From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Rowland Vance Lee born September 6 1891 Findlay Ohio died December 21 1975 Palm Desert California was a US film actor director writer and producer His acting profession was fairly short lived His main profession was directing but he would write scripts on occasion He worked at Fox Paramount Warners and RKO Lee directed the 1940 blackandwhite film The Son of Monte Cristo starring Louis Hayward Joan Bennett and George Sanders He was one of the 11 codirectors of Paramount Pictures allstar revue Paramount on Parade 1930 He also directed The Guilty Generation 1931 Zoo in Budapest 1933 Son of Frankenstein 1939 The Tower of London 1939 and The Bridge of San Luis Rey 1944 He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Description above from the Wikipedia article Rowland V Lee licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia