# Jess Robbins

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{{short description|American film director}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Jess Robbins
| image        =
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| birth_date   = {{birth date|1886|04|30}}
| birth_place  = [Dayton, Ohio](/source/Dayton%2C_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](/source/Laurel_and_Hardy) in the same motion picture, namely ''[The Lucky Dog](/source/The_Lucky_Dog)''.

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[His New Job](/source/His_New_Job)'' (1915)
* ''[A Night Out](/source/A_Night_Out_(1915_film))'' (1915)
* ''[The Champion](/source/The_Champion_(1915_film))'' (1915)
* ''[A Jitney Elopement](/source/A_Jitney_Elopement)'' (1915)
* ''[The Tramp](/source/The_Tramp_(film))'' (1915)
* ''[By the Sea](/source/By_the_Sea_(1915_film))'' (1915)
* ''[Work](/source/Work_(1915_film))'' (1915)
* ''[A Woman](/source/A_Woman_(1915_film))'' (1915)
* ''[The Bank](/source/The_Bank_(1915_film))'' (1915)
* ''[Shanghaied](/source/Shanghaied_(1915_film))'' (1915)
* ''[A Night in the Show](/source/A_Night_in_the_Show)'' (1915)
* ''[Police](/source/Police_(1916_film))'' (1916)
* ''[Burlesque on Carmen](/source/Burlesque_on_Carmen)'' (1916)
* ''[Triple Trouble](/source/Triple_Trouble_(1918_film))'' (1918)
* ''[Fists and Fodder](/source/Fists_and_Fodder)'' (1920)
* ''[Pals and Pugs](/source/Pals_and_Pugs)'' (1920)
* ''[He Laughs Last](/source/He_Laughs_Last)'' (1920)
* ''[Springtime](/source/Springtime_(1920_film))'' (1920)
* ''[The Decorator](/source/The_Decorator)'' (1920)
* ''[The Trouble Hunter](/source/The_Trouble_Hunter)'' (1920)
* ''[His Jonah Day](/source/His_Jonah_Day)'' (1920)
* ''[The Backyard](/source/The_Backyard_(1920_film))'' (1920)
* ''[The Nuisance](/source/The_Nuisance_(1921_film))'' (1921)
* ''[The Mysterious Stranger](/source/The_Mysterious_Stranger_(1920_film))'' (1921)
* ''[The Blizzard](/source/The_Blizzard_(1921_film))'' (1921)
* ''[The Tourist](/source/The_Tourist_(1921_film))'' (1921)
* ''[The Lucky Dog](/source/The_Lucky_Dog_(1921_film))'' (1921)
* ''[A Front Page Story](/source/A_Front_Page_Story)'' (1922)
* ''[The Ladder Jinx](/source/The_Ladder_Jinx)'' (1922)
* ''[Too Much Business](/source/Too_Much_Business)'' (1922)
* ''[The Law Forbids](/source/The_Law_Forbids)'' (1924)
* ''[Should Sailors Marry?](/source/Should_Sailors_Marry%3F)'' (1925)
* ''[The Business of Love](/source/The_Business_of_Love)'' (1925)
* ''[A Little Bit of Fluff](/source/A_Little_Bit_of_Fluff_(1928_film))'' (1928)
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0730386|name=Jess Robbins}}

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Category:1886 births
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Category:Film directors from Ohio
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:Writers from Dayton, Ohio
Category:Screenwriters from Ohio
Category:Film producers from Ohio
Category:20th-century American male writers
Category:20th-century American screenwriters

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