Rowland V. Lee

Known for: Directing
Born: September 5, 1891, Findlay, Ohio, USA
Died: December 21, 1975
Movies: 66

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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).

Best-Known Movies

6.7

Son of Frankenstein

1939

6.8

The Count of Monte Cristo

1934

6.2

Tower of London

1939

6.2

Captain Kidd

1945

5.3

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

1930

4.8

Zoo in Budapest

1933

6.1

The Toast of New York

1937

6.3

Love from a Stranger

1937

6.2

The Son of Monte Cristo

1940

6.0

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

1929

Filmography

1920	Her Husband's Friend	Billy Westover
1920	His Own Law	Jean Saval
1920	Dangerous Days	Graham Spencer
1920	Water, Water, Everywhere	Arthur Gunther
1920	The Woman in the Suitcase	W.H. 'Billy' Fiske (as Roland Lee)
1917	The Stainless Barrier	Richard Shelton
1917	Polly Ann	Howard Straightlane
1917	The Mother Instinct	Jacques
1917	Time Locks and Diamonds	Edgar Seymour
1917	Wild Winship's Widow	Archibald Herndon

Directing, Writing & Producing

1959	The Big Fisherman	Writer, Producer
1945	Captain Kidd	Director
1944	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Producer, Director
1942	Powder Town	Director
1940	The Son of Monte Cristo	Director, Producer
1939	Tower of London	Director, Producer
1939	The Sun Never Sets	Director, Producer
1939	Son of Frankenstein	Producer, Director
1938	Service de Luxe	Director
1938	Mother Carey's Chickens	Director
1937	The Toast of New York	Director
1937	Love from a Stranger	Director
1936	One Rainy Afternoon	Director
1935	The Three Musketeers	Screenplay, Director
1935	Cardinal Richelieu	Director
1934	Gambling	Director
1934	The Count of Monte Cristo	Director, Writer
1933	I Am Suzanne!	Director, Writer
1933	Zoo in Budapest	Director, Screenplay
1932	That Night in London	Director
1931	The Guilty Generation	Director
1931	The Ruling Voice	Director, Writer
1930	Derelict	Producer, Director
1930	A Man from Wyoming	Director
1930	Ladies Love Brutes	Director
1930	The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu	Director, Producer
1930	Paramount on Parade	Director
1929	The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu	Director, Producer
1929	A Dangerous Woman	Director
1929	The Wolf of Wall Street	Director
1928	The First Kiss	Director
1928	Loves of an Actress	Director
1928	Three Sinners	Director, Producer
1928	Doomsday	Director, Producer
1928	The Secret Hour	Director, Writer
1927	Barbed Wire	Director
1927	The Whirlwind of Youth	Director
1926	The Silver Treasure	Director
1926	The Outsider	Director
1925	Havoc	Director
1925	As No Man Has Loved	Director
1924	In Love with Love	Director
1923	Gentle Julia	Director
1923	You Can't Get Away with It	Director
1923	Desire	Director
1923	Alice Adams	Director
1922	Shirley of the Circus	Director
1922	Mixed Faces	Director
1922	The Dust Flower	Director
1922	A Self-Made Man	Director
1922	His Back Against the Wall	Director
1922	The Men of Zanzibar	Director
1921	The Sea Lion	Director
1921	Blind Hearts	Director
1921	The Cup of Life	Director
1920	A Thousand to One	Director

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