Occupation Actor Name Rowland Lee | Role Film director | |
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Spouse Eleanor Worthington (m. 1924–1975) Siblings Robert N. Lee, Donald W. Lee Movies Son of Frankenstein, The Count of Monte Cristo, Tower of London, Captain Kidd, The Son of Monte Cristo Similar People Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, Robert Donat, Josephine Hutchinson, Mauritz Stiller | ||
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Rowland Vance Lee (September 6, 1891 in Findlay, Ohio – December 21, 1975 in Palm Desert, California) was an American film director, writer and producer. In 1929, he directed The Wolf of Wall Street featuring George Bancroft.
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Lee directed The Son of Monte Cristo (1940), 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 made creative use of the then-new sound medium in the near-fantasy treatment of Zoo in Budapest (1933).
He also directed The Guilty Generation (1931), 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. Lee was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in Glendale, California.
Filmography
Director
1945
Captain Kidd
1944
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1942
Powder Town
1940
The Son of Monte Cristo
1939
Tower of London
1939
The Sun Never Sets
1939
Son of Frankenstein
1938
Service de Luxe
1938
Mother Carey's Chickens
1937
The Toast of New York
1937
A Night of Terror
1936
One Rainy Afternoon
1935
The Three Musketeers
1935
Cardinal Richelieu
1934
Gambling
1934
The Count of Monte Cristo
1933
I Am Suzanne!
1933
Zoo in Budapest
1932
Over Night
1931
The Guilty Generation
1931
The Ruling Voice
1930
Derelict
1930
A Man from Wyoming
1930
Ladies Love Brutes
1930
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (uncredited)
1930
Paramount on Parade (sequence director)
1929
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (uncredited)
1929
A Dangerous Woman
1929
The Wolf of Wall Street
1928
The First Kiss
1928
Loves of an Actress
1928
Three Sinners
1928
Doomsday
1928
The Secret Hour
1927
Barbed Wire
1927
The Whirlwind of Youth
1926
The Silver Treasure
1926
The Outsider
1925
Havoc
1925
The Man Without a Country
1924
In Love with Love
1924
You Can't Get Away with It
1923
Gentle Julia
1923
Desire
1923
Alice Adams
1922
Shirley of the Circus
1922
Mixed Faces
1922
Dust Flower
1922
A Self-Made Man
1922
His Back Against the Wall
1922
The Men of Zanzibar
1922
Money to Burn
1921
What Ho, the Cook
1921
The Sea Lion
1921
Blind Hearts
1921
The Cup of Life
1921
Cupid's Brand
1920
A Thousand to One
Writer
1959
The Big Fisherman (writer)
1935
The Three Musketeers (screen play)
1934
The Count of Monte Cristo (dialogue) / (screenplay)
1933
I Am Suzanne! (screenplay) / (story)
1933
Zoo in Budapest (screenplay)
1932
Monte Carlo Madness (dialogues)
1931
Le capitaine Craddock (dialogue)
1931
The Ruling Voice (by)
1928
Loves of an Actress (writer)
1928
The Secret Hour (writer)
1927
Barbed Wire (adaptation)
1923
Alice Adams (adaptation)
1922
A Self-Made Man (scenario)
1921
What Ho, the Cook
Producer
1959
The Big Fisherman (producer)
1944
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (producer)
1940
The Son of Monte Cristo (producer)
1939
Tower of London (producer)
1939
The Sun Never Sets (producer)
1939
Son of Frankenstein (producer)
1938
Service de Luxe (producer)
1930
Derelict (producer)
1930
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (producer)
1929
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (producer)
1928
The First Kiss (producer)
1928
Three Sinners (producer)
1928
Doomsday (producer)
1927
Barbed Wire (producer - uncredited)
1925
The Man Without a Country (producer)
Actor
1920
Her Husband's Friend as
Billy Westover (as Roland Lee)
1920
His Own Law as
Jean Saval (as Rowland Lee)
1920
Dangerous Days as
Graham Spencer (as Rowland Lee)
1920
Water, Water, Everywhere as
Arthur Gunther (as Roland Lee)
1920
The Woman in the Suitcase as
W.H. 'Billy' Fiske (as Roland Lee)
1917
The Maternal Spark as
Howard Helms (as Rowland Lee)
1917
The Stainless Barrier as
Richard Shelton (as Rowland Lee)
1917
Polly Ann as
Howard Straightlane
1917
They're Off as
Randolph Manners (as Rowland Lee)
1917
The Mother Instinct as
Jacques (as Rowland Lee)
1917
Time Locks and Diamonds as
Edgar Seymour (as Roland Lee)
1917
Wild Winship's Widow as
Archibald Herndon (as Rowland Lee)
Production Manager
1932
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (production supervisor)
Miscellaneous
1965
The Son of Frankenstein (Short) (director: archive footage)
References
Rowland V. Lee Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA