C.O. Erickson

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-12-17 (94 years old)

Deathday

2017-06-28

Place of Birth

Kankakee, Illinois, USA

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 t...

Acting

1974

Chinatown

as Customer

1993

Groundhog Day

as Bank Guard Herman

2002

Making 'The Misfits'

as Self - Production Manager

Production

1993

Groundhog Day

as Executive Producer

1967

Reflections in a Golden Eye

as Associate Producer

1980

Popeye

as Executive Producer

2002

Windtalkers

as Executive Producer

1997

Kiss the Girls

as Executive Producer

2001

Antitrust

as Executive Producer

1996

Black Sheep

as Executive Producer

1996

Black Sheep

as Production Manager

1962

Freud: The Secret Passion

as Production Manager

1964

Carol for Another Christmas

as Production Supervisor

1964

Carol for Another Christmas

as Associate Producer

1984

Cloak & Dagger

as Executive Producer

1995

Stuart Saves His Family

as Unit Production Manager

1995

Stuart Saves His Family

as Executive Producer

1984

The Wild Life

as Executive Producer

1968

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

as Executive Producer

1963

Cleopatra

as Production Manager

1978

Magic

as Executive Producer

1982

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

as Unit Production Manager

1982

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

as Executive Producer

1956

The Man Who Knew Too Much

as Unit Production Manager

1971

Man in the Wilderness

as Associate Producer

2000

Return to Me

as Executive Producer

1964

Circus World

as Production Manager

1985

Secret Admirer

as Executive Producer

1975

Whiffs

as Associate Producer

1976

I Will, I Will...For Now

as Associate Producer

1974

Chinatown

as Unit Production Manager

1974

Chinatown

as Associate Producer

1997

Kiss the Girls

as Unit Production Manager

1993

Groundhog Day

as Unit Production Manager

1985

Secret Admirer

as Unit Production Manager

1961

The Misfits

as Production Manager

1970

There Was a Crooked Man...

as Executive Producer

1980

Urban Cowboy

as Production Manager

1980

Urban Cowboy

as Executive Producer

1981

1994

Blankman

as Producer

1964

The Fall of the Roman Empire

as Production Manager

1998

Disturbing Behavior

as Executive Producer

1984

The Lonely Guy

as Co-Executive Producer

1984

The Lonely Guy

as Unit Production Manager

1963

55 Days at Peking

as Production Manager

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