Leif Erickson

Leif Erickson

1911-10-27 Alameda, California, USA 84 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leif Erickson (born William Wycliffe Anderson) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Erickson was born in Alameda, California, near San Francisco. He 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...

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Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977

as Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director

6.4
Acting

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 u...

The Fantastic Journey

The Fantastic Journey

1977

as Ben Wallace

6.0
Acting

1 hour 55 minute edited "movie" version comprised of primarily episodes 1 and 2 of TV series of same name available on Tubi. Travelers are stranded i...

Winterhawk

Winterhawk

1975

as Guthrie

6.6
Acting

Smallpox plagues Chief Winterhawk's tribe. He seeks cure from the white men, who in turn, in fear of getting the smallpox, kill two of his companions....

Abduction

Abduction

1975

as Prescott

3.2
Acting

The daughter of wealthy businessman is taken hostage by a gang of radical black revolutionaries. While she fears for her life at first, she gradually ...

Force Five

Force Five

1975

as Cal Newkirk

5.0
Acting
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping

1973

as William Henry Cameron

6.3
Acting

A criminal organization known as OSO specializes in kidnapping high ranking U.S. representatives. Although Steve Austin has already thwarted one of th...

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

1972

as Amos Wetherall

5.2
Acting

Due to a home-steading law, a fur trapper schemes to keep his land by hiring a hooker, a pickpocket and a thief to pose as his family.

The Family Rico

The Family Rico

1972

as Mike Lamont

10.0
Acting

A Mafia chief is torn between his brother, who has defected from the family, and his loyalty to the organization.

The New Healers

The New Healers

1972

as Dr. Victor Briggs

Acting

The small town hospital staff is trying to gain the confidence of the local farmers and merchants.

The Deadly Dream

The Deadly Dream

1971

as Dr. Harold Malcolm

6.0
Acting

A scientist keeps having dreams that he is marked for murder by a mysterious tribunal for something that he's not aware that he's done, and that his w...

Terror in the Sky

Terror in the Sky

1971

as Marty Treleavan

6.8
Acting

On a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisoning and become incapacitated. Now it's up to one of the passengers to safely land...

Man and Boy

Man and Boy

1971

as Sheriff Mossman

6.0
Acting

At the beginning of the 19th century a man and his son settle in Arizona which used to be a frontier state and full of criminals at that time.

Mirage

Mirage

1965

as The Major

7.0
Acting

In New York City, David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. Who is he, who are they, and w...

I Saw What You Did

I Saw What You Did

1965

as Dave Mannering

6.2
Acting

Teenage friends Kit and Libby make prank phone calls for fun but then find themselves involved in a brutal double murder committed by one of their tar...

Roustabout

Roustabout

1964

as Joe Lean

6.0
Acting

After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to fricti...

The Carpetbaggers

The Carpetbaggers

1964

as Jonas Cord Senior

5.8
Acting

Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood.

Strait-Jacket

Strait-Jacket

1964

as Bill Cutler

6.6
Acting

After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.

A Gathering of Eagles

A Gathering of Eagles

1963

as Gen. Hewitt

5.4
Acting

Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52 commander who must shape up his men to pass a grueling inspect...

Shootout at Big Sag

Shootout at Big Sag

1962

as Sam Barbee

Acting

A man has his eyes set on controlling the Big Sag territory in Montana and hopes to achieve his goal by forcing a newly-arrived family from Texas from...

Once Upon a Horse...

Once Upon a Horse...

1958

as Granville "Granny" Dix

8.5
Acting

Two zany cowboys steal a herd of cattle only to discover it costs more to feed them than they are worth.

Twilight for the Gods

Twilight for the Gods

1958

as Harry Hutton

4.2
Acting

An alcoholic captain sails a two-master through danger with a call girl and others on board.

Kiss Them for Me

Kiss Them for Me

1957

as Eddie Turnbill

5.5
Acting

Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Once they manage to elude their ulcerated public relations officer,...

The Vintage

The Vintage

1957

as Louis Morel

5.5
Acting

A young Italian fugitive and his older protective brother hide among the grape pickers at a vineyard in Provence.

Istanbul

Istanbul

1957

as Charlie Boyle

6.0
Acting

A suspected diamond smuggler returns to Istanbul and finds the lady love he thought was dead...or does he?

Tea and Sympathy

Tea and Sympathy

1956

as Bill Reynolds

7.0
Acting

A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards with him was his housemaster's wife.

