Frank Capra
| First Name | Frank |
| Last Name | Capra |
| Full Name at Birth | Francesco Rosario Capra |
| Age | 94 (age at death) |
| Date of Birth | May 18, 1897 |
| Birthplace | Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy |
| Date of Death | September 3, 1991 |
| Location of Death | La Qunita, CA |
| Cause of Death | heart attack |
| Height | 5' 7" (170 cm) |
| Build | Slim |
| Eye Color | Brown - Dark |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Star Sign | Taurus |
| Religion | Christian Science |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation Category | Director |
| Claim to Fame | It Happened One Night |
| Friends | James Stewart, Gary Cooper, Robert Riskin, John Ford, Frank Sinatra, James Edward Grant, J. Edgar Hoover, William Wyler, George Stevens, Leo McCarey, Ben Hecht, Al Roscoe, Tim Whelan, Stan Imerman, Ralph Graves, Jo Swerling, Sidney Buchman |
Frank Russell Capra (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was a Sicilian-born American film director and a creative force behind a number of films of the 1930s and 1940s, including It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Lost Horizon (1937), You Can't Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Meet John Doe (1941), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
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Filmography
Selected Frank Capra film and TV show credits:
Director Credits
1964
Rendezvous in Space
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1958
The Unchained Goddess
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1957
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
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1956
Our Mr. Sun
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1945
Your Job in Germany
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1945
Here Is Germany
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1945
Two Down and One to Go
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1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan
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1943
The Nazis Strike
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1943
The Battle of Britain
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1942
Divide and Conquer
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1930
Rain or Shine
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1929
The Younger Generation
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1928
The Matinee Idol
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1928
Say It with Sables
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1928
Submarine
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1928
That Certain Thing
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1928
So This Is Love?
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1928
The Way of the Strong
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1928
The Burglar
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1922
The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding House
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Producer Credits
1964
Rendezvous in Space
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1958
The Unchained Goddess
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1957
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
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1956
Our Mr. Sun
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1945
Two Down and One to Go
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1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan
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1944
Know Your Ally: Britain
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1943
The Nazis Strike
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1943
The Battle of Britain
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1942
Divide and Conquer
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1930
Rain or Shine
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1928
The Matinee Idol
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1928
That Certain Thing
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Writer Credits
1977
It Happened One Christmas
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1964
Rendezvous in Space
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1957
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
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1956
Our Mr. Sun
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1945
Here Is Germany
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1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan
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1929
Uncle Tom
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1928
Say It with Sables
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1928
That Certain Thing
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1928
The Swim Princess
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1928
The Burglar
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1927
Fiddlesticks
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1926
Saturday Afternoon
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1926
Soldier Man
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1925
Boobs in the Wood
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1925
Iron Nag, The
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1925
Love and Kisses
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1925
Lucky Stars
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1925
Plain Clothes
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1925
Sneezing Beezers
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1925
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
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1925
The Wild Goose Chaser
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1925
Marriage Circus, The
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1925
Cupid's Boots
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1925
Breaking the Ice
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1925
Good Morning, Nurse
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1924
All Night Long
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1924
Reel Virginian, The
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1924
High Society
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1924
Little Robinson Corkscrew
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1924
Every Man for Himself
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1924
Jubilo, Jr.
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1922
The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding House
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Golden Globe Award for Best Director
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Films directed by Frank Capra
A Hole in the Head (1959)
American Madness (1932)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Broadway Bill (1934)
Dirigible (1931)
Flight (1929)
For the Love of Mike (1927)
Forbidden (1932)
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Here Comes the Groom (1951)
It Happened One Night (1934)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Ladies of Leisure (1930)
Lady for a Day (1933)
Long Pants (1927)
Lost Horizon (1937)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Platinum Blonde (1931)
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Rain or Shine (1930)
Riding High (1950)
Say It with Sables (1928)
State of the Union (1948)
Submarine (1928)
That Certain Thing (1928)
The Donovan Affair (1929)
The Matinee Idol (1928)
The Miracle Woman (1931)
The Power of the Press (1928)
The Strong Man (1926)
The Way of the Strong (1928)
The Younger Generation (1929)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Academy Award for Best Director (1927–1940)
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Golden Globe Award for Best Director (1943–1965)
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