Henry Rowland

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.3847

Gender

Male

Birthday

28-Dec-1913

Age

(113 years old)

Place of Birth

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Also Known As
  • Heinrich Wilhelm von Bock

Henry Rowland

Biography

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


Credits

Rendezvous 24 Rendezvous 24 (1946) Character: Otto Manfred
In a remote, mountainous section of Russian-occupied Germany, there is an elaborate post-war Nazi underground dedicated to the achievement of Hitler's dreams of world supremacy. A group of scientists are working on a method of releasing atom bombs through remote control. The FBI learns of the plot and sends an operative in to foil it.
U-238 and the Witch Doctor U-238 and the Witch Doctor (1966) Character: Kurgan
America mining engineers seek to gain the mining rights for uranium from the African chief & his tribe who control the area they want to mine. Secret foreign forces, who will stop at nothing, try to undermine the chief by winning over his witch doctor who wants to lead his people and gain great wealth.
Kiss of Fire Kiss of Fire (1955) Character: Acosta
In 1700, a Spanish princess travels from New Mexico to California with ruthless outlaw El Tigre as guide.
Edge of Darkness Edge of Darkness (1943) Character: Helmut (uncredited)
The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn. His brother-in-law, the wealthy owner of the local fish cannery, collaborates with the Nazis. The doctor's daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), is involved with the resistance and with its leader Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). The doctor's son has just returned to town, having been sent down from the university, and is soon influenced by his Nazi-sympathizer uncle. Captain Koenig (Helmut Dantine), the young German commandant of the occupying garrison, whose fanatic determination to do everything by the book and spoutings about the invincibility of the Reich hides a growing fear of a local uprising.
Wyoming Renegades Wyoming Renegades (1954) Character: Elza Lay
Brady Sutton returns from three years in prison and tries to go straight. One a member of the Butch Cassidy gang, he is still suspected of being cahoots with them. When Cassidy and his men rob the bank, he is blamed. Escaping from the townspeople, he once again joins up with Cassidy to wait for a chance to help bring him in.
Paris After Dark Paris After Dark (1943) Character: Capt. Franch
Andre Marbel is the upper-class doctor who is able to continue his practice above suspicion even though he is a leader in the French Resistance. His nurse supports his activities, but her Nazi-brainwashed husband provides the tension.
The Pied Piper The Pied Piper (1942) Character: Military Policeman
Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded to take along the two Cavanaugh children, and as his journey progresses his family keeps growing in size. Once in German-occupied northern France a new problem arises — the risk of being heard speaking English.
Desperate Journey Desperate Journey (1942) Character: N/A
A British bomber crew, including Australian (Flynn) and American (Reagan), is shot down over Germany during a bombing run. The five make their way across a perilous Germany, intent on reaching the UK with the war secrets they have learned, battling Nazis along the way.
My Man Godfrey My Man Godfrey (1957) Character: Ship Manifest Officer (uncredited)
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.
Gallant Journey Gallant Journey (1946) Character: Cornelius Rheinlander (uncredited)
Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford.) In 1883 he built a practical glider despite the opposition of his friends, who thought he was crazy, and of his family, who were afraid that his dreams of flying would hurt his father's political ambitions. He pursues his education at Santa Clara University where the Jesuits lend a helping and understanding hand. An earthquake destroys what appears to be a working model for an airplane, but a gold-sorting machine Montgomery invented, and then neglected, promises to provide for his financial needs to keep working on his aircraft until he gets involved in costly lawsuits defending his invention.
Jungle Drums of Africa Jungle Drums of Africa (1953) Character: Kurgan
In Africa, a deceased medical missionary's daughter in Africa carries on her father's work. Before long, she finds herself in danger from crooks and a local witch doctor.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) Character: Otto
An all-girl rock band moves to Hollywood in the hope of achieving success, only to fall into a whirlpool of wickedness and decadence.
Reunion in France Reunion in France (1942) Character: Sentry (uncredited)
Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.
Berlin Correspondent Berlin Correspondent (1942) Character: Pilot
