Leif Erickson was an American film and television actor.
Leif Erickson was born William Wycliffe Anderson in Alameda, California

Alameda, California

Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on Alameda Island and Bay Farm Island, and is adjacent to Oakland in the San Francisco Bay. The Bay Farm Island portion of the city is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. At the 2010 census, the city had a...

. His father was commander of a fleet of ships and his mother was a noted newspaperwoman and writer. He worked as a soloist in a band as vocalist and trombone player and played in Max Reinhardt

Max Reinhardt

----Max Reinhardt was an Austrian theater and film director and actor.-Biography:...

's productions, then gained a small amount of stage experience in a comedy Vaudeville

Vaudeville

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 act. Initially billed by Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

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 as Glenn Erickson, he began his screen career as a leading man in Westerns.