Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Leif Erickson is a Actor American born on 27 october 1911 at Alameda (USA)

Leif Erickson

Leif Erickson
If you like this person, let us know!
Birth name William Wycliffe Anderson
Nationality USA
Birth 27 october 1911 at Alameda (USA)
Death 29 january 1986 (at 74 years) at Pensacola (USA)

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

Biography

Erickson was married to actress Frances Farmer from 1936 until 1942. The same day that his divorce from Farmer was finalized, June 12, 1942, he married actress Margaret Hayes – however, they divorced a month later. He married Ann Diamond in 1945. They had two children, William "Bill" Leif (born 1946) and Susan Irene (born 1950). His son Bill died in a car accident in 1971. Erickson died of cancer in Pensacola, Florida on January 29, 1986, aged 74.

Best films

The Snake Pit (1948)
(Actor)
Arabian Nights (1942)
(Actor)
Waikiki Wedding (1937)
(Actor)

Usually with

Edith Head
Edith Head
(11 films)
Russel Gausman
Russel Gausman
(10 films)
Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(9 films)
Bud Westmore
Bud Westmore
(7 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Leif Erickson (71 films)

Display filmography as list

Actor

My Life as a Dog, 1h41
Directed by Lasse Hallström
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Anki Lidén, Tomas von Brömssen, Melinda Kinnaman, Lennart Hjulström, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Leif Erickson
Roles le vieux Sandberg
Rating75% 3.797413.797413.797413.797413.79741
The action takes place in the years 1958-1959 in Sweden. Troubled 12-year-old Ingemar (Anton Glanzelius) gets into all sorts of trouble, which drives his mother (Anki Lidén) crazy; Ingemar does not know that his mother is in fact terminally ill. When he and his older brother become too much for her, they are split up and sent to live with relatives. Ingemar ends up with his maternal uncle Gunnar (von Brömssen) and his wife Ulla (Kicki Rundgren) in a small rural town in Småland. Gunnar and Ingemar bond over Povel Ramel's recording of "Far, jag kan inte få upp min kokosnöt".
Terror in the Sky, 1h14
Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Doug McClure, Lois Nettleton, Roddy McDowall, Kenneth Tobey, Leif Erickson, Keenan Wynn
Roles Marty Treleavan
Rating58% 2.914232.914232.914232.914232.91423
Passengers on a plane headed from the Midwest to the West Coast (Winnipeg to Vancouver in the book; Minneapolis to Seattle in the film) get quite ill after eating the chicken pot pie entree. Both pilots also ate the chicken. A man who has not flown since the Vietnam War (single-engine planes in the book, helicopter/war choppers in the film) is reluctantly pressed into flying the plane, where he makes a very neurotic, but survivable landing.
Twilight's Last Gleaming, 1h31
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors William Hootkins, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning, Paul Winfield, William Smith
Roles Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director
Rating66% 3.346013.346013.346013.346013.34601
After escaping from a military prison, rogue Air Force General Lawrence Dell (Burt Lancaster) and accomplices Powell (Paul Winfield) and Garvas (Burt Young) infiltrate an ICBM complex and gain launch control over its nine nuclear missiles. They then make direct contact with the US government (avoiding any media attention) and make their demands: $10 million ransom, and that the President (Charles Durning) go on national television and make public the contents of a top-secret document.
Abduction
Abduction (1975)
, 1h35
Directed by Joseph Zito
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Leif Erickson, Dorothy Malone, Lawrence Tierney
Roles Prescott
Rating49% 2.473142.473142.473142.473142.47314
Patricia revient dans la chambre du campus qu'elle partage avec Michael. Patricia est issue d'une des familles les plus célèbres et les plus riches des Etats-Unis. Ses relations avec Michael ont crée des tensions entre elle et sa famille. Alors que Patricia et Michael font l'amour, on s'aperçoit qu'ils sont surveillés. Deux silhouettes bondissent sur eux et les frappent avec une violence sauvage. Patty est trainée à moitié nue vers une voiture.
Man and Boy, 1h38
Directed by E.W. Swackhamer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime, Western
Actors Bill Cosby, Gloria Foster, Leif Erickson, John Anderson, Henry Silva, Dub Taylor
Roles Sheriff Mossman
Rating55% 2.7664852.7664852.7664852.7664852.766485
Après la Guerre de Sécession, un ancien soldat noir de l'Union, sa femme et son fils s'installent en Arizona pour reconstruire leur vie.
Mirage
Mirage (1965)
, 1h48
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, Kevin McCarthy, Leif Erickson, Walter Abel
Roles The Major
Rating71% 3.5963553.5963553.5963553.5963553.596355
When the electricity cuts out in the New York skyscraper where he works, cost accountant David Stillwell (Gregory Peck) decides to leave by the darkened stairs rather than wait for power. A young woman (Diane Baker) on the stairs, Shela, greets him as a friend, but he does not know her. Alarmed, she flees into a sub-basement.
I Saw What You Did, 1h22
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson, Joyce Meadows, Patricia Breslin, John Archer
