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Frank Capra Jr.

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Frank Capra Jr.
Born
Frank Warner Capra

March 20, 1934
DiedDecember 19, 2007 (aged 73)
Other namesCapra, Frank Warner
OccupationFilm producer
Years active19692007
Spouses
Priscilla Ann Parson
(m. 1958; div. 1984)
Deborah Lewis Sprunt
(m. 1986)
Children3

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 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.

Death

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

Filmography

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