Robert Lees

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human screenwriter

Robert Lees was an American screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood comedies, including several Abbott and Costello films.

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Label	Occurrences
Robert Ellis	1
Robert Lees canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
activeIn	Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	homicide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1912-07-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2004-06-13 ⓘ
employer	Universal Pictures ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	comedy film ⓘ
killedBy	Brandon David Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	murder ⓘ
movement	classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ
notableEvent	blacklisted during the Hollywood blacklist era ⓘ
notableFor	writing mid-20th-century Hollywood comedies ⓘ
notableWork	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Hit the Ice NERFINISHED ⓘ Hold That Ghost NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	film writer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
participantIn	Hollywood blacklist NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	San Francisco, California, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAffiliation	Communist Party USA NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles, California, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Jean Lees NERFINISHED ⓘ
workedOn	Abbott and Costello films NERFINISHED ⓘ
workPeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ
wroteFor	film ⓘ television ⓘ

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No Time for Love → storyBy → Robert Lees ⓘ

Pigskin Parade → screenwriter → Robert Lees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robert Ellis