- Born
- Died
- Nicknames
- Adelle Robbins
- David Fleetwood
- Joseph F. Robertson was with the US Marines during World War II and was later a major in international banking and finance at New York University. While working in Europe as a manufacturer's representative he became interested in moviemaking, and upon his return to the US went to Hollywood and became a "show accountant" for George Burns' McCadden Productions (producers of TV series like The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950) and The Bob Cummings Show (1955)). Branching out into film production, he tackled the low-budget The Slime People (1963) (directed by star Robert Hutton), The Crawling Hand (1963) and Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966), produced and directed porn flicks under the name "Adelle Robbins", made educational films, and has recently returned to horror with Dr. Caligari (1989) and Auntie Lee's Meat Pies (1992).- IMDb mini biography by: Tom Weaver <TomWeavr@aol.com>
- Spouse
- Interviewed in "It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Tradition" by Tom Weaver (McFarland, 1996).
- In his adult work, Robertson was was well known for recycling footage as a means of cutting down on expenses; often reusing entire scenes in multiple films.
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