Pleasant Rowland Wiki: Nationality, Height, Measurements, Wedding

Known for movies

Mr. Willis Thackery / Willis Thackery / Mr. Thackery

Short Info

Net Worth	$300 million
Date Of Birth	1941
Fact	Portrayed a number of famous historical figures in several Warner Bros. shorts during his long career, including Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson and Robert E. Lee. The film Give Me Liberty (1936) with Litel as Henry won an Academy Award for best short. In it he managed to recite a long and complicated speech in one take. His short film on Jefferson entitled The Declaration of Independence (1938) also won an Oscar.

Pleasant Rowland is an American educator, author, and businesswoman. She is the founder of the American Girl doll franchise.

Rowland was born on October 13, 1943, in Buffalo, New York. She is the only child of John and Ruth Rowland. Her father was an engineer and her mother was a homemaker. Rowland’s parents divorced when she was four years old, and she was raised by her mother.

Rowland attended public schools in Buffalo and graduated from high school in 1961. She then enrolled at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Rowland graduated from Allegheny College in 1965 with a bachelor’s degree in English.

After college, Rowland taught English at a high school in Chicago for two years. She then returned to her hometown of Buffalo and took a job as a reporter for the Buffalo Evening News. In 1968, Rowland married Robert N. American Girl was founded in 1986 with the release of the first doll, Samantha Parkington. The company has since released dolls representing different periods and cultures, as well as books, movies, and other products.

Rowland has been married three times. She has two daughters from her first marriage, which ended in divorce. Rowland has been married to American businessman Michael J. Shore since 1992.

Rowland has an estimated net worth of $400 million.

General Info

Full Name	Pleasant Rowland
Net Worth	$300 million
Date Of Birth	1941
Profession	Entrepreneur, Writer, Businessperson
Education	Wells College
Nationality	American

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0514344

Facts

#	Fact
1	His body was donated to University of Southern California.
2	Retired in 1967 due to ill health.
3	Portrayed a number of famous historical figures in several Warner Bros. shorts during his long career, including Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson and Robert E. Lee. The film Give Me Liberty (1936) with Litel as Henry won an Academy Award for best short. In it he managed to recite a long and complicated speech in one take. His short film on Jefferson entitled The Declaration of Independence (1938) also won an Oscar.

