Stephen Jacob Rowland (born September 3, 1932, in Los Angeles, California)[1] is an American singer, columnist, record producer and actor.
In 1950s, Hollywood, he acted in thirty five TV shows such as The Rifleman, Bonanza, Wanted: Dead or Alive and a two-year role in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.
Film appearances included co-starring roles in Gun Glory with Stewart Granger; Crime in the Streets with John Cassavetes and Sal Mineo, the original The Thin Red Line with Keir Dullea and Jack Warden, Gunfighters of Casa Grande with Alex Nicol as well as Battle of the Bulge with Henry Fonda; the latter three films shot in Spain.
The lure of the exciting British music scene of the Swinging Sixties brought him to London, where he produced thirteen Top Ten hits for Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich.
At the end of 1993 Rowland became a director of Pavilion Studios forming a production company working with a number of young DJs, producers, artistes and programmers.