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Leif Erickson (actor)

Leif Erickson
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Born William Wycliffe Anderson
(1911-10-27)October 27, 1911
Alameda, California, U.S.
Died January 29, 1986(1986-01-29) (aged 74)
Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Cause of death Cancer
Occupation Actor
Years active 1933–1984
Spouse(s) Frances Farmer (m. 1936–42)
Margaret Hayes (m. 1942)
Ann Diamond (m. 1945–86) (his death) 2 children

Leif Erickson (October 27, 1911 – January 29, 1986) was an American stage, film, and television actor.

Born William Wycliffe Anderson in Alameda, California, near San Francisco, Erickson 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'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. Erickson took four years off to serve in the United States Navy during World War II as a combat photographer. Erickson served as an instructor, was shot down twice in the Pacific, and was twice wounded.

Erickson appeared 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).


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