C.O. Erickson
- Production
- December 17, 1923 · Kankakee, Illinois, USA
- June 28, 2017
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
- 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, Unit Production Manager
- Black Sheep · Executive producer, Production Manager
- Stuart Saves His Family · Executive producer, Unit Production Manager
- Blankman · Producer
- Groundhog Day · Bank Guard Herman, Executive producer
- Secret Admirer · Executive producer, Unit Production Manager
- The Wild Life · Executive producer
- Cloak & Dagger · Executive producer
- The Lonely Guy · Co-Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High · Executive producer, Unit Production Manager
- Zorro, The Gay Blade · Producer
- Popeye · Executive producer
- Urban Cowboy · Executive producer, Production Manager
- Magic · Executive producer
- I Will, I Will...For Now · Associate Producer
- Whiffs · Associate Producer
- Chinatown · Customer, Unit Production Manager
- 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 · Associate Producer, 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