lou Glover (Character) | - | 1956 |
80% | 76% | Tea and Sympathy | Bill Reynolds (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Star in the Dust | George Ballard (Character) | - | 1956 |
99% | 95% | On the Waterfront | Glover, Crime Commission (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Captain Scarface | Sam (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Born to the Saddle | Robert "Bob" Marshall (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | 63% | Trouble Along the Way | Father Provincial (aka Ed) (Character) | - | 1953 |
82% | 56% | Invaders From Mars | Mr. George MacLean (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paris Model | Edgar Blevins (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Wife's Best Friend | Nicholas Reed (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Never Wave at a WAC | Sgt. Norbert "Noisy" Jackson (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | Morgan (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Carbine Williams | Feder (Character) | - | 1952 |
67% | 62% | With a Song in My Heart | General (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fort Algiers | Sgt. Kalmani (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Hill Number One | Pilate (Character) | - | 1951 |
60% | 57% | The Cimarron Kid | Marshal John Sutton (Character) | - | 1951 |
100% | 68% | The Tall Target | Stranger (Character) | - | 1951 |
90% | 71% | Show Boat | Pete (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mother Didn't Tell Me | Dr. Bruce Gordon (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stella | Fred Anderson Jr. (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Dallas | U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | 27% | The Lady Gambles | Tony (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Three Secrets | Bill Chase (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gay Intruders | Dr. Harold Matson (Character) | - | 1948 |
88% | 54% | Joan of Arc | Dunois (Character) | - | 1948 |
86% | 78% | Sorry, Wrong Number | Fred Lord (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blonde Savage | Steve Blake (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eagle Squadron | Johnny M. Coe (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 45% | The Fleet's In | Jake (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Pardon My Sarong | Whaba (Character) | - | 1942 |
67% | 80% | Arabian Nights | Kamar (Character) | - | 1942 |
60% | 27% | Night Monster | Laurie (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Blonde From Singapore | Terry Prescott (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Nothing but the Truth | Tommy Van Dusen (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Third of a Nation | Peter Cortlant (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crisis: A Film of the Nazi Way | Unknown (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Broadcast of 1938 | Bob Hayes (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ride a Crooked Mile | Johnny Simpkins (Character) | - | 1938 |
100% | 48% | Conquest | Paul Lachinski (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Waikiki Wedding | Dr. Victor Quimby (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desert Gold | Glenn Kasedon (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girl of the Ozarks | Tom Bolton (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nevada | Bull Ide (Character) | - | 1935 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rockford Files | Carl Colton 'C.C.' Calloway (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Kowalski (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | B. J. Yarborough (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry O | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rookies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Fr. Henry Driscoll (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Night Gallery |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1973 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Lt. Jerry Price (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sixth Sense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Longstreet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Big John Cannon (Character) | 1967-1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Virgil Powell (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daniel Boone | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Branded | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Shenandoah | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1964-1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Grindl | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hazel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rebel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theater | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The June Allyson Show | Unknown (Character) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
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