Robert Lees
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Robert Lees (July 10 1912 – June 13, 2004) was a Hollywood screenwriter, famous for writing comedy, including several Abbott and Costello films.
Born in San Francisco, California, Lees' was well-regarded in the 1940s and 1950s, but his career was virtually destroyed when he put on the Hollywood blacklist by the movie studio bosses during the McCarthy Era for alleged Communist activities. As a result of his blacklisting, he had associates submit manuscripts to the studios under the pseudonym "J. E. Selby."
At the age of 91 Lees was attacked in his Los Angeles home, allegedly by a homeless man, and decapitated.
Filmography
- Jumping Jacks (1956)
- Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
- Holiday in Havana (1949)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
- Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
- No Time for Love (1943)
- Crazy House (1943)
- Hit the Ice (1943)
- Juke Box Jenny (1942)
- Abbott and Costello: Hold That Ghost (1941)
- Bachelor Daddy (1941)
- The Black Cat (1941)
- Street of Memories (1940)
- The Invisible Woman (1940)