| Full Name | Leif Erikson |
| Net Worth | $250,000 |
| Date Of Birth | October 27, 1911 |
| Died | January 29, 1986, Pensacola, Florida, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Alameda, California, USA |
| Height | 1.92 m |
| Profession | Conquistador |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Spouse | Ann Diamond, Margaret Hayes, Frances Farmer |
| Children | Thorkell Leif, Thorgils Leif |
| Parents | Erik the Red, Thjodhild |
| Siblings | Freydís Eiríksdóttir, Thorvald Eiriksson, Thorstein Eiriksson |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0002063 |
| Movies | On the Waterfront, Invaders from Mars, Sorry, Wrong Number, Tea and Sympathy, Strait-Jacket, Roustabout, Arabian Nights, The Fastest Gun Alive, I Saw What You Did, Joan of Arc, Show Boat, Mirage, The Carpetbaggers, Waikiki Wedding, Ride a Crooked Mile, Winterhawk, Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Ki... |
| TV Shows | The High Chaparral |
| Star Sign | Scorpio |
| # | Fact |
|---|
| 1 | Visited US soldiers fighting in Vietnam in 1967. |
| 2 | His first name is pronounced as "Laif" (Swedish and Norwegian name). |
| 3 | Was twice shot down while in aircraft, both times he was wounded. |
| 4 | Served four years in the Navy during World War II as a combat photographer. |
| 5 | Studied at USC in California and first worked as a singer and trombonist with Ted Fio Rito and His orchestra. In films from 1933, often in westerns based on Zane Grey novels. Appeared under the name Glenn Erickson early in his career, but, because of his Nordic appearance, his first name was changed to Leif by 1938. Played a succession of stalwart marshals and sheriffs, as well as Deborah Kerr's insensitive husband in 'Tea and Sympathy' (1956). Best known as cattle rancher Big John Cannon in TV's 'The High Chaparral' (1967-1971). |
| 6 | During the mid nineteen sixties, when roles became scarce, he became a yacht broker at Marina Del Rey, CA. |
| 7 | Divorced Frances Farmer and married Margaret Hayes on the same day, 12 June 1942. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Mother Didn't Tell Me | 1950 | | Dr. Bruce Gordon |
| Johnny Stool Pigeon | 1949 | | Pringle |
| Your Show Time | 1949 | TV Series | Jean Valjean |
| The Lady Gambles | 1949 | | Tony |
| Miss Tatlock's Millions | 1948 | | Dr. Mason |
| Joan of Arc | 1948 | | Dunois, Bastard of Orleans |
| The Snake Pit | 1948 | | Gordon |
| The Gay Intruders | 1948 | | Dr. Harold Matson |
| Sorry, Wrong Number | 1948 | | Fred Lord |
| The Gangster | 1947 | | Beaumont |
| Blonde Savage | 1947 | | Steve Blake |
| Arabian Nights | 1942 | | Kamar (as Leif Erikson) |
| Night Monster | 1942 | | Laurie (as Leif Erikson) |
| Pardon My Sarong | 1942 | | Whaba (as Leif Erikson) |
| Eagle Squadron | 1942 | | Johnny M. Coe |
| Are Husbands Necessary? | 1942 | | Bill Stone |
| The Fleet's In | 1942 | | Jake |
| H.M. Pulham, Esq. | 1941 | | Rodney 'Bo-Jo' Brown (as Leif Erikson) |
| The Blonde from Singapore | 1941 | | Terry Prescott |
| Nothing But the Truth | 1941 | | Tommy Van Dusen |
| ...One Third of a Nation... | 1939 | | Peter Cortlant (as Leif Erikson) |
| Ride a Crooked Mile | 1938 | | Johnny Simpkins |
| The Big Broadcast of 1938 | 1938 | | Bob Hayes (as Leif Erikson) |
| Thrill of a Lifetime | 1937 | | Howard 'Howdy' Nelson |
| Conquest | 1937 | | Paul Lachinski (as Leif Erikson) |
| Waikiki Wedding | 1937 | | Dr. Victor Quimby |
| College Holiday | 1936 | | Dick Winters |
| Girl of the Ozarks | 1936 | | Tom Bolton (as Leif Erikson) |
