Roland Van Ziemer
Sign | Pisces |
Born | Feb 20, 1885 Cleveland, OH |
Died | Mar 31, 1952 Santa Monica, CA |
Age | Died at 67 |
Roland West | |
Job | Director, Producer |
Top Genres | Drama, Mystery, Silent Films, Crime, Horror, Comedy |
Top Topics | Pre-Code Cinema, Based on Play, Gangsters |
Top Collaborators | Chester Morris, Al Hill, DeWitt Jennings, Johnny Arthur |
Shares birthday with | Sidney Poitier, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Richard Beymer see more.. |
Roland West Overview:
Director, Roland West, was born Roland Van Ziemer on Feb 20, 1885 in Cleveland, OH. West died at the age of 67 on Mar 31, 1952 in Santa Monica, CA .
MINI BIO:
West directed 14 films between 1916 and and 1931, most notably The Monster (1925) starring Lon Chaney, The Bat (1926) which was based on the 1920 series and play by Mary Roberts Rinehart, and Alibi (1929) for which Chester Morris was nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award.
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