Rowland V. Lee
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rowland V. Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1891-09-05 · Findlay, Ohio, USA
- Died
- 1975-12-21
Known for
- Son of Frankenstein (1939) — Director
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) — Director
- Tower of London (1939) — Director
- Captain Kidd (1945) — Director
- The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930) — Director
- The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932) — Production Supervisor
- Zoo in Budapest (1933) — Director
- The Toast of New York (1937) — Director
- Love from a Stranger (1937) — Director
- The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) — Director
- The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929) — Director
- One Rainy Afternoon (1936) — Director
- Service de Luxe (1938) — Director
- Paramount on Parade (1930) — Director
- The Big Fisherman (1959) — Writer
- The Guilty Generation (1931) — Director