Pictures

Movies

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Gambling on the High Seas	1940		U.S. District Attorney
Murder in the Air	1940		Saxby
Men Without Souls	1940		Reverend Thomas Storm
Flight Angels	1940		Dr. Barclay
An Angel from Texas	1940		Quigley
It All Came True	1940		Mr. Roberts
Virginia City	1940		Marshall
Castle on the Hudson	1940		Chaplain
The Fighting 69th	1940		Captain Mangan
A Child Is Born	1939		Dr. Brett
The Return of Doctor X	1939		Dr. Francis Flegg
One Hour to Live	1939		Rudolph Spain
On Dress Parade	1939		Col. Michael Riker
Dust Be My Destiny	1939		Prosecutor
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase	1939		Carson Drew
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter	1939		Carson Drew
Dodge City	1939		Matt Cole
On Trial	1939		Robert Strickland
You Can't Get Away with Murder	1939		Attorney Carey
Secret Service of the Air	1939		Saxby
Nancy Drew... Reporter	1939		Carson Drew
Wings of the Navy	1939		Commander Clark
Comet Over Broadway	1938		Bill Appleton
The Declaration of Independence	1938	Short	Thomas Jefferson
Nancy Drew: Detective	1938		Carson Drew
Broadway Musketeers	1938		Stanley 'Stan' Dowling
Valley of the Giants	1938		Hendricks
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse	1938		Prosecuting Attorney
My Bill	1938		John Rudlin
Little Miss Thoroughbred	1938		Nelson 'Nails' Morgan
Over the Wall	1938		Father Neil Connor
Love, Honor and Behave	1938		Jim Blake
Jezebel	1938		Jean La Cour
A Slight Case of Murder	1938		Post
Gold Is Where You Find It	1938		Ralph Ferris
Missing Witnesses	1937		Inspector Lane
The Man Without a Country	1937	Short	Lt. Philip Nolan
Alcatraz Island	1937		Garrett Sloane aka 'Gat' Brady
Back in Circulation	1937		Dr. Eugene Forde
The Life of Emile Zola	1937		Charpentier
Slim	1937		Wyatt Ranstead
Marked Woman	1937		Gordon
Midnight Court	1937		Victor Shanley
Black Legion	1937		Tommy Smith
Give Me Liberty	1936	Short	Patrick Henry
Fugitive in the Sky	1936		Mike Phelan - aka Roger Johnson
Wayward	1932		Robert 'Bob' Daniels
On the Border	1930		Dave (as John B. Litel)
Oh Darling!	1930	Short
Don't Believe It	1930	Short
Always Faithful	1929	Short	Wayne (as John B. Litel)
Finders Keepers	1929	Short as John B. Litel
The Flattering Word	1929	Short	Dr. Loring Wrigley
The Sleeping Porch	1929	Short
Kisses	1929	Short	Charlie
The Road West	1967	TV Series	Judge
Nevada Smith	1966		Doctor
The Sons of Katie Elder	1965		Minister
The Virginian	1963-1965	TV Series	Wade Hammill / Lawyer / Finley
Branded	1965	TV Series	Gen. James Reed
Vacation Playhouse	1964	TV Series	Albert P. Leviathan
Wagon Train	1964	TV Series	Dr. Phineas Burke
The Gun Hawk	1963		Drunk - Madden's father
Route 66	1963	TV Series	Mr. School
The Dick Powell Theatre	1962-1963	TV Series	Floyd Maxwell
Rawhide	1961-1962	TV Series	James Whitcomb / Jim Rye
Wide Country	1962	TV Series	Fred Winkler
Cheyenne	1959-1962	TV Series	Mike Ainley / Vincent Claiborn
77 Sunset Strip	1958-1962	TV Series	Distinguished Visitor / Cyrus Blanton / Colonel Richard Gaunt
Hazel	1962	TV Series	Mr. Wheeler
Perry Mason	1962	TV Series	Judge
Lover Come Back	1961		Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles	1961		Police Inspector McCrary
Bonanza	1959-1961	TV Series	Mayor George Goshen / Judge Jeremy Clarence Billington
Have Gun - Will Travel	1961	TV Series	Sheriff John Armstedder
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	1961		Vice-Adm. B.J. Crawford
Stagecoach West	1960-1961	TV Series	Dan Murchison
General Electric Theater	1954-1960	TV Series	Frank Hobbs / Phillip Saunders
Shotgun Slade	1960	TV Series	the Sheriff
Lock Up	1960	TV Series	Harvey Calder
Bronco	1960	TV Series	Marshal Matt Sample
Wanted: Dead or Alive	1958-1960	TV Series	Clint Davis / Asa Morgan / Judge George Healy
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	1960	TV Series	Capt. David Rowland
Maverick	1957-1960	TV Series	Ellsworth Greeley / Judge Somervell / Judge Joshua Thayer
Hawaiian Eye	1960	TV Series	Edward DeLong
Zorro	1958-1959	TV Series	The Governor
The Restless Gun	1958-1959	TV Series	Tom Cauter / Father Luke / McClelland Burke
Sugarfoot	1957-1959	TV Series	Archie Crenshaw / Hank Tatum
Zane Grey Theater	1959	TV Series	Sheriff Martin Calder
Cimarron City	1958	TV Series	Judge Platt
Houseboat	1958		Mr. William Farnsworth
Climax!	1958	TV Series	Judge
Trackdown	1958	TV Series	Judge Henry
Colt .45	1958	TV Series	Hosea Tillery
Hey, Jeannie!	1958	TV Series	Mr. Mears
Decision at Sundown	1957		Charles Summerton
The Hired Gun	1957		Mace Beldon
Date with the Angels	1957	TV Series	Mr. Taylor
Tales of Wells Fargo	1957	TV Series	Floyd Schaeffer
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour	1957	TV Series	Sheriff
Runaway Daughters	1956		George Barton
Chevron Hall of Stars	1956	TV Series	Dunthorpe
Star Stage	1956	TV Series
Comanche	1956		Gen. Nelson A. Miles
The Wild Dakotas	1956		Morgan Wheeler
Texas Lady	1955		Meade Moore
Cavalcade of America	1952-1955	TV Series	Dr. Silkworth
The Kentuckian	1955		Pleasant Tuesday Babson
The Man Behind the Badge	1955	TV Series	Postal Investigator Pauling
Double Jeopardy	1955		Emmett Devery
The Star and the Story	1955	TV Series	Emery Summers
Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson	1954-1955	TV Series
I Love Lucy	1954	TV Series	Harvey Cromwell
Sitting Bull	1954		Gen. Wilford Howell
Lux Video Theatre	1954	TV Series	Dr. Robbins
City Detective	1954	TV Series	Jeff
