Robert L. Lippert
Born: 1909-03-31 in Alameda, California, USA
Died: 1976-11-16
Known For: Production
Biography
Robert Lenard Lippert (March 31, 1909 – November 16, 1976) was an American film producer and cinema chain owner, also known as King of the Bs. President and COO of Lippert Theatres, Affiliated Theatres, and Transcontinental Theatres–all based in San Francisco–at his height, Lippert owned a chain of 139 movie theaters. He helped finance more than 300 films, including the directorial debuts of Samuel Fuller, James Clavell, and Burt Kennedy.
Filmography
1969
- The Last Shot You Hear ... (Executive Producer)
1966
- That Tennessee Beat ... (Producer)
1965
- Curse of the Fly ... (Producer)
- The Murder Game ... (Producer)
- Spaceflight IC-1 ... (Producer)
1964
- The Last Man on Earth ... (Producer)
- The Earth Dies Screaming ... (Producer)
- Night Train to Paris ... (Producer)
- Witchcraft ... (Producer)
- The Horror of It All ... (Executive Producer)
1963
- The Yellow Canary ... (Executive Producer)
1960
- Desire in the Dust ... (Executive Producer)
1958
- The Fly ... (Producer)
- Thundering Jets ... (Executive Producer)
1955
- The Silver Star ... (Executive Producer)
1954
- The House Across the Lake ... (Presenter)
- Thunder Pass ... (Executive Producer)
1952
- The Jungle ... (Executive Producer)
1951
- The Steel Helmet ... (Producer)
- Lost Continent ... (Executive Producer)
- Kentucky Jubilee ... (Executive Producer)
- Three Desperate Men ... (Executive Producer)
1950
- The Baron of Arizona ... (Executive Producer)
- Hollywood Varieties ... (Executive Producer)
- Hi-Jacked ... (Presenter)
- I Shot Billy the Kid ... (Executive Producer)
- Motor Patrol ... (Executive Producer)
- Everybody's Dancin' ... (Executive Producer)
- Radar Secret Service ... (Executive Producer)
- Marshal of Heldorado ... (Executive Producer)
1949
- Rimfire ... (Executive Producer)
- Ringside ... (Executive Producer)
- I Shot Jesse James ... (Producer)
- Grand Canyon as Producer Looking at Daily Rushes (uncredited)
- Sky Liner ... (Executive Producer)
- Red Desert ... (Executive Producer)
- Apache Chief ... (Executive Producer)
1948
- Last of the Wild Horses ... (Director)
1947
- Shoot to Kill ... (Presenter)