About

Known credits:
48
Birthday:
1923-12-17
Place of birth:
Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Website:
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C.O. Erickson

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2002 The Making of 'To Catch a Thief' Actor Self N/A
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2002 Making 'The Misfits' Actor Self - Production Manager N/A
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2001 Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood Actor Self 59
Average
1997 Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece Actor Self 59
Average
1993 Groundhog Day Actor Bank Guard Herman 74
Good
1974 Chinatown Actor Customer 76
Good

Production
2002 Windtalkers Production Executive Producer 61
Fair
2001 Antitrust Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2000 Return to Me Production Executive Producer 62
Fair
1998 Disturbing Behavior Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1997 Kiss the Girls Production Unit Production Manager 63
Fair
1997 Kiss the Girls Production Executive Producer 63
Fair
1996 Black Sheep Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1996 Black Sheep Production Production Manager 59
Average
1995 Stuart Saves His Family Production Unit Production Manager 58
Average
1995 Stuart Saves His Family Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1994 Blankman Production Producer 57
Average
1993 Groundhog Day Production Unit Production Manager 74
Good
1993 Groundhog Day Production Executive Producer 74
Good
1985 Secret Admirer Production Executive Producer 61
Fair
1985 Secret Admirer Production Unit Production Manager 61
Fair
1984 The Wild Life Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1984 Cloak & Dagger Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
1984 The Lonely Guy Production Co-Executive Producer 59
Average
1984 The Lonely Guy Production Unit Production Manager 59
Average
1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Production Unit Production Manager 65
Fair
1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Production Executive Producer 65
Fair
1981 Zorro, The Gay Blade Production Producer 58
Average
1980 Popeye Production Executive Producer 56
Average
1980 Urban Cowboy Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
1980 Urban Cowboy Production Production Manager 60
Fair
1978 Magic Production Executive Producer 62
Fair
1976 I Will, I Will...For Now Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1975 Whiffs Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1974 Chinatown Production Associate Producer 76
Good
1974 Chinatown Production Unit Production Manager 76
Good
1971 Man in the Wilderness Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1970 There Was a Crooked Man... Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
1968 Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye Production Associate Producer 60
Fair
1964 Carol for Another Christmas Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1964 Carol for Another Christmas Production Production Supervisor 59
Average
1964 Circus World Production Production Manager 59
Average
1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire Production Production Manager 60
Fair
1963 Cleopatra Production Production Manager 65
Fair
1962 Freud: The Secret Passion Production Production Manager 59
Average
1961 The Misfits Production Production Manager 63
Fair
1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much Production Unit Production Manager 70
Good