Bill Roberts is an American radio commentator station in Berlin in the months before Pearl Harbor. Having witnessed Nazi brutalities first hand, Roberts hopes to alert his listeners of impending dangers, and does so by sending out coded messages during his broadcasts. The Gestapo begins to suspect something and assigns glamorous secret agent Karen Hauen to spy on Roberts. When she discovers that her own father is supplying Roberts with vital secrets, she turns her back on the Nazis and joins our hero in his efforts.
The Young Lions The Young Lions (1958) Character: Sergeant (uncredited)
The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
The Left Handed Gun The Left Handed Gun (1958) Character: Man on Street with Deputy (uncredited)
When a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.
Casablanca Casablanca (1943) Character: German Officer (uncredited)
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
The Girl in the Kremlin The Girl in the Kremlin (1957) Character: Policeman (uncredited)
In Moscow 1953, four terrified women prisoners are brought before Joseph Stalin, who chooses the beautiful Dasha. He punishes her by shaving off her long hair. Moments later, a plastic surgeon leads Stalin into the operating room and transforms his face so that he is unrecognizable. He vanishes, but OSS agent Steve Anderson searches for him in Europe.
The Fast and the Furious The Fast and the Furious (1954) Character: Motorist in Park
A framed man escapes prison and takes a wealthy woman's Jaguar with her in it. After she tries to escape numerous times, they begin to develop feelings for each other, and enter a road race that ends in Mexico.
I, Jane Doe I, Jane Doe (1948) Character: German Lieutenant
While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The French woman follows him to America only to discover he’s already married to a successful lawyer.
To the Victor To the Victor (1948) Character: Hermann Zinzer
An American serviceman remains in France after WWII and becomes a black marketeer.
Dangerously They Live Dangerously They Live (1941) Character: Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
A New York City doctor tries to rescue a young woman from Nazi agents.
The Frisco Kid The Frisco Kid (1979) Character: 1st Farmer (Amish Man)
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953) Character: Turnbull
With the help of Pocahontas, Captain John Smith overcomes the treachery of some of his men and resentment of the local Native Americans to establish the colony of Jamestown.
Winged Victory Winged Victory (1944) Character: Flight Surgeon
Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the five struggle through the rigid training and grueling tests involved in becoming pilots. Not all of them succeed, and tragedy awaits for some.
Sahara Sahara (1943) Character: Captured German Private (uncredited)
In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.
Rebel City Rebel City (1953) Character: Hardy
Wild Bill Elliot plays gambler Frank Graham, who heads to Kansas in search of his father's murderer. This being 1864, the local military presence is more preoccupied with keeping Southern sympathizers out of the state to worry about Graham's problems. Thus, our hero undertakes the task of exposing the killer himself.
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960) Character: Circus Cook
Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isn't all fun and games when the evil candy vendor, Harry Tupper, convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel don't love him or want him back. Toby resigns himself to circus life, but when he finally realizes that Tupper lied to him, and that his aunt and uncle truly love him, Toby happily returns home once again.
All the Brothers Were Valiant All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) Character: Jones
In the South Pacific islands, two brothers, one good and one bad, fight over the same girl and over a bag of pearls.
The Case Against Brooklyn The Case Against Brooklyn (1958) Character: N/A
A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.
Safari Safari (1940) Character: Steersman
Millionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for their hunting trip in the jungle. Linda finds unplanned adventure in her sudden love for Jim, ultimately forsaking her future with the Baron for the joys of true love.
The Phantom Plainsmen The Phantom Plainsmen (1942) Character: Lindrick
In 1937 the life in out West has not changed much. The boys are working at the Wyoming ranch of Captain Marvin herding horses which he sells to Kurt Redman. Marvin will not sell any horses to any army, but the boys find out that Redman is a German agent shipping the horses directly to the Third Reich. When Marvin tries to stop Redman, his son Tad, who is studying medicine in Germany, is arrested and held hostage. Marvin must fire the boys as the sneaky German agents take over the ranch, but the boys will not give up their attempt to stop them.
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend (1957) Character: Farmer (uncredited)
