Layne Tom Jr.
Layne Tom Jr.( June 19, 1927 – January 14, 2015) was an American actor.
He holds the sole distinction of having played three different Charlie Chan sons: as Charlie Chan Jr. in" Charlie Chan at the Olympics"( 1937), as Tommy Chan in" Charlie Chan in Honolulu"( 1938), and in 1940's" Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise" as Willie Chan, Chan's number seven son.
He also appeared with child star Shirley Temple in" Stowaway"( 1936) as an uncredited Chinese Boy in the Musical Band.
He was credited as Mako with Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, and C. Aubrey Smith in" The Hurricane( 1937)", and as an uncredited extra in" San Francisco"( 1936) with stars Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, and Spencer Tracy.
After he got out of the Navy when World War II ended, he turned down a five- year movie contract with Monogram Pictures to go to college instead to become an architect.
He only returned to show business to film two documentaries about Charlie Chan: and" Legacy of Charlie Chan" as himself.
His daughter Kiana Tom is a television host, star of" Kiana's Flex Appeal" fitness series and one of the most widely recognized fitness experts in the world.
Charlie Chan in London
Charlie Chan in London is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde.
The film stars Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.
This is the sixth film produced by Fox with Warner Oland as the detective, and the second not to be lost, after" The Black Camel"( 1931).
Robert Altman's film" Gosford Park", set in 1932, features a( fictional) character who produces the Chan films for Fox and claims to be in England doing research for" Charlie Chan in London".
Charlie Chan in Reno
Charlie Chan in Reno is a 1939 American film directed by Norman Foster, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese- American detective Charlie Chan, based on an original story" Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie.
Charlie Chan in Egypt
Charlie Chan in Egypt is the eighth of 16 20th Century Fox Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland in the title role.
It was released in 1935.
Norman Foster (director)
Norman Foster( born Norman Foster Hoeffer, December 13, 1903 – July 7, 1976) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter.
He directed many Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto films as well as projects for Orson Welles and Walt Disney.
As an actor he was a leading man in early talkies and also appeared in Welles ’ final film" The Other Side of the Wind".
The Golden Eye
The Golden Eye is a 1948 American film directed by William Beaudine and starring Roland Winters in his fourth appearance as Charlie Chan.
The film is also known as Charlie Chan in Texas( Belgian English title) and Charlie Chan in the Golden Eye( American poster title).
Robert Towne
Robert Towne( born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934) is an American screenwriter, producer, director and actor.
He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.
He is best known for his Academy Award- winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's" Chinatown"( 1974), which is widely considered one of the greatest screenplays ever written.
He later said it was inspired by a chapter in Carey McWilliams's" Southern California Country: An Island on the Land"( 1946) and a" West" magazine article on Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles.
Towne also wrote the sequel," The Two Jakes"( 1990); the Hal Ashby comedy- dramas" The Last Detail"( 1973) and" Shampoo"( 1975); and the first two films.
Towne directed the sports dramas" Personal Best"( 1982) and" Without Limits"( 1998), the crime thriller" Tequila Sunrise"( 1988), and the romantic crime drama" Ask the Dust"( 2006).
Charlie Chan in Paris
Charlie Chan in Paris is the seventh film produced by Fox with Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.
Long thought lost, it is now available on DVD as part of Twentieth Century Fox Home Video's" Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 1".
It is the first entry in the series to feature actor Keye Luke, who would go on to become a mainstay in his role as Chan's" Number One Son" Lee.
Without Limits
Without Limits is a 1998 biographical sports film.
It is written and directed by Robert Towne and follows the relationship between record- breaking distance runner Steve Prefontaine and his coach Bill Bowerman, who later co-founded Nike, Inc.
Billy Crudup plays Prefontaine and Donald Sutherland plays Bowerman.
It also stars Monica Potter, Jeremy Sisto, Judith Ivey, Matthew Lillard and William Mapother.
The film was produced by Tom Cruise( Cruise and Mapother are cousins) and Paula Wagner, and released and distributed by Warner Bros.
Due to a very low- key promotional campaign, the$ 25 million film grossed only$ 777,000 at the box office, although it received good reviews from many major critics.
Sutherland received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in the film.
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Charlie Chan in Shanghai is the ninth Charlie Chan film produced by Fox Film Corporation with the title character played by Warner Oland.

Question: Which film has the director born earlier, Charlie Chan In Reno or Without Limits?
Answer: Charlie Chan In Reno