Rowland V. Lee

For other people with a similar name, see Rowland Lee (disambiguation).
Rowland V. Lee

Rowland V. Lee in 1928
Born (1891-09-06)September 6, 1891
Findlay, Ohio
Died December 21, 1975(1975-12-21) (aged 84)
Palm Desert, California
Occupation Actor, director

Rowland Vance Lee (September 6, 1891 in Findlay, Ohio – December 21, 1975 in Palm Desert, California) was an American film director, writer and producer. In 1929, he directed The Wolf of Wall Street featuring George Bancroft.[1]

Lee directed The Son of Monte Cristo (1940), 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 made creative use of the then-new sound medium in the near-fantasy treatment of Zoo in Budapest (1933).

He also directed The Guilty Generation (1931), 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. Lee was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in Glendale, California.[2]

Selected filmography

Actor

Director

References

  1. ↑ Fridson, Martin (26 December 2013). "The Non-Original Wolf Of Wall Street". Forbes. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Rowland V. Lee at Find a Grave
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