Robert Lees

Robert Lees (aka J. E. Selby) (1913 – 2004) was a Hollywood screenwriter, famous for writing comedy, including several Abbott and Costello films. Lees' was well-regarded in the 1940s and 1950s, but his career was virtually destroyed when he was blacklisted during the McCarthy Era for alleged Communist activities. Lees was attacked at the age of 91, allegedly by a homeless man, and decapitated in his home.

Filmography

• Jumping Jacks (1952)
• 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)