Director
Rowland V. Lee
September 5, 1891 · Findlay, Ohio, USA
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).
Often works with
Lionel Belmore
5 titles together
Son of Frankenstein, Tower of London, The Toast of New York
O. P. Heggie
4 titles together
The Count of Monte Cristo, The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu, Zoo in Budapest
Murray Kinnell
4 titles together
Zoo in Budapest, One Rainy Afternoon, The Three Musketeers
Basil Rathbone
3 titles together
Son of Frankenstein, Tower of London, Love from a Stranger
Boris Karloff
3 titles together
Son of Frankenstein, Tower of London, The Guilty Generation
Donnie Dunagan
3 titles together
Son of Frankenstein, Tower of London, Mother Carey's Chickens
Full filmography · 64
The Big Fisherman
Writer
1959
Captain Kidd
Director
19456.3
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Director
1944
Powder Town
Director
1942
The Son of Monte Cristo
Director
1940
Tower of London
Director
19396.1
The Sun Never Sets
Director
1939
Son of Frankenstein
Director
19396.7
Service de Luxe
Director
1938
Mother Carey's Chickens
Director
1938
The Toast of New York
Director
1937
Love from a Stranger
Director
1937