LOS ANGELES — Producer Mace Neufeld, whose credits over his nearly 50-year Hollywood career included hits such as “The Omen,” “The Hunt for Red October” and “The Equalizer,” has died at his home in Beverly Hills.
Neufeld died peacefully in his sleep Friday morning, according to his wife, Diane Conn. He was 93.
A prolific producer with old-school Hollywood charm and a Renaissance-man resume, Neufeld had a knack for identifying properties that would connect with a wide audience, regardless of genre. But he found some of his greatest successes with thrillers, shepherding to the big screen five films featuring author Tom Clancy’s CIA analyst Jack Ryan, including “Patriot Games,” “Clear and Present Danger” and “The Sum of All Fears,” as well as 2014’s “The Equalizer,” starring Denzel Washington, and its 2018 sequel.
