Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
September 5, 1891
Died
December 21, 1975 (84 years old)
Findlay, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Roland V. Lee
- Roland Lee
- Rowland Lee
- Роулэнд В. Ли
Rowland V. Lee
Biography
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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).
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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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Known For
Directing
Captain Kidd
Director
1945
The Son of Monte Cristo
Director, Producer
1940
Tower of London
Director, Producer
1939
Son of Frankenstein
Producer, Director
1939
The Toast of New York
Director
1937
Love from a Stranger
Director
1937
One Rainy Afternoon
Director
1936
The Count of Monte Cristo
Director, Writer
1934
Zoo in Budapest
Director, Screenplay
1933
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
Production Supervisor
1932
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
Director, Producer
1930
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
Director, Producer
1929