- Father of actor Steve Rowland
- Former University of Southern California law student, who joined MGM as script clerk and had the good fortune to marry the niece of Louis B. Mayer. After directing a series of short featurettes during the 1930s, he moved up to feature films (MGM contract, 1943-51 and 1954-58). Most were B-movies, but he occasionally handled such A-graders as Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945) and Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956). After leaving MGM, he made a trio of spaghetti westerns in Italy.
- Contrary to popular websites, his birth year is 1902, not 1910.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content