| Desert Gold | 1936 | | Glenn Kasedon (as Glenn Erikson) |
| Drift Fence | 1936 | | Curley Prentiss (as Glenn Erikson) |
| Nevada | 1935 | | Bill Ide (as Glen Erickson) |
| Wanderer of the Wasteland | 1935 | | Lawrence (as Glenn Erickson) |
| Air Tonic | 1933 | Short | Glenn Erickson - Band Singer (as Glenn Erickson) |
| The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi | 1933 | | Band Singer with Ted Fio Rito |
| Fantasy Island | 1984 | TV Series | |
| Savage in the Orient | 1983 | TV Movie | Major |
| Wild Times | 1980 | TV Mini-Series | John Tyree |
| The Rockford Files | 1979 | TV Series | Carl Colton 'C.C.' Calloway |
| Project U.F.O. | 1978 | TV Series | Frederick Carlson |
| Twilight's Last Gleaming | 1977 | | Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director |
| The Fantastic Journey | 1977 | TV Series | Ben Wallace |
| Hunter | 1977 | TV Series | Maitland |
| Winterhawk | 1975 | | Guthrie |
| Medical Story | 1975 | TV Series | Dr. Taussig |
| Abduction | 1975 | | Prescott |
| Force Five | 1975 | TV Movie | Cal Newkirk |
| Cannon | 1974 | TV Series | Kowalski |
| Mannix | 1974 | TV Series | B. J. Yarborough |
| Harry O | 1974 | TV Series | Admiral Tannehill |
| Medical Center | 1974 | TV Series | Ben |
| The Evil Touch | 1974 | TV Series | Reverend Vincent |
| Ironside | 1974 | TV Series | Preston Lakes |
| The Magician | 1973 | TV Series | Nicholas Olsen |
| The Rookies | 1973 | TV Series | Ben Fuller |
| The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping | 1973 | TV Movie | William Henry Cameron |
| The Streets of San Francisco | 1973 | TV Series | Fr. Henry Driscoll |
| Night Gallery | 1971-1973 | TV Series | Charlie Wheatland / Director (segment "The Academy") |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1972 | TV Series | Dr. Justin Garvey |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | 1972 | TV Series | Matt |
| Mod Squad | 1972 | TV Series | Lt. Jerry Price |
| The Daughters of Joshua Cabe | 1972 | TV Movie | Amos Wetherall |
| The Family Rico | 1972 | TV Movie | Mike Lamont |
| The New Healers | 1972 | TV Movie | Dr. Victor Briggs |
| The Sixth Sense | 1972 | TV Series | Dr. Philip Ford |
| Longstreet | 1971 | TV Series | Harold Kemp |
| The Deadly Dream | 1971 | TV Movie | Dr. Harold Malcolm |
| Terror in the Sky | 1971 | TV Movie | Marty Treleavan |
| Man and Boy | 1971 | | Mossman |
| The High Chaparral | 1967-1971 | TV Series | Big John Cannon |
| The Name of the Game | 1971 | TV Series | King |
| Paris 7000 | 1970 | TV Series | |
| Gunsmoke | 1967 | TV Series | Virgil Powell |
| Daniel Boone | 1965-1966 | TV Series | Bill Sedley / Aaron Burr |
| Insight | 1966 | TV Series | |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1965-1966 | TV Series | Ben Stafford / St. Cloud |
| Branded | 1966 | TV Series | Roy Beckwith |
| The Virginian | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Bill King / Charlie Ryan / Peterson |
| Bonanza | 1961-1965 | TV Series | Tom Caine / Josh Tatum |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | 1965 | TV Series | Sheriff Dan Grier |
| I Saw What You Did | 1965 | | Dave Mannering |
| Mirage | 1965 | | Major Crawford Gilcuddy |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Paul White / Doctor Hellyer |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | 1965 | TV Series | The General |
| Burke's Law | 1964 | TV Series | Jason Hayes |
| Roustabout | 1964 | | Joe Lean |
| The Carpetbaggers | 1964 | | Jonas Cord Sr. |
