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Henry Rowland

Henry Rowland

Birthday: 1913-12-28 | Place of Birth:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Rowland (born Heinrich Wilhelm von Bock; December 28, 1913 – April 26, 1984) was an American film and television actor. Rowland's father left Germany before World War I began and became a professor of German at the University of Nebraska. Following the war, Rowland was educated in Germany through the secondary level. He returned to the United States and studied acting in Pasadena. Rowland 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 (1979). 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. CLR

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1979
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

as    Martin Bormann

1959
Zorro, the Avenger

as    Count Kolinko

1956
Uranium Boom

as    Harry

1954
Return to Treasure Island

as    Williams

1952
Wagon Team

as    Mike McClure

1950
The Showdown

as    Dutch

1948
Rogues' Regiment

as    Erich Otto Heindorf

1943
Paris After Dark

as    Capt. Franch

1942
The Phantom Plainsmen

as    Lindrick