Henry Rowland (actor)
Henry Rowland was an American film and television actor. He is remembered for his role as Count Kolinko in the Zorro television series.
Biography
Rowland was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His 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.
While Rowland was born in the American Midwest, he was frequently cast as German characters, particularly as Nazis in films made during or, later, about World War II. 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. These included bit part or cameo roles in most of Russ Meyer's 1970s sexploitation films, which included, in addition to Supervixens, ''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens. In the Meyer films, Rowland always depicting a disguised and fictionalized version of Nazi Party official Martin Bormann as a cross-movie running gag.
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, and Gunsmoke''.
He was buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery. 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 – SteersmanEscape – Hotel Bellhop Underground – Paul, Underground Member on Motorcycle International Squadron – German A Yank in the R.A.F. – German Soldier Dangerously They Live – Telegraph Operator Captains of the Clouds – German Pilot Ship Ahoy – Operator Contacting Submarine Pacific Rendezvous – Elevator Operator at Park Hotel The Phantom Plainsmen – LindrickThe Pied Piper – MPBerlin Correspondent – PilotDesperate Journey – German Fighter Pilot Hitler – Dead or Alive – Col. Hecht's Subordinate Casablanca – German Officer Reunion in France – Sentry The Moon Is Down – Capt. LoftEdge of Darkness – Helmut Nazty Nuisance – Nazi Submarine Radio Officer Appointment in Berlin – Radio Operator First Comes Courage – Private Sahara – Captured German Private Paris After Dark – Capt. FranckThe Desert Song – German Officer Resisting Enemy Interrogation – German Sgt. Renser Winged Victory – Flight Surgeon13 Rue Madeleine – Gestapo Man with Kuncel Rendezvous 24 – Otto ManfredThe Searching Wind – Capt. Hetderbreck Gallant Journey – Cornelius Rheinlander Dangerous Millions – Leo Turkan13 Rue Madeleine – Gestapo Man with Kuncel Golden Earrings – SS Trooper Pfeiffer To the Victor – Hermann ZinzerI, Jane Doe – German Lieutenant Rogues' Regiment – Erich Otto HeindorfBattleground – German NCO Port of New York – Sam Harris Bells of Coronado – Foreign Smuggler The Showdown – DutchKing Solomon's Mines – Traum – Safari Client Up Front – Observer Krausmeyer The House on Telegraph Hill – Sergeant, Interpreter Sealed Cargo – First Mate Anderson Ten Tall Men – KurtZombies of the Stratosphere – Dapper Gangster on Plane Wagon Team – Mike McClureOperation Secret – Fritz – German MP Wyoming Roundup – Bill HowardThunderbirds – German Gunner Jungle Drums of Africa – KurganPrince of Pirates – GrebRebel City – HardySiren of Bagdad – Bandit Raider Topeka – Cheated GamblerGun Fury – Second Poker Player All the Brothers Were Valiant – JonesVigilante Terror – Mayor WinchCaptain John Smith and Pocahontas – TurnbullEl Alaméin – Nazi OfficerWyoming Renegades – Elza LayFireman Save My Child – Fireman Return to Treasure Island – WilliamsRing of Fear – Lunch Counter Proprietor The Gambler from Natchez – Gottwald Two Guns and a Badge – Jim Larkin – OutlawPrince of Players – Sergeant The Fast and the Furious – Motorist in ParkUntamed – Rider East of Eden – Helper at Boxcar The Man from Bitter Ridge – Townsman Kiss of Fire – AcostaBobby Ware Is Missing – Construction Foreman Illegal – Jailer The Spoilers – Cole Uranium Boom – HarryAttack – German with BinocularsThe White Squaw – Cowhand Friendly Persuasion – O'Hara The Women of Pitcairn Island – MuskieHot Shots – KarlKelly and Me – Grip The Big Land – Kurt The Girl in the Kremlin – Policeman Gun Duel in Durango – RoyShoot-Out at Medicine Bend – Farmer Hell on Devil's Island – Guard #1 Chicago Confidential – Milt the Bartender Looking for Danger – Sgt. WetzelMy Man Godfrey – Ship Manifest Officer The Young Lions – Sergeant The Beast of Budapest – Radio Voice The Left Handed Gun – Man on Street with Deputy The Case Against Brooklyn – Police Desk Sgt. Street of Darkness – InspectorOfficial Detective "Hired Killer" – Finch Imitation General – German Tank Commander #1 Me and the Colonel – German Captain Wolf Larsen – HendersonToby Tyler – Circus Cook Man on a String – German Radio Dispatcher Seven Ways from Sundown – Sam Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Gestapo Officer 36 Hours – German SoldierMorituri – Crew Member Beyond the Valley of the Dolls – OttoThe Seven Minutes – Yerkes' ButlerDiamonds Are Forever – Dr. Tynan Supervixens – Martin BormannBeneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens – Martin BormannThe Frisco Kid – 1st Farmer – Amish Man