Henry Rowland (actor)

Henry Rowland
Born	Wolfram Von Bock (1913-09-24)September 24, 1913 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	Northridge, California, U.S.
Resting place	Los Angeles National Cemetery
Other names	Henry Roland, Cpl. Henry Rowland
Years active	1940-1979

Henry Rowland (December 28, 1913 – April 26, 1984) was an American film and television 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 the television series Brave Eagle, Fury, The Lone Ranger, Zorro, The Rifleman, Tales of Wells Fargo (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.

Partial filmography

• Safari (1940)
• Escape (1940) (uncredited)
• Underground (1941) (uncredited)
• International Squadron (1941) (uncredited)
• A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941) (uncredited)
• Dangerously They Live (1941) (uncredited)
• Captains of the Clouds (1942) (uncredited)
• The Phantom Plainsmen (1942)
• The Pied Piper (1942)
• Berlin Correspondent (1942)
• Casablanca (1942) (uncredited)
• The Moon Is Down (1943)
• Sahara (1943) (uncredited)
• Paris After Dark (1943)
• Winged Victory (1944)
• 13 Rue Madeleine (1947) (uncredited)
• Golden Earrings (1947) (uncredited)
• Battleground (1949) (uncredited)
• Port of New York (1949) (uncredited)
• The Asphalt Jungle (1950) (uncredited)
• King Solomon's Mines (1950) (uncredited)
• The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) (uncredited)
• Ten Tall Men (1951)
• Siren of Bagdad (1953) (uncredited)
• All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
• Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)
• Return to Treasure Island (1954)
• The Fast and the Furious (1955)
• Uranium Boom (1956)
• Attack (1956)
• Hot Shots (1955)
• The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956)
• Friendly Persuasion (1956) (uncredited)
• My Man Godfrey (1957) (uncredited)
• The Young Lions (1958) (uncredited)
• The Left Handed Gun (1958) (uncredited)
• Toby Tyler (1960) (uncredited)
• 36 Hours (1964)
• Morituri (1965)) (uncredited)
• Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
• The Seven Minutes (1971)
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971) (uncredited)
• Supervixens (1975)
• Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979)
• The Frisco Kid (1979)

External links

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