Philip Capice

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Nationality American Education Columbia University Role Television producer		Name Philip Capice Occupation Television producer TV shows Eight Is Enough

Full Name Philip Charles Capice Born June 24, 1931 ( 1931-06-24 ) Bernardsville, New Jersey, U.S. Died December 30, 2009, Los Angeles, California, United States Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special - Drama Or Comedy Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Similar People Lee Rich, Leonard Katzman, Lee Mendelson, Adam Rich, David Jacobs

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Philip Capice (June 24, 1931 – December 30, 2009) was an American television producer, most notable as the executive producer of dramedy Eight Is Enough and the first nine seasons of the soap opera Dallas.

Early career

A graduate of Dickinson College and Columbia University, Capice began his broadcasting career at Benton & Bowles in New York City, where he worked from 1954 to 1969 during that time he was an associate producer of The Edge of Night. Then, from 1969 to 1974 he served as director of special programs at CBS, before joining Lorimar Productions in 1974.

At Lorimar

After four years as vice president of creative affairs at Lorimar, Capice was made president of the company in 1978. At Lorimar he came to produce several telefilms and miniseries, including Sybil for which Capice, Peter Dunne and Jacqueline Babbin received an Emmy Award in 1977. Additionally he worked with television series—most notably overseeing the creation of Eight Is Enough (1977) and Dallas (1978), both of which he was named executive producer of as they went into production.

Dallas grew to be TV's top rated series in the early 1980s, and Capice was nominated for Emmys in 1980 and 1981 (losing to Lou Grant and Hill Street Blues, respectively). Episodes of Dallas would usually end on a freeze-frame, with the executive producer credit superimposed over the final image before the end credits ran. Since some of the season finalés of Dallas were among the most watched, and highly anticipated TV shows in the world, Capice's name became very widely recognized. However, creative conflicts between him and Larry Hagman and Leonard Katzman eventually led to Capice leaving Dallas in 1986.