In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his henchmen raid the wagon trains passing through the region.
Hitler- Dead or Alive Hitler- Dead or Alive (1942) Character: Col. Hecht's Subordinate (uncredited)
A team of ex-con bounty hunters go to Germany in search of Hitler. If they can find him, a million dollar reward is to be paid to them.
Uranium Boom Uranium Boom (1956) Character: Harry
Ex-lumberjack Brad Collins and mining engineer Grady Mathews find uranium in the Colorado badlands. While Grady guards the claim, Brad goes to register it in town, where he meets and marries Jean Williams. Returning to the claim, Brad learns that Jean was once Grady's fiancée. Grady, as one would expect, is somewhat put out and leaves the mine in Brad's hands, while he hooks up with a confidence man and engineers a scheme to break the back of Brad's somewhat rapidly-created mining empire.
King Solomon's Mines King Solomon's Mines (1950) Character: Traum - Safari Client (uncredited)
Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
Prince of Pirates Prince of Pirates (1953) Character: Greb
In a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with his younger brother, Prince Roland, who favors a treaty with the French. Stephan orders Roland imprisoned but Roland escapes and leads a revolt.
Looking for Danger Looking for Danger (1957) Character: Sgt. Wetzel
Sach and the gang fool Nazis and a sultan in North Africa.
The Moon Is Down The Moon Is Down (1943) Character: Capt. Loft
The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.
El Alaméin El Alaméin (1953) Character: Nazi Officer
A small group of men and a tank stave off a German attack in a Bedouin desert during World War II.
Supervixens Supervixens (1975) Character: Martin Bormann
Clint must flee after his wife is killed by a psychopathic cop, who tries to pin the murder on him.
Two Guns and a Badge Two Guns and a Badge (1954) Character: Jim Larkin - Outlaw
In the last of his four western programmers for Allied Artists, Wayne Morris plays frontiersman Jim Bisby. Mistaken for a notorious gunslinger, Jim is appointed deputy sheriff of a wide-open cattle town. Playing along, our hero gets down to business -- and by the time his true identity is revealed, it hardly matters, since most of the bad guys are pushing up daisies on boot hill.
Escape Escape (1940) Character: Hotel Bellhop (uncredited)
An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.
The House on Telegraph Hill The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) Character: Sergeant, Interpreter (uncredited)
Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.
Underground Underground (1941) Character: Paul
A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, whom are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries to convince him of the immoral stance that marches under the symbol of the swastika.
The Asphalt Jungle The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Character: Frank Schurz - Doc's Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
Zorro, the Avenger Zorro, the Avenger (1959) Character: Count Kolinko
Masked crusader Zorro and his father, Don Alejandro, face off against mysterious despot The Eagle in a fight for control of old Spanish California.
Vigilante Terror Vigilante Terror (1953) Character: Mayor Winch
Vigilante Terror was one of the last of the "Wild Bill" Elliot westerns for Columbia. This time, Elliot comes to rescue an imperiled storekeeper. A band of masked vigilantes is laying waste to the countryside, and the storekeeper is blamed. Wild Bill saves the day by going undercover -- or under hood, as it were
Diamonds Are Forever Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Character: Dr. Tynan (uncredited)
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.
Hot Shots Hot Shots (1956) Character: Karl
Sach and the gang baby-sit a bratty TV star.
Golden Earrings Golden Earrings (1947) Character: SS Trooper Pfeiffer (uncredited)
A British colonel escapes from the Gestapo to the Black Forest and poses as a Gypsy's mate.
36 Hours 36 Hours (1964) Character: German Soldier
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
Topeka Topeka (1953) Character: Cheated Gambler
Bill Elliot emulates his idol William S. Hart in the superior western Topeka. Elliot plays the archetypal Good Bad Man, hired to kick the crooked element out of a small town. A hard-drinking, hard-living man, Elliot entertains thoughts of taking over the town himself for the benefit of his own gang. After several reels of soul-searching, Elliot decides to honor his promise to clean up the town for its decent citizens. Evidently director Thomas Carr rented a camera crane for this Allied Artists production, since the camera performs remarkable calisthenics, the kind not normally seen in a medium-budget western.
Wagon Team Wagon Team (1952) Character: Mike McClure
