After this, Kibbee worked on Fred Allen's staff and wrote for Groucho Marx, before serving in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.
[3] He frequently worked on films for Burt Lancaster, including The Crimson Pirate (1952), Vera Cruz (1954), The Devil's Disciple (1959), and Valdez Is Coming (1971).
Kibbee won Emmy awards for his work on the short-lived 1961 series The Bob Newhart Show, Columbo and Barney Miller.
[5] Late in his career, Kibbee co-wrote the book for the 1976 Yul Brynner musical Home Sweet Homer, which closed on Broadway after one performance.
[7] Kibbee had become a member in 1937, "by way of the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League and out three years later by way of the Nazi-Soviet Pact"[8] He was also named by his colleague and Hecht-Lancaster executive Harold Hecht.