Person
Robert L. Lippert
Production · 1909–1976 · Alameda, California, USA
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.
Known for
The Fly
Producer
Hi-Jacked
Presenter
Spaceways
Producer
The Last Man on Earth
Producer
Ringside
Executive Producer
The Yellow Canary
Executive Producer
The Steel Helmet
Producer
The Silver Star
Executive Producer
Thunder Pass
Executive Producer
Curse of the Fly
Producer
Filmography
- 1969The Last Shot You HearExecutive Producer
- 1966That Tennessee BeatProducer
- 1965The Murder GameProducer
- 1965Spaceflight IC-1Producer
- 1965Curse of the FlyProducer
- 1964The Earth Dies ScreamingProducer
- 1964Night Train to ParisProducer
- 1964The Horror of It AllExecutive Producer
- 1964The Last Man on EarthProducer
- 1964WitchcraftProducer
- 1963The Yellow CanaryExecutive Producer
- 1960Desire in the DustExecutive Producer
- 1958The FlyProducer
- 1958Thundering JetsExecutive Producer
- 1955The Silver StarExecutive Producer
- 1954Thunder PassExecutive Producer
- 1954The House Across the LakePresenter
- 195336 HoursPresenter
- 1953SpacewaysProducer
- 1952The JungleExecutive Producer
- 1951Lost ContinentExecutive Producer
- 1951Kentucky JubileeExecutive Producer
- 1951The Steel HelmetProducer
- 1951Three Desperate MenExecutive Producer
- 1950I Shot Billy the KidExecutive Producer
- 1950Hi-JackedPresenter
- 1950Motor PatrolExecutive Producer
- 1950Marshal of HeldoradoExecutive Producer
- 1950Everybody's Dancin'Executive Producer
- 1950The Baron of ArizonaExecutive Producer
- 1950Radar Secret ServiceExecutive Producer
- 1950Hollywood VarietiesExecutive Producer
- 1949Red DesertExecutive Producer
- 1949Apache ChiefExecutive Producer
- 1949Sky LinerExecutive Producer
- 1949RingsideExecutive Producer
- 1949Grand CanyonProducer Looking at Daily Rushes (uncredited)
- 1949RimfireExecutive Producer
- 1949I Shot Jesse JamesProducer
- 1948Last of the Wild HorsesDirector
- 1947Shoot to KillPresenter
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