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name: "Robert Riskin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-riskin"
roles: ["Screenwriter"]
born: "30 March 1897"
died: "20 September 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:39:35.571609+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Robert Riskin

Screenwriter. Born 30 March 1897 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 20 September 1955.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter
- **Born:** 30 March 1897, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 20 September 1955
- **Also known as:** Bob Riskin

## Biography

Robert Riskin (30 March 1897 – 20 September 1955) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Born in New York City, he began his career writing plays for Broadway before moving to Hollywood in 1931 after Columbia Pictures acquired rights to several of his works. His first collaboration with director Frank Capra was on *The Miracle Woman* (1931).

Riskin wrote the screenplays for several Capra films, including *Lady for a Day* (1933), *It Happened One Night* (1934), *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), *You Can't Take It with You* (1938) and *Meet John Doe* (1941). He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for *It Happened One Night*. He later worked as a producer on films such as *Magic Town* (1947) and married actress Fay Wray in 1942.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *It Happened One Night* (1934), Fi1m 88, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/it-happened-one-night.md)

## Also known for

- *Mr. Deeds* (2002), Original Film Writer
- *You Can't Take It with You* (1938), Screenplay
- *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), Screenplay
- *Meet John Doe* (1941), Screenplay
- *Lost Horizon* (1937), Screenplay
- *Pocketful of Miracles* (1961), Original Film Writer
- *The Thin Man Goes Home* (1944), Screenplay, Story
- *Lady for a Day* (1933), Screenplay

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