death_place death_date children birth_place birth_date spouse yearsactive article_title name occupation
huntington beach , california , u.s. 14 january 2015 kiana tom laurie tom los angeles , california , u.s. 19 june 1927 marilynn chow 1936 -- 1945 layne tom jr.
 layne tom jr. . actor
layne tom jr.

layne tom jr. -lrb- born june 19 , 1927 , died january 14 , 2015 -rrb- was an american actor .
he holds the sole distinction of playing three different charlie chan sons : as charlie chan jr. in `` charlie chan at the olympics '' -lrb- 1937 -rrb- , as tommy chan in `` charlie chan in honolulu '' -lrb- 1938 -rrb- , 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 '' -lrb- 1936 -rrb- 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 -lrb- 1937 -rrb- '' , and as an uncredited extra in `` san francisco '' -lrb- 1936 -rrb- 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 .