| Grindl | 1964 | TV Series | Karl Stauffer |
| The Great Adventure | 1963-1964 | TV Series | President Grover Cleveland / Abel Parrish |
| Strait-Jacket | 1964 | | Bill Cutler |
| The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | 1964 | TV Series | Sugar Bob Devlin |
| Hazel | 1963 | TV Series | Zachary |
| Wagon Train | 1963 | TV Series | Eli Bancroft |
| Arrest and Trial | 1963 | TV Series | Henry Vallos |
| A Gathering of Eagles | 1963 | | Gen. Hewitt |
| Alcoa Premiere | 1963 | TV Series | Mr. Green |
| The New Loretta Young Show | 1963 | TV Series | Bascomb T. Beebe |
| Shootout at Big Sag | 1962 | | Sam Barbee |
| The New Breed | 1962 | TV Series | Dr. Eric Thor |
| Rawhide | 1959-1961 | TV Series | Frank Travis / Jeremiah Walsh |
| Playhouse 90 | 1957-1960 | TV Series | William Dean Howells / James Mayberry / Paul Henderson / ... |
| Zane Grey Theater | 1958-1960 | TV Series | Cash Wilson / Jim Lewis |
| Hotel de Paree | 1959 | TV Series | O.K. Lassiter |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | 1959 | TV Series | Andrew Middleton |
| Colgate Theatre | 1958 | TV Series | Paul Harper |
| The Rifleman | 1958 | TV Series | Jim Lewis |
| The Millionaire | 1956-1958 | TV Series | Norman Conover / Brian Hendricks |
| Once Upon a Horse... | 1958 | | Granville 'Granny' Dix |
| Twilight for the Gods | 1958 | | Harry Hutton |
| General Electric Theater | 1958 | TV Series | Man |
| Matinee Theatre | 1958 | TV Series | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1958 | TV Series | Wayne Phillips |
| Kiss Them for Me | 1957 | | Eddie Turnbill |
| Climax! | 1955-1957 | TV Series | Richard Moore / Doug Randell / Richard Carmichael / ... |
| The Vintage | 1957 | | Louis Morel |
| Istanbul | 1957 | | Charlie Boyle |
| Tea and Sympathy | 1956 | | Bill Reynolds |
| The Fastest Gun Alive | 1956 | | Lou Glover |
| Star in the Dust | 1956 | | George Ballard |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Jim Torrance |
| On the Waterfront | 1954 | | Glover |
| Inner Sanctum | 1954 | TV Series | Seton |
| Paris Model | 1953 | | Edgar Blevins |
| Captain Scarface | 1953 | | Sam (as Lief Erickson) |
| Fort Algiers | 1953 | | Kalmani |
| Invaders from Mars | 1953 | | Mr. George MacLean |
| A Perilous Journey | 1953 | | Richards |
| Trouble Along the Way | 1953 | | Father Provincial aka Ed |
| Born to the Saddle | 1953 | | Bob Marshall |
| Family Theatre | 1951-1953 | TV Series | Pilate |
| Never Wave at a WAC | 1953 | | Sgt. Norbert 'Noisy' Jackson |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | 1952 | | Morgan |
| My Wife's Best Friend | 1952 | | Nicholas Reed |
| The Unexpected | 1952 | TV Series | |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1952 | TV Series | Sam Sargent / Dan |
| Carbine Williams | 1952 | | Feder |
| With a Song in My Heart | 1952 | | General (uncredited) |
| Sailor Beware | 1952 | | Cmdr. Lane |
| The Cimarron Kid | 1952 | | Marshal John Sutton |
| Reunion in Reno | 1951 | | B. Frederick Linaker |
| The Tall Target | 1951 | | Stranger |
| Show Boat | 1951 | | Pete (as Lief Erickson) |
| Fourteen Hours | 1951 | | Bit Part (uncredited) |
| Dallas | 1950 | | U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby |
| Three Secrets | 1950 | | Bill Chase |
| The Showdown | 1950 | | Big Mart |
| Stella | 1950 | | Fred Anderson Jr. |
| Love That Brute | 1950 | | Elmdale Military Academy Captain (uncredited) |
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$250,000
