Dobbs's un-produced script, The Marvel of the Haunted Castle, got Dobbs a job rewriting 'Romancing the Stone (1984)'.
Lem Dobbs's actual name, Anton Lemuel Kitaj, is given to three characters in the classic horror film The Abominable Dr. Phibes (written by two high school classmates of his dad's): Anton Phibes, Lem Vesalius, and Dr. Kitaj.
After appearing (as Lem Kitaj) in "The Boy Who Turned Yellow," he worked on another Children's Film Foundation production, "Sea Children," dubbing the voice of the character "Zoldar," King of the Sea Children.