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C.O. Erickson

Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born December 17, 1923Died 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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Magic
  • There Was a Crooked Man...

Known For

  • Groundhog Day
  • Chinatown
  • Windtalkers
  • Popeye
  • Kiss the Girls
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much
  • Project X
  • Mobsters
  • Cleopatra
  • Urban Cowboy
  • Reflections in a Golden Eye
  • Antitrust
  • The Misfits
  • Return to Me
  • There Was a Crooked Man...
  • Magic
  • Cloak & Dagger
  • Freud
  • Secret Admirer
  • The Fall of the Roman Empire
  • Ironweed
  • Blankman
  • The Wild Life

C.O. Erickson Filmography

2002
Windtalkers · as Executive Producer
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
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
1981
1980
Popeye · as Executive Producer
1978
Magic · as Executive Producer
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 Producer
1968
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell · as Executive Producer
1967
Reflections in a Golden Eye · as Associate Producer

1993
Groundhog Day · as Bank Guard Herman
1974
Chinatown · as Customer
1966

1996
Black Sheep · as Production Manager
1995
Stuart Saves His Family · as Unit Production Manager
1984
The Lonely Guy · as Co-Executive Producer
1982
Fast Times at Ridgemont High · as Unit Production Manager
1980
Urban Cowboy · as Production Manager
1974
Chinatown · as Unit Production Manager
1964
Carol for Another Christmas · as Production Supervisor
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 Manager
1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much · as Unit Production Manager

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