Robert Riskin Biography

Fast Facts

• His career picked up when he began to collaborate with director Frank Capra with films such as "Lady for a Day," for which he received recognition and an Academy Award
• Started his career by writing plays for multiple New York City playhouses, including "Bless You, Sister," which had a very successful run on Broadway
• Collaborated with his brother, producer Everett Riskin, to form a production company, Equitable Pictures
• Directed one film that ended up being very unsuccessful, "When You’re in Love," after leaving Frank Capra and going on a solo career, due to the fact that he felt unaccredited
• 51 years after his death, the University Press of Kentucky published a biography written by Ian Scott titled, "In Capra’s Shadow: The Life and Career of Screen Writer Robert Riskin․"
• Husband to Canadian-American actress Fay Wray, who was most famous for her lead role in the 1933 film, "King Kong․"