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).