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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) Town, Florida, U.S. |
| Spouse | Frances Farmer (m. 1936–42) Margaret Hayes (m. 1942) Ann Carbon (m. 1945–86) (his death) 2 children |
| Occupation | Actor |
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Leif Erickson
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 marr
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Leif Erickson, Veteran Actor, Dies at 74
Leif Erickson, a one-time band vocalist and trombone player who became a prominent film actor and appeared in dozens of movies and television shows during more than 40 years, died Wednesday evening in Pensacola, Fla., after a struggle with cancer.
He was 74.
Erickson’s daughter, Susan, said he died in Baptist Hospital, where he had been for more than a week while he and his wife, Anne, were staying at their Pensacola home. The couple also have a home in Malibu.
A big, strapping man who frequently portrayed intelligent second leads, Erickson appeared in such films as “The Fleet’s In,” “Eagle Squadron,” “The Snake Pit,” “Sorry, Wrong Number,” “Show Boat,” “On the Waterfront” and “Tea and Sympathy.” His first film was “Wanderer of the Wasteland” in 1935. He was working in movies through the late 1970s, when he was in “Winter Hawk” and “Twilight’s Last Gleaming.”
He was also in “Conquest” with Greta Garbo and “Nothing But the Truth” with Bob Hope. During the late 1960s, he starred as the brawny Big John Cannon in the NBC television series “High Chaparral.”
It was during the filming of the series that he told an interviewer that pressure to eliminate violence on television was resulting in better scripts and story lines. “No longer,” h