- Born
- Died
- Birth nameReuben Robert Riskin
- Nickname
- Bob
- Robert Riskin was born on March 30, 1897 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for It Happened One Night (1934), You Can't Take It with You (1938) and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936). He was married to Fay Wray. He died on September 20, 1955 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseFay Wray(August 23, 1942 - September 20, 1955) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- Wrote the screenplay for two Oscar Best Picture winners It Happened One Night (1934) and You Can't Take It with You (1938), and three other nominees: Lady for a Day (1933), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and Lost Horizon (1937). All five films were directed by Frank Capra.
- Father (with Fay Wray of Victoria Riskin (b. 1945), Robert Riskin Jr., Susan Riskin (b. 1938, adopted by Riskin in 1942 after her birth father committed suicide).
- Best known for his visions of an idealised America as represented in his collaborations with director Frank Capra.
- During WW2 he worked for the Office of War Information, heading the motion picture division of their overseas branch. He produced propaganda films promoting the American way of life to be shown in theaters liberated from the Nazi's.
- Wrote plays while still at college and had his first play produced two years later, in 1914.
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