Roy Rowland

Roy Rowland (born December 30, 1902 in New York , USA , † June 29, 1995 , Laguna Hills , Orange County , California ) was an American film director .

Life

Rowland had studied law for a few semesters before finding a job in film in the script department in the early 1930s. In 1931/32 he assisted the director WS van Dyke on Tarzan, the Ape Man and in 1934 shot several scenes of Richard Boleslawski's and Allan Dwan's The Lions of Hollywood (Hollywood Party) without naming his name . From 1936 on, Rowland worked as a short film director for the MGM (including the Crime Does Not Pay and Pete Smith series) and for the army.

In 1943 Roy Rowland made his debut as a director of feature-length films. His productions were routine entertainment without artistic ambitions. He shot musical romances and westerns , crime films and comedies with slapstick elements, soulful melodramas and musicals . His most interesting and unusual production was the horror fantasy Die 5000 Fingers des Dr. T. Since the late 1950s, Roy Rowland worked primarily in European (Spanish, Italian and British) studios. His last sole production was Eurowestern, filmed in Spain in 1964. They called him Gringo with Götz George , Alexandra Stewart and Helmut Schmid in the lead roles.

In the mid-1960s he took part in the US versions of two pirate films, Under the Flag of the Tiger (El tigre de los siete magres) and Thunder over the Indian Ocean (Tormenta sobre el Pacifico), with Gérard Barray in the main role. Rowland retired into private life after managing production for Fahr zum Hölle, Gringo .

Filmography (selection)

• 1936: Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (short film)
• 1937: Cinema Circus (short film)
• 1937: Song of Revolt (short film)
• 1937: A Night at the Movies (short film)
• 1938: An Evening Alone (short film)
• 1938: How to Read (short film)
• 1939: Home Early (short film)
• 1939: Dark Magic (short film)
• 1940: Jack Pot (short film)
• 1940: Please Answer (short documentary)
• 1941: Sucker List (short film)
• 1943: A Stranger in Town
• 1943: The Little Angel (Lost Angel)
• 1945: Spring of Life (Our Vine Have Tender Grapes)
• 1946: Boys Ranch
• 1946: The Romance of Rosy Ridge
• 1947: Killer McCoy (Killer McCoy)
• 1947: Tenth Avenue Angel
• 1948: Scene of the Crime
• 1949: Bloody Dust (The Outriders)
• 1950: Two Weeks With Love
• 1951: step on the gas, Joe! (Excuse My Dust)
• 1951: The Black Riders of Dakota (Bugles in the Afternoon)
• 1952: The 5000 fingers of Dr. T.
• 1952: Affair With a Stranger
• 1953: The Moonlighter
• 1953: Witness to Murder
• 1954: Hot Patch (Rogue Cop)
• 1954: Anchored in Frisco (Hit the Deck)
• 1955: A man loves dangerous (Many Rivers to Cross)
• 1955: Viva Las Vegas (Meet Me in Las Vegas)
• 1956: The Heart of a Millionaire (These Wilder Years)
• 1957: Deadly Scandal (Slander)
• 1957: canyon of destruction (Gun Glory)
• 1957: Arrivederci Roma (The Seven Hills of Rome)
• 1959-1960: The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV series)
• 1963: The Killer is killed (The Girl Hunters) (also script collaboration)
• 1963: gunpowder in Casa Grande (Gunfighters of Casa Grande)
• 1965: They called him gringo
• 1966: Under the flag of the tiger (El tigre de los siete mares)
• 1966: Thunder over the Indian Ocean (Tormenta sobre el Pacífico)
• 1969: Drive to Hell, Gringo (production manager only)

literature

• Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 662.

Web links

• Roy Rowland in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The dates of birth December 31, 1910 or 1903, which are often to be read, are not applicable