The late Christopher Ian Chesser was famous as an American film and television producer. He was known for producing the 1989 film Major League.
He was a producer and actor, known for The Rundown (2003), Absolutely Anything (2015), and Major League (1989).
Chris Chesser’s cause of death: How did Chris Chesser die?
Chris Chesser died on February 2, 2023, in Los Angeles, California, USA at the age of 74. His cause of death was not revealed.
Chesser began his film career in New York in 1974 as an executive in international sales for Columbia Pictures. He became General Manager of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles in 1976.
In 1978 he became an executive assistant at the newly formed Orion Pictures to co-founder Mike Medavoy, and from 1980 to 1983 he served as Vice President of Production for Marble Arch Productions and head of the production for Filmways under George Litto and Bobby Meyers, until the company was acquired by Orion.
As a production executive, Chesser supervised such notable films as The Great Santini (1979), Caddyshack (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Wolfen (1981), Arthur (1981), Sharky’s Machine (1981) and Excalibur (1981).
Chesser supervised the production of the British comedy Yellowbeard (1983), starring Graham Chapman, and helped develop Rob Reiner’s Spinal Tap (1984) at Embassy Pictures and Sydney Pollack’s Absence of Malice (1981) at Columbia Pictures.
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