Known For
Production
Born
Dec 17, 1923
Died
Jun 28, 2017
Place of Birth
Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Credits
38 titles
C.O. Erickson
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article C.O. Erickson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Marilyn Monroe Declassified
The Making of 'To Catch a Thief'
Self
Making 'The Misfits'
Self - Production Manager
Windtalkers
Executive Producer
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self
Antitrust
Executive Producer
Return to Me
Executive Producer
Disturbing Behavior
Executive Producer
Obsessed with Vertigo
Self
Kiss the Girls
Executive Producer
Black Sheep
Executive Producer
Stuart Saves His Family
Unit Production Manager
Blankman
Producer
Groundhog Day
Bank Guard Herman
Secret Admirer
Executive Producer
The Wild Life
Executive Producer
Cloak & Dagger
Executive Producer
The Lonely Guy
Co-Executive Producer
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Unit Production Manager
Zorro, The Gay Blade
Producer
Popeye
Executive Producer
Urban Cowboy
Production Manager
Magic
Executive Producer
I Will, I Will...For Now
Associate Producer
Whiffs
Associate Producer
Chinatown
Customer
Man in the Wilderness
Associate Producer
There Was a Crooked Man...
Executive Producer
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Executive Producer
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Associate Producer
Carol for Another Christmas
Production Supervisor
Circus World
Production Manager
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Production Manager
Cleopatra
Production Manager
55 Days at Peking
Production Manager
Freud: The Secret Passion
Production Manager
The Misfits
Production Manager
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Unit Production Manager