Roles Dave Mannering
Rating62% 3.100443.100443.100443.100443.10044
When two mischievous teens Libby (Andi Garrett) and Kit (Sara Lane) are home alone with Libby's younger sister Tess (Sharyl Locke), they amuse themselves by randomly dialing telephone numbers asking prank questions, telling whomever answers: "I saw what you did, and I know who you are." Libby places a call to Steve Marak (John Ireland), a man who has recently murdered his wife, Judith (Joyce Meadows) and disposed of her body in the woods. Believing he has been found out, he decides to track down the caller to silence her.
The Carpetbaggers, 2h30
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Carroll Baker, Vaughn Taylor, Robert Cummings, Martha Hyer
Roles Jonas Cord Senior
Rating64% 3.2454953.2454953.2454953.2454953.245495
Jonas Cord becomes one of America's richest men, inheriting an explosives company from his late father. Cord resents his father bitterly and is psychologically scarred by the death of a twin brother. Believing his family has insanity in its blood, he does not want children of his own.
Roustabout
Roustabout (1964)
, 1h41
Directed by John Rich, Michael D. Moore
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Circus films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Freeman, Leif Erickson, Pat Buttram, Jack Albertson
Roles Joe Lean
Rating59% 2.9998552.9998552.9998552.9998552.999855
275px Musician Charlie Rogers (Elvis Presley) is fired from a gig at a teahouse run by Lou (Jack Albertson) after brawling with several college students in the parking lot. After a night in jail, Charlie hits the road on his Honda 305 Superhawk motorcycle. He spots Cathy Lean (Joan Freeman) driving with her father Joe (Leif Erickson) and their employer, Maggie Morgan (Barbara Stanwyck). When Charlie tries to become friendly with Cathy, Joe forces him off the road and the bike is wrecked after crashing into a wooden fence.
Strait-Jacket, 1h29
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Rochelle Hudson, George Kennedy, Lee Majors
Roles Bill Cutler
Rating67% 3.397353.397353.397353.397353.39735
Lucy Harbin has spent twenty years in a psychiatric hospital for the decapitation axe-murder of her husband (Lee Majors) and his mistress, after catching him cheating on her. After she is released, she takes up residence at the farm of her brother Bill Cutler and sister-in-law Emily.
A Gathering of Eagles, 1h55
Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Rock Hudson, Rod Taylor, Mary Peach, Barry Sullivan, Kevin McCarthy, Henry Silva
Roles Gen. Hewitt
Rating60% 3.045013.045013.045013.045013.04501
The Inspector General of the Strategic Air Command (SAC), Major General "Happy Jack" Kirby (Kevin McCarthy), lands unannounced at the fictional Carmody Air Force Base in northern California (a role actually filled by the real life Beale AFB), home of the 904th Strategic Aerospace Wing. Accompanied by a 30-man inspection team, he demands that the Air Police take him directly to the wing's command post and once there announces a no-notice Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). As the inspection continues, General Kirby receives a score report from a member of his team. With this in hand, he calls General Hewitt, the commanding general of SAC at his Omaha headquarters and soberly informs him, "It doesn't look too good so far, sir.
Twilight for the Gods, 2h
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Rock Hudson, Cyd Charisse, John Arthur Kennedy, Leif Erickson, Charles McGraw, Ernest Truex
Roles Harry Hutton
Rating58% 2.9049152.9049152.9049152.9049152.904915
After being court-martialed and discharged from the Navy, Captain Bell (Rock Hudson) turns to drink. Reduced to skippering a rundown schooner in the South Seas he takes on board a disparate group of passengers and crew; including a prostitute, a show-biz entrepreneur, a missionary, a washed up opera singer, and a couple of refugees. During a storm at sea, the true characters of all on board are revealed.
Istanbul
Istanbul (1957)
, 1h24
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Errol Flynn, Cornell Borchers, John Bentley, Torin Thatcher, Leif Erickson, Peggy Knudsen
Roles Charlie Boyle
Rating60% 3.0494253.0494253.0494253.0494253.049425
An American becomes mixed up with various criminal activities in Istanbul.
The Vintage, 1h32
Directed by Jeffrey Hayden
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Pier Angeli, Mel Ferrer, John Kerr, Michèle Morgan, Theodore Bikel, Leif Erickson
Roles Louis Morel
Rating56% 2.8168152.8168152.8168152.8168152.816815
Italian brothers Ernesto and Giancarlo Barandero are fugitives, Ernesto having accidentally killed a man. They cross the border to France and hope to find work picking grapes.
Kiss Them for Me, 1h45
Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Films based on plays, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Cary Grant, Ray Walston, Suzy Parker, Jayne Mansfield, Werner Klemperer, Leif Erickson
Roles Eddie Turnbill
Rating56% 2.8009652.8009652.8009652.8009652.800965
Three decorated Navy pilots finagle a four-day leave in San Francisco. They land a posh suite at a hotel where Commander Andy Crewson (Cary Grant), a master of procurement, arranges to populate it with wine, women and song.