Charles Lee


Comedy Writer

About

Born
November 01, 1914
Died
October 18, 1992
Cause of Death
Heart Failure

Biography

This veteran comedy writer worked with comedian Bob Hope for 32 years. Lee's association with Hope began in the mid-1940s and continued through the mid-70s. Lee specialized in comic monologues and worked on Hope's films, TV specials, public appearances, and newspaper columns. Lee also traveled with Hope as he entertained the troops in Vietnam, Thailand, Germany, and Greenland....

Family & Companions

Eleanor Lee
Wife
Survived him.

Biography

This veteran comedy writer worked with comedian Bob Hope for 32 years. Lee's association with Hope began in the mid-1940s and continued through the mid-70s. Lee specialized in comic monologues and worked on Hope's films, TV specials, public appearances, and newspaper columns. Lee also traveled with Hope as he entertained the troops in Vietnam, Thailand, Germany, and Greenland.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Halls of Montezuma (1951)
Japanese soldier
King of Chinatown (1939)
Tommy Wu
The Girl of the Timber Claims (1917)
A homesteader
Her Official Fathers (1917)
William Blaine
An Old Fashioned Young Man (1917)
Charles Murdock
Jim Bludso (1917)
Tom Taggart
Hoodoo Ann (1916)
Bill Higgins
The Absentee (1915)
Age
The Sable Lorcha (1915)
Yup Sing

Writer (Feature Film)

The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas Show (1966)
Screenwriter

Producer (Feature Film)

Break a Leg (2003)
Producer
A Time to Die (1979)
Producer

Sound (Feature Film)

Girl in the Woods (1958)
Sound
Down Laredo Way (1953)
Recording

Writer (Special)

Bob Hope Special: The Bob Hope Special From Palm Springs (1978)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Special From Australia (1978)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's All-Star Tribute to the Palace Theater (1978)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's Christmas Special (1977)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Spectacular From Lake Tahoe (1977)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Tribute to Vaudeville (1977)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular (1976)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope in "Joys" (1976)
Writer
The Bob Hope Comedy Special (1976)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope on Campus (1975)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's Christmas Party (1975)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope Presents the Stars of Tomorrow (1975)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975)
Writer

Special Thanks (Special)

Bob Hope Special: The Bob Hope Special From Palm Springs (1978)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Special From Australia (1978)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's All-Star Tribute to the Palace Theater (1978)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's Christmas Special (1977)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Spectacular From Lake Tahoe (1977)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Tribute to Vaudeville (1977)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular (1976)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope in "Joys" (1976)
Writer
The Bob Hope Comedy Special (1976)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope on Campus (1975)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's Christmas Party (1975)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope Presents the Stars of Tomorrow (1975)
Writer
Bob Hope Special: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975)
Writer

Life Events

1958

Worked as one of six writers for the NBC-TV adaptation of the musical "Roberta"

Companions

Eleanor Lee
Wife
Survived him.

Bibliography