Roy Rowland

Roy Rowland (December 31, 1910 – June 29, 1995) was an American film director. He directed a number of films in the 1950s and 1960s including Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, Meet Me in Las Vegas, Rogue Cop, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T., and The Girl Hunters. Rowland married Ruth Cummings, the niece of Louis B. Mayer and sister of Jack Cummings (MGM producer/director). They had one son, Steve Rowland, born in 1932, who later became a music producer in the UK.

Biography Early life Roy Rowland was born in Brooklyn, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. He also worked with producer Pete Smith as the director of several of the short films in the Pete Smith Specialties series, and directed several of the short films in the Crime Does Not Pay series. He directed Many Rivers to Cross with Robert Taylor and Gun Glory (1957) with Stewart Granger and Rowland's son Steve.

Rowland was survived by his wife Ruth and their son.

Partial filmography Hollywood Party (1934) – co-director Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936) – short Cinema Circus (1937) – short Hollywood Party (1937) – short Song of Revolt (1937) – short How to Start the Day (1937) – short A Night at the Movies (1937) – short film with Robert Benchley Music Made Simple (1938) – short An Evening Alone (1938) – short How to Raise a Baby (1938) – short The Courtship of the Newt (1938) – short How to Read (1938) – short How to Watch Football (1938) – short Opening Day (1938) – short Mental Poise (1938) – short How to Sub-Let (1939) – short An Hour for Lunch (1939) – short Dark Magic (1939) – short Home Early (1939) – short How to Eat (1939) – short Think First (1939) – short Jack Pot (1940) – short Please Answer (1940) – short (documentary) You, the People (1940) – short Sucker List (1941) – short Changed Identity (1941) – short A Stranger in Town (1943) Lost Angel (1943) Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945) Boys' Ranch (1946) The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) Killer McCoy (1947) Tenth Avenue Angel (1948) Scene of the Crime (1949) The Outriders (1950) Two Weeks with Love (1950) Excuse My Dust (1951) Bugles in the Afternoon (1952) The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953) Affair with a Stranger (1953) The Moonlighter (1953) Rogue Cop (1954) Witness to Murder (1954) Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954, TV special, with six other directors) Many Rivers to Cross (1955) Hit the Deck (1955) Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) These Wilder Years (1956) Slander (1956) Gun Glory (1957) Seven Hills of Rome (1957) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1959–60, TV series) – also producer The Girl Hunters (1963) – also writer Gunfighters of Casa Grande (1964) Man Called Gringo (1965) The Sea Pirate (1966) – also producer Il grande colpo di Surcouf (1966) Land Raiders (1970) – associate producer only