C.O. Erickson
Producer, Actor
December 17, 1923 — June 28, 2017 (93 years)
Clarence Oscar "C. O." Erickson (December 17, 1923 – June 28, 2017) was an American film producer and production manager who had nearly 60 years of experience working in Hollywood.
Born in Kankakee, Illinois on December 17, 1923, Erickson began his career at Paramount Pictures in 1944, ultimately working his way up to production manager. Among the productions he managed during his time at Paramount were all five of the films that director Alfred Hitchcock made for the studio in the 1950s: Rear Window (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Trouble with Harry (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) and Vertigo (1958).
Erickson left Paramount to work with screenwriter and director John Huston as production manager on The Misfits (1961) and Freud: The Secret Passion (1962). He later reteamed with Huston as associate producer of Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967). He was also associate producer of Richard C. Sarafian's Man in the Wilderness (1971) and Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), both of which featured Huston in supporting acting roles.
Erickson later served as both executive producer and production manager on several popular films of the 1980s and 1990s, including Urban Cowboy (1980), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Groundhog Day (1993). He was also the executive producer of Robert Altman's Popeye (1980) and executive in charge of production of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982). His later film credits included Kiss the Girls (1997), Return to Me (2000) and Windtalkers (2002).
Erickson died in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 28, 2017, due to heart complications. He was 93.
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Born in Kankakee, Illinois on December 17, 1923, Erickson began his career at Paramount Pictures in 1944, ultimately working his way up to production manager. Among the productions he managed during his time at Paramount were all five of the films that director Alfred Hitchcock made for the studio in the 1950s: Rear Window (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Trouble with Harry (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) and Vertigo (1958).
Erickson left Paramount to work with screenwriter and director John Huston as production manager on The Misfits (1961) and Freud: The Secret Passion (1962). He later reteamed with Huston as associate producer of Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967). He was also associate producer of Richard C. Sarafian's Man in the Wilderness (1971) and Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), both of which featured Huston in supporting acting roles.
Erickson later served as both executive producer and production manager on several popular films of the 1980s and 1990s, including Urban Cowboy (1980), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Groundhog Day (1993). He was also the executive producer of Robert Altman's Popeye (1980) and executive in charge of production of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982). His later film credits included Kiss the Girls (1997), Return to Me (2000) and Windtalkers (2002).
Erickson died in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 28, 2017, due to heart complications. He was 93.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2002 | Windtalkers · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2001 | Antitrust · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | Return to Me · as Executive Producer |
| 1998 | Disturbing Behavior · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | Kiss the Girls · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | Black Sheep · as Executive Producer |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | Groundhog Day · as Executive Producer |
| 1991 | Mobsters · as Executive Producer |
| 1987 | Ironweed · as Co-Producer |
| 1987 | Project X · as Executive Producer |
| 1985 | Secret Admirer · as Executive Producer |
| 1984 | The Wild Life · as Executive Producer |
| 1984 | Cloak & Dagger · as Executive Producer |
| 1982 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High · as Executive Producer |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | Popeye · as Executive Producer |
| 1980 | Urban Cowboy · as Executive Producer |
| 1978 | Magic · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 1976 | I Will... I Will... For Now · as Associate Producer |
| 1975 | Whiffs · as Associate Producer |
| 1971 | Man in the Wilderness · as Associate Producer |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 1968 | Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell · as Executive Producer |
| 1967 | Reflections in a Golden Eye · as Associate Producer |
| 2016 | Marilyn Monroe DeclassifiedOn Plex |
| 1993 | Groundhog Day · as Herman, Un Gardien De La Banque |
| 1974 | Chinatown · as Customer |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? · as Cast |
| 2002 | Making of 'to Catch a Thief' · as Self |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | |
| 1997 | Obsessed with Vertigo · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances · as Self - Production Manager |
| 1995 | Stuart Saves His Family · as Unit Production Manager |
| 1984 | The Lonely Guy · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 1974 | Chinatown · as Unit Production Manager |
| 1964 | Carol for Another Christmas · as Production SupervisorOn Plex |
| 1964 | Circus World · as Production Manager |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire · as Production Manager |
| 1963 | Cleopatra · as Production Manager |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking · as Production Manager |
| 1962 | Freud · as Production Manager |
| 1961 | The Misfits · as Production ManagerOn Plex |
| 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much · as Unit Production Manager |