Robert Lenard Lippert (March 31, 1909 – November 10, 1976) was an American film producer and cinema owner who eventually owned a chain of 118 theatres.He helped finance more than 300 films, including the directorial debuts of Sam Fuller, James Clavell, and Burt Kennedy.
His films include I Shot Jesse James (1949) and The Fly (1958).
In 1962 Lippert said, "the word around Hollywood is: Lippert makes a lot of cheap pictures but he's never made a stinker".