Biography
Frank Warner Capra, 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. 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, which he had helped to found in Wilmington, North Carolina, in the mid-1980s, and a member of the North Carolina Film Council.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
2008
as Self
The director's son gives interesting anecdotes about Frank Capra's making of the 1938 hit comedy, "You Can't Take It With You."
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008
Documentary portrays the saga of how Italian Americans went from being outsiders who were stereotyped as gangsters in American movies to insiders in H...
Unsung Maestros: A Directors Tribute
2007
Thanks
The titular directors discussed are: Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising (1930-1933), Jack King (1934-1936), Ub Iwerks (1937), Ben Hardaway (1934-1940), Norm...
Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers... 'American Madness'
2006
as Self
In this documentary short, Frank Capra, Jr. discusses the real-life San Francisco banker on which 'American Madness' (1932) was based.
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
2000
as Self
The son of director Frank Capra provides commentary on the making of 1939's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington".
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
1999
as Self
The director's son gives interesting anecdotes about Frank Capra's making of the 1934 hit comedy, "It Happened One Night."
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
as Self
Roddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right onto the movie set to see the actual filming of the s...
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.
Marie: A True Story
1985
Producer
In 1978 Tennessee, a single mother and political appointee risks her career and her life to blow the whistle on rampant corruption in the penal system...
Firestarter
1984
Producer
Charlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the...
The Seduction
1982
Executive Producer
A beautiful newscaster is stalked and tormented by a photographer obsessed with her beauty.
Vice Squad
1982
Executive Producer
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
An Eye for an Eye
1981
Producer
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He dec...
The Black Marble
1980
Producer
When alcoholic homicide investigator Valnikov is transferred to a burglary case that seems to involve a creepy dogcatcher, he's also given a new partn...
Born Again
1978
Producer
Having been imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal, Charles Colson undergoes a religious conversion.
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
1977
Producer
After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining senator and the state gov...
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
Associate Producer
The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar ...
Tom Sawyer
1973
Associate Producer
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and wit...
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
Associate Producer
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, an...
Play It Again, Sam
1972
Associate Producer
A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca (1942) attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married ...
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
Associate Producer
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans...
Marooned
1969
Associate Producer
After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. Af...