Cast & creator
Truman Capote
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The South Bank Show
Truman Capote was an American author, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics. At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays. Capote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother and multiple migrations. He discovered his calling by the age of 11, and for the rest of his childhood he honed his writing ability. Capote began his professional career writing short stories. Capote earned the most fame with In Cold Blood (1966), a book Capote spent four years writing. A milestone in popular culture, it was the peak of his career, although it was not his final book. In the 1970s, he maintained his celebrity status by appearing on television talk shows.
Also known as: Truman Garcia Capote, Truman Streckfus Persons
40
film credits
15
television credits
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1953–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (55)
Showing 55 of 55 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The South Bank Show
1978
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
American Experience
Self (archive footage)
1988
Dinah!
Self
1974
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
ABC Stage 67
Writer
1966
The David Susskind Show
Self
1959
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Novel
1961
Tempo
Self
1961Theatre '70
Writer
1960
Murder by Death
Lionel Twain
1976
Annie Hall
Truman Capote Look-Alike (uncredited)
1977
In Cold Blood
Book
1996
The Innocents
Screenplay
1961
In Cold Blood
Novel
1967
Beat the Devil
Screenplay
1953
Love, Marilyn
Writer
2013
The Grass Harp
Novel
1996
The New Yorker at 100
Self (archive footage)
2025
Do I Sound Gay?
Self (archive footage)
2015
Children on Their Birthdays
Writer
2002
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Dialogue
1953
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Self (archive footage)
2012
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Self - Writer (archive footage)
2021
Other Voices Other Rooms
Writer
1997
The Capote Tapes
Self (archive footage)
2021
The Glass House
Story
1972
Groucho & Cavett
Self (archive footage)
2022
Public Speaking
Self (archive footage)
2011
With Love from Truman
Self - Writer
1966
Cocksucker Blues
Self
1972
One Christmas
Story
1994Hello, Stranger
Writer
1992
Trilogy
Narrator (voice)
1969Trilogy
Story
1969
A Christmas Memory
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1966A Christmas Memory
Short Story
1966
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
Self (archive footage)
2024
A Christmas Memory
Short Story
1997
Beaton by Bailey
Self
1971
Bad Hostage
Self (archive footage)
2024
Laura
Screenplay
1968
The Thanksgiving Visitor
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1968The Thanksgiving Visitor
Adaptation
1968The Thanksgiving Visitor
Story
1968Miriam
Novel
1980
Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders
Self (archive footage)
2017
Historias Breves 0: Un día con Ángela
Original Story
1993David Susskind Archive: Truman Capote Tells All
Miriam
Short Story
2007Der kopflose Falke
Novel
1971