Henry Rowland (actor)

Henry Rowland (December 28, 1913 - April 26, 1984) was an American film actor.

Biography

Rowland (born Wolfram Von Bock) had heavily Teutonic facial features, making him an invaluable commodity in wartime films, even though he was born in the American Midwest. Rowland "heiled" and "achtunged" his way through a variety of films, ranging from Casablanca to Russ Meyer's Supervixens. Conversely, he showed up as an American flight surgeon in 1944's Winged Victory, billed under his Army rank as Corporal Henry Rowland. In his last years, Rowland had continued playing such Germanic characters as the Amish farmer in The Frisco Kid (1975). He appeared six times on the western series Annie Oakley, starring Gail Davis and Brad Johnson.

He was also cast in Brave Eagle, Fury, The Lone Ranger, Zorro, The Rifleman, Tales of Wells Fargo (the episode "Laredo"), and Gunsmoke.

For his contribution to the television industry, Henry Rowland has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6328 Hollywood Boulevard.

Selected filmography

• Safari (Uncredited, 1940)
• Escape (Uncredited, 1940)
• Underground (Uncredited, 1941)
• International Squadron (Uncredited, 1941)
• A Yank in the R.A.F. (Uncredited, 1941)
• Casablanca (Uncredited, 1942)
• Berlin Correspondent (1942)
• The Phantom Plainsmen (1942)
• Paris After Dark (1943)
• The Moon Is Down (Uncredited, 1943)
• Winged Victory (Uncredited, 1944)
• Golden Earrings (Uncredited, 1947)
• Battleground (Uncredited, 1949)
• Port of New York (Uncredited, 1949)
• The Asphalt Jungle (Uncredited, 1950)
• Siren of Bagdad (Uncredited, 1953) - Bandit Raider
• Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953) - Turnbull
• The Fast and the Furious (Uncredited, 1955)
• Hot Shots (Uncredited, 1955)
• Friendly Persuasion (Uncredited, 1956)
• Uranium Boom (1956)
• Attack (1956)
• The Left Handed Gun (Uncredited, 1958)
• The Young Lions (Uncredited, 1958)
• Toby Tyler (Uncredited, 1960) - Circus Cook
• Morituri (Uncredited, 1965))
• 36 Hours (1965)
• Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
• The Seven Minutes (1971)
• Diamonds Are Forever (Dr. Tynan, 1971)
• Supervixens (1975)
• The Frisco Kid (1979)
• Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979)

External links

• Henry Rowland at the Internet Movie Database
• Henry Rowland at Find a Grave