The Fastest Gun Alive

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956

as Lou Glover

6.9
Acting

Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want...

Star in the Dust

Star in the Dust

1956

as George Ballard

4.7
Acting

The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he won'...

On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

1954

as Glover

7.9
Acting

Terry Malloy is a kindhearted dockworker, and former boxer, who is tricked by his corrupt bosses into leading his friend to death. After falling in lo...

Paris Model

Paris Model

1953

as Edgar Blevins

3.0
Acting

A new dress plays a key role in the lives of four women who are not acquainted with each other.

Captain Scarface

Captain Scarface

1953

as Sam

4.3
Acting

A group of communist spies plan to blow up an essential commercial artery, the Panama Canal. To this end, they have kidnapped a nuclear scientist and ...

Fort Algiers

Fort Algiers

1953

as Kalmani

5.5
Acting

In northwest Africa, a tribal leader tries to stir up a rebellion against the ruling powers.

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars

1953

as Mr. George MacLean

5.9
Acting

In the early hours of the night, young David Maclean sees a flying saucer land and disappear into the sand dunes just beyond his house. Slowly, all of...

A Perilous Journey

A Perilous Journey

1953

as Richards

4.0
Acting

A ship of women embarks on a voyage to California. Director R. G. Springsteen's 1953 adventure drama stars Vera Ralston, David Brian, Virginia Grey, C...

Trouble Along the Way

Trouble Along the Way

1953

as Father Provincial aka Ed

5.9
Acting

Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at t...

Born to the Saddle

Born to the Saddle

1953

as Bob Marshall

5.0
Acting

A naïve, recently-orphaned young man discovers he's being used as a pawn in a crooked gambler's plan to rig a July 4 horserace. Western.

Never Wave at a WAC

Never Wave at a WAC

1953

as Sgt. Norbert 'Noisy' Jackson

4.9
Acting

A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many d...

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

1952

as Morgan

5.9
Acting

Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpk...

My Wife's Best Friend

My Wife's Best Friend

1952

as Nicholas Reed

5.4
Acting

When a man confesses to his wife that he has been unfaithful, she imagines all the different ways that historical figures such as Cleopatra and Joan o...

Carbine Williams

Carbine Williams

1952

as Feder

6.4
Acting

David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine autom...

With a Song in My Heart

With a Song in My Heart

1952

as General aboard plane

5.9
Acting

Jane Froman (Susan Hayward), an aspiring songstress, lands a job in radio with help from pianist Don Ross (David Wayne), whom she later marries. Jane'...

Sailor Beware

Sailor Beware

1952

as Commander Lane

6.2
Acting

Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps tryi...

The Cimarron Kid

The Cimarron Kid

1952

as Marshal John Sutton

6.1
Acting

Audie Murphy comes into his own as a Western star in this story. Wrongly accused by crooked railroad officials of aiding a train heist by his old frie...

Reunion in Reno

Reunion in Reno

1951

as B. Frederick Linaker

6.0
Acting

A little girl enlists the aid of an attorney to obtain a divorce from her parents. Breezy B comedy was loosely remade as Irreconcilable Differences.

The Tall Target

The Tall Target

1951

as Stranger

6.8
Acting

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.

Show Boat

Show Boat

1951

as Pete

6.1
Acting

A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.

Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours

1951

as Bit Part (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of ...

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

1951

as Pilate

4.0
Acting

The story of the Crucifixion, set within the context of the Korean War.

Dallas

Dallas

1950

as U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby

6.5
Acting

After the Civil War, Confederate soldier Blayde Hollister travels to Dallas to avenge the savage murder of his family. Discovering his enemy is now an...

Three Secrets

Three Secrets

1950

as Bill Chase

6.4
Acting

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted a...

The Showdown

The Showdown

1950

as Big Mart

5.2
Acting

Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has the ruthless determination to find and kill the man who shot his brother in the back and stole the money...

Stella

Stella

1950

as Fred Anderson Jr.

Acting

Screwball black comedy about a wacky family that forgets where they've buried a corpse.

Mother Didn't Tell Me

Mother Didn't Tell Me

1950

as Dr. Bruce Gordon

6.2
Acting

Jane Morgan (Dorothy McGuire) marries handsome doctor William Wright (William Lundigan), despite warnings from a host of other doctor's wives that she...

The Lady Gambles

The Lady Gambles

1949

as Tony

6.0
Acting

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the ca...

Johnny Stool Pigeon

Johnny Stool Pigeon

1949

as Pringle

6.2
Acting

A federal agent infiltrates a crime syndicate.

