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Actress, Leif Erickson, was born William Y. Wycliffe Anderson on Oct 27, 1911 in Alameda, CA. Erickson died at the age of 74 on Jan 29, 1986 in Pensacola, FL .

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Joe: [brushing Pete's clothes off immediately after his fistfight with Steve] Please, Mister Pete, don't go gettin' yourself all riled up over things. Besides, Mister Steve and Miss Julie, they gotta play performances here.
Pete: Yeah? Well I know a thing or two; we'll see how many performances they play in this town!


Kamar: [to Captain of the Guard] Son of infamy! Every bone in your body shall be broken if you continue to defy me!


U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby: Well, I lose my bet!
Blayde Hollister: What bet?
U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby: With myself. I thought that once you started serving your country, you...
Blayde Hollister: I have no country!
U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby: And you call me foreigner!
Blayde Hollister: You and all blue bellies!
U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby: We washed your gray and hung it out to dry!
Blayde Hollister: Not mine, Yankee! If you wanna try, just send for that Gettysburg brother of yours!
U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby: He's still at Gettysburg.


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Leif Erickson Facts
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' (1967-71).

During the mid nineteen sixties, when roles became scarce, he became a yacht broker at Marina Del Rey, CA.

Divorced Frances Farmer and married Margaret Hayes on the same day, 12 June 1942.

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