AC

Al Capp

Actor, Additional Credits
Born September 28, 1909Died 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".
Known For
  • Li'l Abner
  • Li'l Abner
  • Life of Lowestoft

Filmography

2015
Best of Enemies · as Self - Political Satirist
2000
John & Yoko's Year of Peace · as Self - Cartoonist
1988
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
The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self
1948
We, the People (TV Series) · as Self

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices