Richard L. O'Conner, Executive Producer for 'The Muppet Movie', Dies a...

Richard L. O'Conner, Executive Producer for 'The Muppet Movie', Dies a...

Richard L. O'Conner dies at the age of 96.

Richard L. O’Connor Dead: Emmy-Winning Producer, Studio Exec Was 96

Richard L. O’Connor, an Emmy-winning TV producer and a studio executive in charge of production on such films as On Golden Pond, The Muppet Movie and Raise The Titanic, died July 22 in Palm Desert. He was 96. His death was announced by his family. A cause was not disclosed. A long-time resident of the […]

Richard L. O’Connor, Emmy-Winning Producer and ‘The Muppet Movie’ Executive, Dies at 96

Richard L. O'Connor, an Emmy-winning producer and executive known for his work on "The Muppet Movie," died July 22 in Palm Desert. He was 96.

Richard L. O’Connor, Emmy-Winning Producer, Dies at 96

Richard L. O’Connor, an Emmy-winning producer and an executive in charge of production on The Muppet Movie and On Golden Pond, has died at 96.

Emmy Winner Dead: Family Announces Death of Richard L O’Connor

Richard L O’Connor, an award-winning producer best known for his work on The Muppet Movie and On Golden Pond, has passed away. He was 96 years old. According to his obituary, O’Connor died on July 22, 2026, in Palm Desert, California. Born on January 7, 1930, alongside his twin brother, Don, O’Connor served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War from 1950 to 1951. He started his production career as a mailroom clerk at CBS Telev…

Richard L. O’Connor, the ‘Muppet Movie’ Executive Who Held Lord Grade’s Doomed Gamble, Dies at 96

There is a job in the movies that never made anyone famous and made a great many films possible. It is called executive in charge of production — the person who keeps a studio’s money, its schedule and its nerve in one place while the names above the title take the bows. For a brief, improbable stretch when a British showman was trying to buy his way into Hollywood, that person was Richard L. O’Connor, and his ledger held a singing frog, Henry F…