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Occupation
  
Screenwriter

Years active
  
1922-1945


Name
  
Robert Lee

Role
  
Screenwriter

Born
  
May 12, 1890 (
1890-05-12
)
Butte, Montana

Died
  
September 18, 1964, Hollywood, California, United States

Siblings
  
Rowland V. Lee, Donald W. Lee

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Movies
  
Little Caesar, Captain Kidd, Tower of London, The Mysterious Rider, The Mighty

Similar People
  
Rowland V Lee, Norman Reilly Raine, W R Burnett, Mervyn LeRoy, Darryl F Zanuck

Robert N. Lee (12 May 1890 – 18 September 1964) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 31 films between 1922 and 1945. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay at the 4th Academy Awards for Little Caesar.

He was born in Butte, Montana and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.

Partial filmography

  • Cameo Kirby (1923)
  • The Silver Treasure (1926)
  • Underworld (1927)
  • Little Caesar (1931)
  • The Dragon Murder Case (1934)
  • While the Patient Slept (1935)
  • References

    Robert N. Lee Wikipedia