- Born
- Died
- Charles Cappelman was born on July 30, 1926 in Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA. He is known for The Red Skelton Hour (1951) and The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (1997). He was married to Jane Cappleman. He died on December 5, 2021 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseJane Cappleman (her death, 4 children)
- Studied electrical engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
- Worked as a stage manager at CBS in New York starting in 1954 and worked on The Red Skelton Show, Playhouse 90 and The Ed Sullivan Show.
- Began his career at CBS in 1954.
- In 2002 he received the Television Academy's Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award for his many innovations.
- Served in the United States Air Force from 1952 to 1954 where he helped build the Air Force's first television unit in Burbank.
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