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Frank Capra (1897–1991)

Director | Writer | Producer

One of seven children, Frank Capra was born on May 18, 1897, in Bisacquino, Sicily. On May 10, 1903, his family left for America aboard the ship Germania, arriving in New York on May 23rd. "There's no ventilation, and it stinks like hell. They're all miserable. It's the most degrading place you could ever be," Capra said about his Atlantic passage... See full bio »

Born:

Francesco Rosario Capra
in Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy

Died:

(age 94) in La Quinta, California, USA
Frank Capra Bette Davis with directors Frank Capra and William Wyler.
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Hide HideDirector (54 titles)
1964 Rendezvous in Space (documentary short)
 
1961 Pocketful of Miracles
 
1959 A Hole in the Head
 
1957 The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (TV movie)
 
1957 Hemo the Magnificent (TV movie)
 
1956 Our Mr. Sun (TV movie)
 
1951 Here Comes the Groom
 
1950 Riding High
 
1948 State of the Union
 
1946 It's a Wonderful Life
 
1945 Know Your Enemy - Japan (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1945 War Comes to America (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1945 Two Down and One to Go (documentary short)
 
1945 Here Is Germany (uncredited)
 
1945 Your Job in Germany (documentary short)
 
1944 Arsenic and Old Lace
 
1944 Tunisian Victory (documentary)
 
1944 The Battle of China (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1943 The Battle of Russia (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1943 Divide and Conquer (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1943 The Battle of Britain (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1943 The Nazis Strike (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1942 Prelude to War (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1941 Meet John Doe
 
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
 
1938 You Can't Take It with You
 
1937 Lost Horizon
 
1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
 
1934 Broadway Bill
 
1934 It Happened One Night
 
1933 Lady for a Day
 
1933 The Bitter Tea of General Yen (as Frank R. Capra)
 
1932 American Madness (as Frank R. Capra)
 
1932 Forbidden (as Frank R. Capra)
 
1931 Platinum Blonde (as Frank R. Capra)
 
1931 The Miracle Woman (as Frank R. Capra)
 
1931 Dirigible (as Frank R. Capra)
 
1930 Rain or Shine (as Frank R. Capra)
 
1930 Ladies of Leisure (as Frank R. Capra)
 
1929 Flight (as Frank R. Capra)
 
1929 The Donovan Affair (as Frank R. Capra)
 
1929 The Younger Generation (as Frank R. Capra)
 
1928 The Burglar (short)
 
1928 The Power of the Press
 
1928 Submarine (as Frank R. Capra)
 
1928 Say It with Sables
 
1928 The Way of the Strong
 
1928 The Matinee Idol (as Frank R. Capra)
 
1928 So This Is Love?
 
1928 That Certain Thing
 
1927 For the Love of Mike
 
1927 Long Pants
 
1926 The Strong Man
 
1922 The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding House (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (44 titles)
1990 Clarence (TV movie) (characters)
 
1977 It Happened One Christmas (TV movie) (screenplay "It's a Wonderful Life")
 
1964 Rendezvous in Space (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1958 The Unchained Goddess (TV movie) (writer)
 
1957 The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (TV movie) (writer)
 
1957 Hemo the Magnificent (TV movie)
 
1956 Our Mr. Sun (TV movie) (writer)
 
1951 Westward the Women (story)
 
1946 It's a Wonderful Life (screenplay)
 
1945 Know Your Enemy - Japan (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1945 Here Is Germany (uncredited)
 
1932 Forbidden (story)
 
1929 Flight (as Frank R. Capra / dialogue)
 
1929 Uncle Tom (short) (story)
 
1928 The Burglar (short) (writer)
 
1928 Say It with Sables (story)
 
1928 The Swim Princess (short) (writer)
 
1928 That Certain Thing (writer)
 
1927/I Fiddlesticks (short)
 
1927 His First Flame
 
1926 Soldier Man (short)
 
1926 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (story - uncredited)
 
1926 Saturday Afternoon (short) (story and scenario)
 
1925 Love and Kisses (short)
 
1925 Cold Turkey (short)
 
1925 Lucky Stars (short)
 
1925 The Iron Nag (short)
 
1925 Cupid's Boots (short)
 
1925 Sneezing Beezers (short)
 
1925 Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (short)
 
1925 Good Morning, Nurse (short) (scenario / story)
 
1925 The Marriage Circus (short)
 
1925 Breaking the Ice (short) (scenario)
 
1925 Plain Clothes (short)
 
1925 Boobs in the Wood (short) (uncredited)
 
1925 The Wild Goose Chaser (short)
 
1924 All Night Long (short) (story)
 
1924 The Reel Virginian (short) (uncredited)
 
1924 Every Man for Himself (short) (uncredited)
 
1924 Riders of the Purple Cows (short) (uncredited)
 
1924 Little Robinson Corkscrew (short) (uncredited)
 
1924 High Society (short) (uncredited)
 
1924 Jubilo, Jr. (short) (scenario)
 
1922 The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding House (short) (scenario)
 
Show ShowProducer (43 titles)
1964 Rendezvous in Space (documentary short) (producer)
 
