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Rowland V. Lee

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Rowland V. Lee

Born September 5, 1891 in Findlay, Ohio, USADied December 21, 197555 films

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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).

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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Filmography

55 films as director
  1. 1945Captain KiddDirector
  2. 1944The Bridge of San Luis ReyDirector
  3. 1942Powder TownDirector
  4. 1940The Son of Monte CristoDirector
  5. 1939Tower of LondonDirector
  6. 1939The Sun Never SetsDirector
  7. 1939Son of FrankensteinDirector
  8. 1938Service de LuxeDirector
  9. 1938Mother Carey's ChickensDirector
  10. 1937The Toast of New YorkDirector
  11. 1937Love from a StrangerDirector
  12. 1936One Rainy AfternoonDirector
  13. 1935The Three MusketeersDirector
  14. 1935Cardinal RichelieuDirector
  15. 1934GamblingDirector
  16. 1934The Count of Monte CristoDirector
  17. 1933I Am Suzanne!Director
  18. 1933Zoo in BudapestDirector
  19. 1932That Night in LondonDirector
  20. 1931The Guilty GenerationDirector
  21. 1931The Ruling VoiceDirector
  22. 1930DerelictDirector
  23. 1930A Man from WyomingDirector
  24. 1930Ladies Love BrutesDirector
  25. 1930The Return of Dr. Fu ManchuDirector
  26. 1930Paramount on ParadeDirector
  27. 1929The Mysterious Dr. Fu ManchuDirector
  28. 1929A Dangerous WomanDirector
  29. 1929The Wolf of Wall StreetDirector
  30. 1928The First KissDirector
  31. 1928Loves of an ActressDirector
  32. 1928Three SinnersDirector
  33. 1928DoomsdayDirector
  34. 1928The Secret HourDirector
  35. 1927Barbed WireDirector
  36. 1927The Whirlwind of YouthDirector
  37. 1926The Silver TreasureDirector
  38. 1926The OutsiderDirector
  39. 1925HavocDirector
  40. 1925As No Man Has LovedDirector
  41. 1924In Love with LoveDirector
  42. 1923Gentle JuliaDirector
  43. 1923You Can't Get Away with ItDirector
  44. 1923DesireDirector
  45. 1923Alice AdamsDirector
  46. 1922Shirley of the CircusDirector
  47. 1922Mixed FacesDirector
  48. 1922The Dust FlowerDirector
  49. 1922A Self-Made ManDirector
  50. 1922His Back Against the WallDirector
  51. 1922The Men of ZanzibarDirector
  52. 1921The Sea LionDirector
  53. 1921Blind HeartsDirector
  54. 1921The Cup of LifeDirector
  55. 1920A Thousand to OneDirector