Four Star Playhouse	1953	TV Series	Mayor / Van Alten
Jack Slade	1953		Judge Davidson
My Hero	1952-1953	TV Series	Mr. Willis Thackery / Willis Thackery / Mr. Thackery
Montana Belle	1952		Matt Towner
Scaramouche	1952		Dr. Dubuque
Jet Job	1952		Sam Bentley
Gruen Guild Theater	1952	TV Series
Flight to Mars	1951		Dr. Lane
Two Dollar Bettor	1951		John Hewitt
Little Egypt	1951		Shuster
Take Care of My Little Girl	1951		John Erickson (uncredited)
The Texas Rangers	1951		Major John B. Jones
The Groom Wore Spurs	1951		Uncle George
Cuban Fireball	1951		Pomeroy Sr.
The Fuller Brush Girl	1950		Mr. Watkins
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye	1950		Police Chief Sam Tolgate
Woman in Hiding	1950		John Chandler
The Sundowners	1950		John Gall
Mary Ryan, Detective	1949		Police Captain Billings
Rusty's Birthday	1949		Hugh Mitchell
The Gal Who Took the West	1949		Colonel Logan
Outpost in Morocco	1949		Col. Pascal
Rusty Saves a Life	1949		Hugh Mitchell
Shamrock Hill	1949		Ralph Judson
The Valiant Hombre	1948		Lon Lansdell
Rusty Leads the Way	1948		Hugh Mitchell
Triple Threat	1948		Coach Snyder
Pitfall	1948		District Attorney
Key Largo	1948		Dispatcher (uncredited)
I, Jane Doe	1948		Horton
Smart Woman	1948		Clark
My Dog Rusty	1948		Hugh Mitchell
Curiosity Shop: The Story of the Aluminum Research Laboratory	1948	Short
Cass Timberlane	1947		Webb Wargate
Christmas Eve	1947		Joe Bland, FBI Agent
Heaven Only Knows	1947		Reverend Wainwright
The Guilty	1947		Alex Tremholt
The Beginning or the End	1947		K.T. Keller
Easy Come, Easy Go	1947		Tom Clancy
Lighthouse	1947		Hank Armitage
Swell Guy	1946		Arthur Tyler
Sister Kenny	1946		Medical Director
The Return of Rusty	1946		Hugh Mitchell
She Wrote the Book	1946		Dean Fowler
Night in Paradise	1946		Archon
The Madonna's Secret	1946		Police Lt. Roberts
Smooth as Silk	1946		Stephen Elliott
San Antonio	1945		Charlie Bell
The Enchanted Forest	1945		Ed Henderson
Northwest Trail	1945		Sergeant Means
The Daltons Ride Again	1945		Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon
The Crimson Canary	1945		Roger Quinn
The Crime Doctor's Warning	1945		Inspector Dawes
Salome Where She Danced	1945		General Lee
Brewster's Millions	1945		Swearengen Jones
Lake Placid Serenade	1944		Walter Benda
Faces in the Fog	1944		Dr. Mason
Murder in the Blue Room	1944		Frank Baldrich
My Buddy	1944		Father Jim Donnelly
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret	1944		Mr. Sam Aldrich
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid	1944		Mr. Sam Aldrich
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout	1944		Mr. Sam Aldrich
Where Are Your Children?	1943		Judge Edmonds
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House	1943		Mr. Sam Aldrich
So Proudly We Hail!	1943		Dr. Harrison
Submarine Base	1943		James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart
Henry Aldrich Swings It	1943		Mr. Sam Aldrich
Crime Doctor	1943		Emilio Caspari
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour	1943		Mr. Sam Aldrich
Murder in Times Square	1943		Dr. Blaine
Paramount Victory Short No. T2-4: The Aldrich Family Gets in the Scrap	1943	Short	Mr. Aldrich
Madame Spy	1942		Peter Rolf
The Boss of Big Town	1942		Michael Lynn
Henry Aldrich, Editor	1942		Mr. Sam Aldrich
Invisible Agent	1942		John Gardiner
Men of Texas	1942		Colonel Colbert Scott
For the Common Defense!	1942	Short	Subprefect Santiago Castillo
Henry and Dizzy	1942		Mr. Aldrich
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen	1942		Norman Hadley
Mystery of Marie Roget	1942		M. Henri Beauvais
Kid Glove Killer	1942		Matty
Mississippi Gambler	1942		Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel
Soldiers in White	1942	Short	Maj. Charles Anthony
Don Winslow of the Navy	1942		Spencer Merlin
Sealed Lips	1942		Fred M. Morton / Mike Rofano
They Died with Their Boots On	1941		General Phil Sheridan
Henry Aldrich for President	1941		Mr. Aldrich
Thieves Fall Out	1941		Tim Gordon
The Big Boss	1941		Bob Dugan
The Great Mr. Nobody	1941		John Wade
The Trial of Mary Dugan	1941		Mr. West
Father's Son	1941		William Emory
March On, Marines	1940	Short	Colonel Myers
Santa Fe Trail	1940		Martin
Lady with Red Hair	1940		Charles Bryant
Father Is a Prince	1940		Dr. Mark Stone
Knute Rockne All American	1940		Committee Chairman
Money and the Woman	1940		Jerremy 'Jerry ' Helm, Bank Manager
They Drive by Night	1940		Harry McNamara
The Man Who Talked Too Much	1940		District Attorney Dickson

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Nancy Drew... Reporter	1939	performer: "Pretty Baby" 1916, "Good Night, Ladies" - uncredited

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Rendezvous in Space	1964	Documentary short	Priest on street (uncredited)
Divide and Conquer	1943	Documentary	Narrator (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938	1938	Documentary short	Inspector Lane (Missing Witnesses outtakes) (uncredited)

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	1983	Documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Branded	1965	TV Series	Gen. James Reed
My Country 'Tis of Thee	1950	Documentary short	Patrick Henry (uncredited)
March On, America!	1942	Short	Patrick Henry (uncredited)
The Tanks Are Coming	1941	Short	Thomas Jefferson
The Bill of Rights	1939	Short	Patrick Henry (edited from "Give Me Liberty") (uncredited)
Old Glory	1939	Short	Patrick Henry (uncredited)
Land of Liberty	1939