Add/Update Information: Leif Erickson - Actor

An American actor, born on October 27, 1911, in Alameda, California, USA, as William Wycliffe Anderson. Leif Erickson studied at the University of Southern California and worked as a singer and trombonist. He served as a military photographer in the United States Navy during World War II. Erickson began his screen career as a leading man in Western movies. His notable works include On the Waterfront (1954), The Carpetbaggers (1964), and The High Chaparral (1967). He married Annie Ruth Diamond, Margaret Hayes, and Frances Farmer. He died on January 29, 1986, in Pensacola, Florida, USA.