Roy Rowland (film director)

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 ==References==