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Al Capp is a Actor, Writer and Original Music Composer American born on 28 september 1909 at New Haven (USA)

Al Capp

Al Capp
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Birth name Alfred Gerald Caplin
Nationality USA
Birth 28 september 1909 at New Haven (USA)
Death 5 november 1979 (at 70 years) at Cambridge (USA)

Al Capp, de son vrai nom Alfred Gerald Caplin, né à New Haven (Connecticut) le 28 septembre 1909 et décédé à South Hampton (New Hampshire) le 5 novembre 1979, est un auteur de bande dessinée américain. Il est principalement connu par son comic strip humoristique Li'l Abner mais il a créé de nombreusesséries à succès dont Abbie an' Slats.

Biography

Il est l'aîné d'une famille d'émigrants juifs lituaniens. À l'automne 1918, à l'âge de neuf ans, il perd sa jambe droite dans un accident de tramway. Après avoir étudiée le dessin dans plusieurs écoles, il trouve du travail en 1928 en tant que dessinateur du comic strip Col. Gilfeather diffusé par Associated Press. En 1932, il est engagé par Ham Fisher pour dessiner sa création Joe Palooka et, de ce fait, abandonne la série qu'il a créé à Milton Caniff. Il travaille sur ce comic strip pendant deux ans avant de créer Li'l Abner en 1934. Ce strip quotidien est un très grand succès et il est suivi, l'année d'après, par la création de la page dominicale, dont la partie supérieure est consacrée à la série Washable Jones. Il s'occupe de la série Li'l Abner jusqu'en 1977. Il meurt le 5 novembre 1979.

Satiriste de la société américaine, il devient nettement conservateur au cours des années 1960, s'en prenant notamment aux pacifistes, comme John Lennon et Yoko Ono dont il avait refusé l'invitation de venir chanter Give Peace a Chance lors de leur bed-in. Il se livra avec eux à un débat retransmis à la télévision (1969).

Best films

The Cannonball Run (1981)
(Original Music Composer)

Usually with

Hal Needham
Hal Needham
(2 films)
Melvin Frank
Melvin Frank
(2 films)
Norman Panama
Norman Panama
(2 films)
John Lennon
John Lennon
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Al Capp (6 films)

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Actor

That Certain Feeling, 1h43
Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, George Sanders, David Lewis, Pearl Bailey, Jerry Mathers
Roles Al Capp
Rating63% 3.192473.192473.192473.192473.19247
A beautiful, sophisticated New York woman who goes by the name Dunreath Henry seems to have it all. She is not only the private secretary to the wealthy and popular cartoonist Larry Larkin, she is also his fiancee.

Scriptwriter

Li'l Abner
Li'l Abner (1959)
, 1h54
Directed by Melvin Frank
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Peter Palmer, Leslie Parrish, Julie Newmar, Stubby Kaye, Stella Stevens, Billie Hayes
Roles Characters
Rating66% 3.345133.345133.345133.345133.34513
It's a "typical day" in Dogpatch, U. S. A., a hillbilly town where Abner Yokum lives with his parents. Mammy Yokum insists on giving Abner his daily dose of "Yokumberry tonic," although he is grown. He has a crush on Daisy Mae Scragg (although he resists marrying her) and she on him; Abner's rival for her affections is the World's Dirtiest Rassler, Earthquake McGoon.
Li'l Abner
Li'l Abner (1940)
, 1h18
Directed by Albert S. Rogell, John E. Burch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jeff York, Martha O' Driscoll, Mona Ray, Buster Keaton, Billie Seward, Maude Eburne
Roles Story
Rating49% 2.47252.47252.47252.47252.4725
Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for years) and Wendy Wilecat (who rescued him from an angry mob). It is all settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race.

Sound

Cannonball Run II, 1h48
Directed by Hal Needham
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Martial arts films, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Jamie Farr, Telly Savalas
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating51% 2.5530552.5530552.5530552.5530552.553055
Having lost the first Cannonball Run race, Sheik Abdul ben Falafel (Jamie Farr) is ordered by his father (Ricardo Montalban) to go back to America and win another Cannonball Run in order to "emblazon the Falafel name as the fastest in the world." When Sheik Abdul points out that there is no Cannonball Run that year, his father simply tells him to "buy one."
The Cannonball Run, 1h35
Directed by Hal Needham
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Jackie Chan, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating61% 3.0994853.0994853.0994853.0994853.099485
Race teams have gathered in Connecticut to start a cross-country car race. One at a time, teams drive up to the starters' stand, punch a time card to indicate their time of departure, then take off.