1961 Pocketful of Miracles (producer)
 
1959 A Hole in the Head (producer)
 
1958 The Unchained Goddess (TV movie) (producer)
 
1957 The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (TV movie) (producer)
 
1957 Hemo the Magnificent (TV movie) (producer)
 
1956 Our Mr. Sun (TV movie) (producer)
 
1951 Here Comes the Groom (producer)
 
1950 Riding High (producer)
 
1948 State of the Union (producer)
 
1946 It's a Wonderful Life (producer)
 
1945 Know Your Enemy - Japan (documentary) (producer - uncredited)
 
1945 War Comes to America (documentary) (producer)
 
1945 Two Down and One to Go (documentary short) (producer)
 
1945 San Pietro (documentary short) (co-supervising producer - uncredited)
 
1945 Here Is Germany (producer)
 
1944 Arsenic and Old Lace (associate producer - uncredited)
 
1944 Attack! Battle of New Britain (documentary) (producer)
 
1944 The Negro Soldier (documentary short) (producer - as Col. Frank Capra)
 
1944 Know Your Ally: Britain (documentary short) (supervising producer - uncredited)
 
1943 The Battle of Russia (documentary) (producer)
 
1943 Divide and Conquer (documentary) (producer - uncredited)
 
1943 The Battle of Britain (documentary) (producer - uncredited)
 
1943 The Nazis Strike (documentary short) (producer)
 
1942 Prelude to War (documentary) (producer - uncredited)
 
1941 Meet John Doe (producer - uncredited)
 
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (producer - uncredited)
 
1938 You Can't Take It with You (producer - uncredited)
 
1937 Lost Horizon (producer - uncredited)
 
1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (producer - uncredited)
 
1934 Broadway Bill (producer - uncredited)
 
1934 It Happened One Night (producer - uncredited)
 
1933 The Bitter Tea of General Yen (producer)
 
1932 American Madness (producer)
 
1932 Forbidden (producer)
 
1931 Platinum Blonde (producer - as Frank R. Capra)
 
1931 The Miracle Woman (producer - uncredited)
 
1931 Dirigible (producer - as Frank R. Capra)
 
1930 Rain or Shine (producer)
 
1930 Ladies of Leisure (producer - uncredited)
 
1929 Flight (producer - as Frank R. Capra)
 
1928 The Matinee Idol (producer)
 
1928 That Certain Thing (producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1961 Pocketful of Miracles (lyrics: "The Riddle Song I Gave My Love a Cherry" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowAnimation Department (1 title)
1943 Coming!! Snafu (short) (character creator - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short) (supervisor)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 (documentary short)
Frank Capra
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
1915 Our Wonderful Schools (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2011 Minus Lara (TV short) (thanks)
 
1937 Lost Horizon (special thanks - 1985 restoration / as Mr. Frank Capra)
 
Show ShowSelf (34 titles)
1991 Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life': A Personal Remembrance (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
 
1983 The Moviemakers (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– The Films of Frank Capra … Himself - Interviewee
 
1983 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Huston (TV special)
Himself
 
1983 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Frank Capra - Mai 1982 (1983) … Himself
 
1982 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra (TV special documentary)
Himself - Honoree
 
1981 High Hopes: The Capra Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 February 1981 (1981) … Himself
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– End of an Era (1980) … Himself
– Comedy: A Serious Business (1980) … Himself
 
1980 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart (TV special)
Himself
 
1977-1979 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Edward G. Robinson (1979) … Himself
– Clark Gable (1977) … Himself
 
1978 Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1975 ABC Late Night (TV series)
Himself
– The Columbia Pictures 50th Anniversary Special (1975) … Himself
 
1973 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 August 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1973 Film Night (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 March 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: Frank Capra (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1972 The 44th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Director
 
1972 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 January 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.232 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #3.201 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Guest
– Episode #9.221 (1971) … Guest
 
1971 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 June 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 June 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 June 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 June 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1968 Dear Mr. Gable (documentary)
Himself
 
1959 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Frank Capra (1959) … Himself
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Himself - Guest Host
– Here Comes the Groom (1956) … Himself - Guest Host
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Film Editing
 
1951 The Screen Director (documentary short)
Himself (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
Himself - Outgoing Academy President
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 9 (documentary short)
Himself - Oscar Winner
 
1938 Another Romance of Celluloid (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 9 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8 (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (16 titles)
2012 Una lunga vacanza
 
2009 Hollywood on the Tiber (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Why We Fight (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2003 James Cagney and Jack Warner (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 George Stevens: The Filmmakers Who Knew Him (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Frank Capra and James Stewart (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 The Lady with the Torch (documentary)
Himself (archive sound) (also archive footage)
 
1997 Frank Capra's American Dream (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1990 The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1988 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

In 1961, he directed a pilot for a proposed TV anthology series called, "Frank Capra Comedy Theater". The series never came to fruition. See more »

Publicity Listings:

8 Biographical Movies  | 8 Print Biographies  | 6 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Col. Frank Capra | Frank R. Capra | Mr. Frank Capra

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Behind every successful man there stands an astonished woman. See more »

Trivia:

Claimed that both Barbara Stanwyck and Frank Sinatra "left their best scenes in rehearsal," saying that all subsequent takes got stale quickly. Capra would often shoot scenes with them without any rehearsing at all. This used to drive the other actors nuts. Edward G. Robinson once stormed off the set of... See more »

Trademark:

His films normally center around a simple man who tries to fight corruption in a society. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus