Richard L. O’Connor, an Emmy-winning producer who served as an executive in charge of production on films including On Golden Pond, The Muppet Movie and Across 110th Street, has died. He was 96.
O’Connor died July 22 in Palm Desert, his family announced.
He received his Emmy for outstanding children’s program in 1990 for producing the NBC telefilm A Mother’s Courage: The Mary Thomas Story, starring Alfre Woodard.
O’Connor also was an executive in charge of production on Hickey & Boggs (1972), Stanley Donen’s Movie, Movie (1978), Borderline (1980), Raise the Titanic (1980), Hard Country (1981) and Barbarosa (1982), among other films and TV projects.
Richard Lynn O’Connor was born in San Francisco on Jan. 7, 1930, with his twin brother, Don. The family moved to the Mendocino coast after their mother, Doris, accepted a teaching position while their father, Lester, remained in Richmond, California, where he worked for the Standard Oil Co. Their home doubled as the local schoolhouse, with a wall separating the classroom from their living quarters.
