Richard Nielsen was born on February 23, 1928 in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, Canada as Richard Gordon Nielsen. He was a writer and producer, known for Oh, What a Night (1992), Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks (1985) and Balls Up (1997). He was married to Donna Dunseith. He died on October 25, 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.