Frank G. Mancuso Sr., the Hollywood studio executive who led Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (including MGM/UA) during the 1980s and 1990s, dies at 93. Multiple outlets report he dies of cancer-related causes at his home in Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 1.
Across the reports, Mancuso’s career is described as spanning more than a decade in top studio leadership after he succeeds major executives at the companies. Deadline and Variety cite a list of prominent films released under his oversight, including Top Gun, Fatal Attraction, The Untouchables, Coming to America and Ghost. The Hollywood Reporter focuses more on his sequence of appointments and the length of his tenure, noting he spends 13 years as a major Hollywood executive after taking over roles from Barry Diller in 1984 and Alan Ladd Jr. in 1993.