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

1948

as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans

6.1
Acting

In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of A...

Miss Tatlock's Millions

Miss Tatlock's Millions

1948

as Dr. Mason

5.9
Acting

After the accidental death of an idiot heir, a stunt man is hired to impersonate him while the family gathers to determine the dispersment of the esta...

The Snake Pit

The Snake Pit

1948

as Gordon

7.1
Acting

Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions an...

Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number

1948

as Fred Lord

6.8
Acting

Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the teleph...

The Gay Intruders

The Gay Intruders

1948

as Dr. Harold Matson

5.5
Acting

Psychiatrists move in with bickering stage spouses and start bickering too.

The Gangster

The Gangster

1947

as Beaumont

4.9
Acting

Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakd...

Blonde Savage

Blonde Savage

1947

as Steve Blake

4.1
Acting

An expedition into the deep jungle discovers a native tribe led by a tall Caucasian blonde woman.

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights

1942

as Kamar (as Leif Erikson)

6.0
Acting

Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.

Night Monster

Night Monster

1942

as Laurie

6.2
Acting

Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrib...

Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong

1942

as Whaba

6.5
Acting

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat t...

Eagle Squadron

Eagle Squadron

1942

as Johnny M. Coe

Acting

An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.

Are Husbands Necessary?

Are Husbands Necessary?

1942

as Bill Stone

Acting

George and Mary Elizabeth Cugat are about to celebrate their second wedding anniversary and dream of having a child. Although they live comfortably on...

The Fleet's In

The Fleet's In

1942

as Jake

7.0
Acting

Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are plac...

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941

as Rodney 'Bo-Jo' Brown

6.9
Acting

A middle-aged businessman who has lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions of society, still remembers the beautiful young woman...

The Blonde from Singapore

The Blonde from Singapore

1941

as Terry Prescott

5.0
Acting

Fortune hunter Mary Brooks, posing as a missionary's daughter, strives to beat a couple of pilots, Terry Prescott and "Waffles" Billings, (who have tu...

Nothing But the Truth

Nothing But the Truth

1941

as Tommy Van Dusen

7.1
Acting

A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twenty-four hours.

Crisis

Crisis

1939

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War 2.

One Third of a Nation

One Third of a Nation

1939

as Peter Cortlant

5.8
Acting

The negligent owner of a tenement slum becomes romantically involved with one of the building's residents.

Ride a Crooked Mile

Ride a Crooked Mile

1938

as Johnny Simpkins

Acting

The son of a cattle-rustling Cossack immigrant must choose between following the straight path and helping his father escape from prison.

The Big Broadcast of 1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938

1938

as Bob Hayes

6.1
Acting

The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.

Thrill of a Lifetime

Thrill of a Lifetime

1937

as Howard Nelson

5.0
Acting

"Howdy" Nelson believes there is no such think as real love and that romance can be cooked up between any eligible persons (of the opposite sex.) He i...

Conquest

Conquest

1937

as Paul Lachinski

6.5
Acting

A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence h...

Waikiki Wedding

Waikiki Wedding

1937

as Dr. Victor Quimby

5.5
Acting

Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter's pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii....

College Holiday

College Holiday

1936

as Dick Winters

5.2
Acting

College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.

Girl of the Ozarks

Girl of the Ozarks

1936

as Tom Bolton

6.0
Acting

A sweet little country girl has issues with school. Her mother is ill. The school threatens to send her to an orphanage.

Desert Gold

Desert Gold

1936

as Glenn Kasedon

5.4
Acting

Chet Kasedon is after the Indians hidden gold mine but Chief Moya will not reveal it's location. He has also hired mining engineers Gale and Mortimer ...

Drift Fence

Drift Fence

1936

as Curley Prentice

5.0
Acting

Although Larry "Buster" Crabbe earns top billing, the hero of Drift Fence is former Western star Tom Keene as Jim Travis, who, at a rodeo, meets city ...

Nevada

Nevada

1935

as Bill Ide

3.0
Acting

A gambler wins a ranch in a round of poker, then joins his neighbors on a rustler-ridden cattle drive to Texas.

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Wanderer of the Wasteland

1935

as Lawrence

5.0
Acting

Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not commit. He wanders into the desert wastelands and...

Air Tonic

Air Tonic

1933

as Band Singer

Acting

Ted Fio Rito and his Orchestra provide the title element with their snappy tunes fronted at different times by just starting out Betty Grable & Leif E...