Frank Capra, Jr.

Frank Warner Capra (March 20, 1934 – December 19, 2007), known as Frank Capra Jr., was an American film and television producer. He was one of the three children of film director Frank Capra and his second wife, Lucille Warner. His career spanned some five decades, beginning as an associate producer on his father's last feature, Pocketful of Miracles, and running through the Planet of the Apes sequels of the early 1970s to a second career as a studio executive in North Carolina. His own sons, Frank Capra III and Jonathan Capra, are assistant directors.

At the time of his death, Capra Jr. was president of EUE/Screen Gems studio in Wilmington, North Carolina, and a member of the North Carolina Film Council.

Death Capra Jr. died on December 19, 2007, aged 73, at a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a long battle with prostate cancer.

Filmography

Pocketful of Miracles (1961) (associate producer) Marooned (1969) (associate producer) Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) (associate producer) Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) (associate producer) Play It Again, Sam (1972) (associate producer) Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) (associate producer) Tom Sawyer (1973) (associate producer) Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974) (TV film) (producer) Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) (producer) Born Again (1978) (producer) The Black Marble (1980) (producer) An Eye for an Eye (1981) (producer) High Hopes: The Capra Years (1981) (TV film) (producer) The Seduction (1982) (executive producer) Vice Squad (1982) (executive producer) Firestarter (1984) (producer) Marie (1985) (producer) Death Before Dishonor (1987) (executive producer) Waterproof (2000) (producer) Queen City Blowout (2003) (executive producer)