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Rowland V. Lee

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
9

Gender
Male

Birthday
September 5, 1891 (134 years old)

Place of Birth
Findlay, Ohio, USA

Rowland V. Lee

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rowland Vance Lee (born September 6, 1891, Findlay, Ohio — died December 21, 1975, Palm Desert, California) was a U.S. film actor, director, writer, and producer. His acting profession was fairly short lived. His main profession was directing, but he would write scripts on occasion. He worked at Fox, Paramount , Warners and RKO.

Lee directed the 1940 black-and-white film The Son of Monte Cristo, starring Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett and George Sanders. He was one of the 11 co-directors of Paramount Pictures' all-star revue Paramount on Parade (1930).

He also directed The Guilty Generation (1931), Zoo in Budapest (1933), Son of Frankenstein (1939), The Tower of London (1939) and The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944).

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Known For

Writing

1959The Big Fisherman...Writer
1935The Three Musketeers...Screenplay
1934The Count of Monte Cristo...Writer
1933I Am Suzanne!...Writer
1933Zoo in Budapest...Screenplay
1932Monte Carlo Madness...Dialogue
1931Captain Craddock...Dialogue
1931The Ruling Voice...Writer
1928Loves of an Actress...Scenario Writer
1928The Secret Hour...Writer
1927Barbed Wire...Adaptation
1923Alice Adams...Adaptation
1922A Self-Made Man...Scenario Writer

Production

1959The Big Fisherman...Producer
1944The Bridge of San Luis Rey...Producer
1940The Son of Monte Cristo...Producer
1939Tower of London...Producer
1939The Sun Never Sets...Producer
1939Son of Frankenstein...Producer
1932The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case...Production Supervisor
1930Derelict...Producer
1930The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu...Producer
1929The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu...Producer
1928Three Sinners...Producer
1928Doomsday...Producer

Directing

1945Captain Kidd...Director
1944The Bridge of San Luis Rey...Director
1942Powder Town...Director
1940The Son of Monte Cristo...Director
1939Tower of London...Director
1939The Sun Never Sets...Director
1939Son of Frankenstein...Director
1938Service de Luxe...Director
1938Mother Carey's Chickens...Director
1937The Toast of New York...Director
1937Love from a Stranger...Director
1936One Rainy Afternoon...Director
1935The Three Musketeers...Director
1935Cardinal Richelieu...Director
1934Gambling...Director
1934The Count of Monte Cristo...Director
1933I Am Suzanne!...Director
1933Zoo in Budapest...Director
1932That Night in London...Director
1931The Guilty Generation...Director
1931The Ruling Voice...Director
1930Derelict...Director
1930A Man from Wyoming...Director
1930Ladies Love Brutes...Director
1930The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu...Director
1930Paramount on Parade...Director
1929The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu...Director
1929A Dangerous Woman...Director
1929The Wolf of Wall Street...Director
1928The First Kiss...Director
1928Loves of an Actress...Director
1928Three Sinners...Director
1928Doomsday...Director
1928The Secret Hour...Director
1927Barbed Wire...Director
1927The Whirlwind of Youth...Director
1926The Silver Treasure...Director
1926The Outsider...Director
1925Havoc...Director
1925As No Man Has Loved...Director
1924In Love with Love...Director
1923Gentle Julia...Director
1923You Can't Get Away with It...Director
1923Desire...Director
1923Alice Adams...Director
1922Shirley of the Circus...Director
1922Mixed Faces...Director
1922The Dust Flower...Director
1922A Self-Made Man...Director
1922The Men of Zanzibar...Director
1922His Back Against the Wall...Director
1921The Sea Lion...Director
1921Blind Hearts...Director
1921The Cup of Life...Director
1920A Thousand to One...Director

Acting

1920Her Husband's Friendas Billy Westover
1920His Own Lawas Jean Saval
1920Dangerous Daysas Graham Spencer
1920Water, Water, Everywhereas Arthur Gunther
1920The Woman in the Suitcaseas W.H. 'Billy' Fiske (as Roland Lee)
1917The Stainless Barrieras Richard Shelton
1917Polly Annas Howard Straightlane
1917The Mother Instinctas Jacques
1917Wild Winship's Widowas Archibald Herndon