Roy Rowland (film director)

Roy Rowland
BornDecember 31, 1910
DiedJune 29, 1995(1995-06-29) (aged 84)
Occupation(s)Film director, producer

Roy Rowland (December 31, 1910 – June 29, 1995)[1] 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 5000 Fingers of Doctor T, and The Girl Hunters.[2] 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.

  1. ^ Bergan, Ronald (3 August 1995). "Roy Rowland: Making movies in the shadows". The Guardian. p. 11.
  2. ^ All Movie biography