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Al Capp
Actor, Additional Credits
Died November 5, 1979 (70 years)
Alfred Gerald Caplin, better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and drawing until 1977. He also wrote the comic strips Abbie an' Slats and Long Sam (1954). He won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1947 for Cartoonist of the Year, and their 1979 Elzie Segar Award, posthumously for his "unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning". Comic strips dealt with northern urban experiences until the year Capp introduced "Li'l Abner", the first strip based in the South. Although Capp was from Connecticut, he spent 43 years teaching the world about Dogpatch, reaching an estimated 60 million readers in more than 900 American newspapers and 100 foreign papers in 28 countries. M. Thomas Inge says Capp made a large personal fortune through the strip and "had a profound influence on the way the world viewed the American South".
Filmography
| 2015 | Best of Enemies · as Self - Political Satirist |
| 2000 | John & Yoko's Year of Peace · as Self - Cartoonist |
| 1988 | Imagine: John Lennon · as Self |
| 1969 | Bed Peace · as Self |
| 1968 | That Show with Joan Rivers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | The Phil Donahue Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | NBC Experiment in Television (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | Firing Line (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1961 | Password (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | That Certain Feeling · as Al Capp |
| 1953 | Tonight! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Host |
| 1953 | Person to Person (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | This Is Your Life (US) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | Who Said That? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | A Round with Tiger: Celebrity Playing Lessons (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | We, the People (TV Series) · as Self |