Robert Lees was born on July 10, 1912 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Hold That Ghost (1941), Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951). He was married to Abel, Jean. He died on June 13, 2004 in Los Angeles, California.
He was found murdered in his apartment. He was decapitated. His murderer also killed his neighbor, a Mr. Engelson. Because this man was on the phone at the time, the police were alerted quickly. According to the Associated Press, Kevin Lee Graff, 27, was arrested for the murders on June 14, 2004.
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Frederic I. Rinaldo was his writing partner for 18 years until they were blacklisted in the early '50s.
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He pleaded the 5th Amendment while testifying at the House Un-American Activities committee and was blacklisted as a result.
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In 1999 he had a prominent role in protesting the decision by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to award director Elia Kazan a lifetime achievement Oscar. Kazan named names during the McCarthy era and continued to work while others were blacklisted.
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He was blacklisted in Hollywood during the McCarthy era and so continued in the 1950s and 1960s to write for film and television under the name of "J.E. Selby", being credited for episodes of Rawhide (1959) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955).
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
1983
TV Series story - 1 episode
Land of the Giants
1968
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Daktari
1966-1968
TV Series 4 episodes
The Second Hundred Years
1967-1968
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Flipper
1966-1967
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
The Green Hornet
1967
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1966
TV Series story by - 1 episode
Gilligan's Island
1966
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Branded
1966
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Lassie
TV Series 18 episodes, 1958 - 1964 writer - 2 episodes, 1957 - 1958
Rawhide
TV Series teleplay - 2 episodes, 1962 written by - 1 episode, 1961
Hotel de Paree
1960
TV Series 1 episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1959
TV Series written by - 1 episode
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
TV Series
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
TV Series
Jumping Jacks
1952
screenplay
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
screenplay
You Asked for It
1950
TV Series
Holiday in Havana
1949
writer
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
original screenplay
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947
screenplay by
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
Hell-Bent for Election
1944
Short written by
Crazy House
1943
screenplay
Hit the Ice
1943
screenplay
No Time for Love
1943
story
Juke Box Jenny
1942
original screenplay
Hold That Ghost
1941
original story / screenplay
Bachelor Daddy
1941
The Black Cat
1941
The Invisible Woman
1940
screenplay
Street of Memories
1940
Let's Talk Turkey
1939
Short screenplay
Prophet Without Honor
1939
Short screen play
Weather Wizards
1939
Short writer
An Hour for Lunch
1939
Short screen play
It's in the Stars
1938
Short screenplay
Follow the Arrow
1938
Short screenplay
The Story of Doctor Carver
1938
Short screenplay
An Evening Alone
1938
Short screenplay
Music Made Simple
1938
Short uncredited
Candid Cameramaniacs
1937
Short screenplay / story
Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris
1937
Short
A Night at the Movies
1937
Short uncredited
How to Start the Day
1937
Short story
Penny Wisdom
1937
Short uncredited
How to Be a Detective
1936
Short
How to Train a Dog
1936
Short uncredited
How to Behave
1936
Short uncredited
The Perfect Set-Up
1936
Short story and screenplay
'Hit-and-Run Driver'
1935
Short original story / screenplay
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dancing Lady
1933
Dancer (uncredited)
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
uncredited
Grand Hotel
1932/I
Bellboy (uncredited)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
TV Movie documentary source: archival materials
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hollywood Legenden
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Known for movies
Hold That Ghost (1941) as Writer
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) as Writer
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) as Writer
$10 Million