Gene Autry is back in the saddle again as an undercover detective in this action-packed Western complete with a showdown. Gene poses as a jailbird to wangle the truth from a boy (Dick Jones) suspected of stealing an Army payroll. When the youngster escapes from lockup and rejoins his family's medicine show, intrigue is in the wind as Gene tries to solve the mystery of the missing money and to save the lad from a vicious mob. Pat Buttram co-stars.
The Women of Pitcairn Island The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956) Character: Muskie
The widows and children of survivors of the H.M.S. Bounty rule Pitcairn Island, fighting off sailors and intruders.
Wyoming Roundup Wyoming Roundup (1952) Character: Bill Howard
When newcomers Whip and Bob break up a saloon fight they are made town Marshals. This puts then in the middle of the range war between large ranch owner Howard and the small ranchers. Everyone thinks Howard is the culprit but Whip believes otherwise.
The Showdown The Showdown (1950) Character: Dutch
Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has the ruthless determination to find and kill the man who shot his brother in the back and stole the money with which he was to buy a ranch for the two of them. At the saloon-hotel run by Adelaide, Shadrach is convinced that one of the cowhands on the Captain McKellar cattle drive to Montana is his man. He takes the job of trail-herd boss to find the killer. McKellar preaches to Jones that he should forget revenge and let the law of retribution take care of the killer. Shadrach's hard driving of the men and his hunt for the killer makes him bitterly hated, and his retribution quest ends in a manner he did not anticipated.
The Searching Wind The Searching Wind (1946) Character: Capt. Hetderbreck
Always the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie Bowman wants him to be more decisive and leaves him in Rome just as Mussolini is coming to power. There Alex marries Emily, daughter of a newspaper publisher who hires Cassie for his Paris bureau -- just before retiring from active management of his paper. Alex and Emily's son Sam, recently returned from active duty in World War II, learns the whole story one night in Washington when Emily invites Cassie to dinner. Sam has a story to tell, too.
First Comes Courage First Comes Courage (1943) Character: Private
Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies land an assassin to kill him -- an assassin who happens to be her former lover.
Dangerous Millions Dangerous Millions (1946) Character: Leo Turkan
Eight strangers meet in Shanghai to stake claims to the fortune of a late shipping magnate, then must evade a murderer in their midst.
East of Eden East of Eden (1955) Character: Helper at Boxcar (uncredited)
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.
Gun Duel in Durango Gun Duel in Durango (1957) Character: Roy
A former outlaw must prove himself innocent after he's accused of bank robbery. Western.
Friendly Persuasion Friendly Persuasion (1956) Character: O'Hara (uncredited)
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?
Pandora Peaks Pandora Peaks (2004) Character: N/A
A dialogue-free documentary on former magazine model Pandora Peaks, with narration by Peaks and Meyer.
Return to Treasure Island Return to Treasure Island (1954) Character: Williams
There's something to be said for finishing what you've started. That's why the gentile Captain Long John Silver is heading back to Treasure Island to see if he can unearth the cache of riches buried there by his colleague, Captain Flint. At the same time, he also hopes to bring to safety the governor's daughter and a young boy abducted by El Toro.
Rogues' Regiment Rogues' Regiment (1948) Character: Erich Otto Heindorf
A post World War 2, US Army agent is assigned to join the Foreign Legion in search of high ranking Nazi war criminal who may have also enlisted.
Chicago Confidential Chicago Confidential (1957) Character: Milt (uncredited)
In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union.
Illegal Illegal (1955) Character: Jailer (uncredited)
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
Ten Tall Men Ten Tall Men (1951) Character: Kurt
Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's outpost of Tarfa. Kincaid volunteers to lead nine other Legionnaires on a mission to delay Hussin's attack till reinforcements arrive. When he discovers that Hussin plans to marry Mahla, a girl from a rival tribe, in order to build a coalition against the French, Kincaid kidnaps Mahla. Hussin forcefully takes her back, but by now his planned attack on Tarfa is crumbling and Mahla has begun to fall in love with Kincaid.
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979) Character: Martin Bormann
Believe it or not, even Smalltown USA, those unfulfilled and unrelieved in the midst of plenty reside. Levonna and Lamar could have the perfect relationship, were it not for Lamar's obsession with rear entry.
Seven Ways from Sundown Seven Ways from Sundown (1960) Character: N/A
A Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy bounty-hunters on the way back to jail.



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