Henry Rowland
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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
Acting
Movie
Casablanca
as German Officer (uncredited)
1943
Movie
Diamonds Are Forever
as Dr. Tynan (uncredited)
1971
Movie
East of Eden
as Helper at Boxcar (uncredited)
1955
Movie
The Asphalt Jungle
as Frank Schurz (uncredited)
1950
TV
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Movie
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
as Otto
1970
TV
Zorro
1957
Movie
The Frisco Kid
as 1st Farmer (Amish Man)
1979
Movie
Supervixens
as Martin Bormann
1975
Movie
Sahara
as Captured German Private (uncredited)
1943
Movie
The Young Lions
as Sergeant (uncredited)
1958
Movie
Friendly Persuasion
as O'Hara (uncredited)
1956
TV
Perry Mason
as Watchman
1957
TV
The Untouchables
as Behrendt
1959
Movie
King Solomon's Mines
as Traum - Safari Client (uncredited)
1950
Movie
The Left Handed Gun
as Man on Street with Deputy (uncredited)
1958
Movie
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
as Martin Bormann
1979
TV
Gunsmoke
as Smithy
1955
TV
Gunsmoke
as Frank
1955
TV
Combat!
as Col. Hoffman
1962
Movie
36 Hours
as German Soldier
1964
Movie
The House on Telegraph Hill
as Sergeant, Interpreter (uncredited)
1951
TV
Adventures of Superman
1952
TV
Mister Ed
1961
