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John Ericson

John Ericson

Acting
23 Sept 1926
03 May 2020
Düsseldorf, Germany

Biography

John Ericson (sometimes Erickson; born Joachim Alexander Ottokar Meibes; September 25, 1926 - May 3, 2020) was a German-American actor and film and television star. He trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, played the lead role in Stalag 17 by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski on Broadway (1951). He went on to make a number of films for MGM in quick succession in the 1950s. His first appearance was in Teresa (1951), directed by Fred Zinnemann, which also launched the film ...

Also Known As

Joachim Alexander Ottokar Meibes, John Erickson

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