Rob Wagner
director, miscellaneous, writer
- Birth name:
- Robert Leicester Wagner
- Born:
- 1872-08-02, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Died:
- 1942-07-20, Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Professions:
- director, miscellaneous, writer
Biography
Rob Wagner moved to Santa Barbara from Detroit in 1906. He settled in Los Angeles about 1909. His first scenario for a film, "The Artist's Sons," was produced by Selig Studios in 1911. Between 1915 and 1918 he wrote a series of articles on the film industry for the Saturday Evening Post. Wagner was Charlie Chaplin's publicity man and confidant for many years. He was a director of Will Rogers film shorts. He was founder, editor and publisher of Rob Wagner's Script, a literary magazine for the film community. The magazine was published from 1929 to 1949.
