C.O. Erickson

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 Sarafians Man in the Wilderness 1971 and Roman Polanskis 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 Altmans Popeye 1980 and executive in charge of production of Ridley Scotts 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 CO Erickson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia