Biographies of Paramount Players and Directors (1936)

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36. LIEF ERIKSON (Paramount Pleyer) He looks like one of his Viking forefathers, this Lief Eriksor>;; Tall, six feet four inches to be exact, he has the physique of e Norseman and a mane of light brown hair. And, as his name would imply, he comes from a seafaring family. His father was commander of a fleet of ships that plied the North Pacific from thfcirhome port in San Francisco. Lief was born just across the bay from San Francisco in Alameda, Calii., on October 27, 1314. As soon as he was old enough to go to school, he v.as placed in the Glenn Taylor Military Academy wldca he at tended until his father retired from the sta t-nd went to Sen riego. He rinished his fchoo :'ng in San Diego and Beverly Hills, near Hollywood, An inttrtst in mus^c, festered by his mot'uer. Mergtret Medbury, noted newspaperwoman and writer, led him to enter the University of Ce lifornie \ .t he soon left the university for a privet*, vocal coach brcausc he felt he ^ould make betttr pioriuss. His first professional appearance was as soloist with Ted Fio Rite's orchestra. A year v.ith the orchestra v.as followed by another ye?r vith t . vocal coach and then he was offered a part in Mix Rsinaard^'a production "A Midsummer Night's ?rtfr.". luring the eight months he ~es with Reinnc.rdt, he played oerrl/ every role; to which bt v.as suited end toured v.ith the compe y through many of the country's large cities. Aft r this he joined a ccredy vaudevi]lp act and toured with it for another eight months. Pa n mount signed him following this engagement. His sports nre tennis, .-.v. imiing and badminton. He has light brown, 1 vy hair and blue eyes, weighs pounds. His recent Paramount Pictures are: NEVADA, DESERT COLT, GIRL OF THE OZAPu'lo .