---
name: "Robert N. Lee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-n-lee"
fi1m_id: "robert-n-lee"
imdb_id: "nm0498133"
tmdb_id: 100583
wikidata_id: "Q1762306"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 May 1890"
died: "18 September 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T00:22:03.516412+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Robert N. Lee

## Identity

Robert N. Lee

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-n-lee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-n-lee
- **IMDb ID:** nm0498133
- **TMDB ID:** 100583
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1762306
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_N._Lee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1762306, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498133/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/100583

Writer. Born 12 May 1890 in Butte, Montana, USA. Died 18 September 1964.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 May 1890, Butte, Montana, USA
- **Died:** 18 September 1964
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_N._Lee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1762306, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498133/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/100583

## Biography

Robert N. Lee was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 31 films between 1922 and 1945.

Lee received an Academy Award nomination for Adapted Screenplay for *Little Caesar* (1931). His other credits include *Underworld* (1927), *The Kennel Murder Case* (1933) and *Tower of London* (1939). He was born in Butte, Montana, and died in Hollywood, California. His brother was the director Rowland V. Lee.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Little Caesar* (1931), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/little-caesar.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Captain Kidd* (1945), Story
- *Tower of London* (1939), Screenplay
- *Armored Car* (1937), Writer
- *While the Patient Slept* (1935), Screenplay
- *The Dragon Murder Case* (1934), Screenplay
- *Fog Over Frisco* (1934), Adaptation, Screenplay
- *From Headquarters* (1933), Screenplay, Story
- *The Kennel Murder Case* (1933), Screenplay
- *The Mysterious Rider* (1933), Writer
- *70,000 Witnesses* (1932), Screenplay
- *Little Caesar* (1931), Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/little-caesar.md)
- *The Dude Wrangler* (1930), Dialogue, Adaptation
- *The Mighty* (1929), Story
- *Underworld* (1927), Screenplay
- *Ritzy* (1927), Writer
- *The Fire Brigade* (1926), Writer
- *The Silver Treasure* (1926), Scenario Writer
- *The Outsider* (1926), Writer
- *The Hunted Woman* (1925), Writer
- *As No Man Has Loved* (1925), Adaptation, Scenario Writer
- *In Love with Love* (1924), Adaptation
- *Western Luck* (1924), Writer
- *The Arizona Express* (1924), Scenario Writer
- *You Can't Get Away with It* (1923), Screenplay
- *Mile-a-Minute Romeo* (1923), Scenario Writer
- *Cameo Kirby* (1923), Writer
- *Alias the Night Wind* (1923), Scenario Writer
- *The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous* (1923), Writer
- *Shirley of the Circus* (1922), Screenplay, Story

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1931: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Little Caesar*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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