{{short description|American film director}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Jess Robbins | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1886|04|30}} | birth_place = Dayton, Ohio, US | death_date = {{death date and age|1973|03|11|1886|04|30}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, US | years_active = 1913–1927 | occupation = Film director }}
'''Jess Robbins''' (April 30, 1886 – March 11, 1973) was an American film director, writer and producer. He directed more than 70 films between 1913 and 1927. He was the first director to direct Laurel and Hardy in the same motion picture, namely ''The Lucky Dog''.
==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''His New Job'' (1915) * ''A Night Out'' (1915) * ''The Champion'' (1915) * ''A Jitney Elopement'' (1915) * ''The Tramp'' (1915) * ''By the Sea'' (1915) * ''Work'' (1915) * ''A Woman'' (1915) * ''The Bank'' (1915) * ''Shanghaied'' (1915) * ''A Night in the Show'' (1915) * ''Police'' (1916) * ''Burlesque on Carmen'' (1916) * ''Triple Trouble'' (1918) * ''Fists and Fodder'' (1920) * ''Pals and Pugs'' (1920) * ''He Laughs Last'' (1920) * ''Springtime'' (1920) * ''The Decorator'' (1920) * ''The Trouble Hunter'' (1920) * ''His Jonah Day'' (1920) * ''The Backyard'' (1920) * ''The Nuisance'' (1921) * ''The Mysterious Stranger'' (1921) * ''The Blizzard'' (1921) * ''The Tourist'' (1921) * ''The Lucky Dog'' (1921) * ''A Front Page Story'' (1922) * ''The Ladder Jinx'' (1922) * ''Too Much Business'' (1922) * ''The Law Forbids'' (1924) * ''Should Sailors Marry?'' (1925) * ''The Business of Love'' (1925) * ''A Little Bit of Fluff'' (1928) {{div col end}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0730386|name=Jess Robbins}}
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