James Wang

James Wang

Born: January 1, 1863
Died: April 20, 1935
in Canton, China

Movies for James Wang...

China Seas
Title: China Seas
Character: Trapshooting Attendant (uncredited)
Released: August 9, 1935
Type: Movie
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
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Charlie Chan's Courage
Title: Charlie Chan's Courage
Character: Wong
Released: July 6, 1934
Type: Movie
Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.
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Perils of Pauline
Title: Perils of Pauline
Character: Foo Chow, Bashan's Henchman
Released: November 5, 1933
Type: Movie
A famous scientist and his beautiful daughter travel to Indochina to find an ivory disc that has the formula for a deadly gas engraved on it. An evil doctor and his gang are also looking for it.
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The Secrets of Wu Sin
Title: The Secrets of Wu Sin
Character: Pete
Released: December 15, 1932
Type: Movie
A murder mystery about the smuggling of illegal Chinese aliens into America through Chinatown.
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Roar of the Dragon
Title: Roar of the Dragon
Character: Hotel Proprietor
Released: July 8, 1932
Type: Movie
A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area. Seeking refuge in a fortified inn, the group is led by the boat's Captain Carson, who becomes involved with a woman who "belongs" to Voronsky. Carson must contend with the bandits outside and the conflicting personalities of those trapped inside the inn, as well as dealing with spies among the inn's personnel.
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Charlie Chan's Chance
Title: Charlie Chan's Chance
Character: Kee-Lin
Released: January 24, 1932
Type: Movie
Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find the murderer (since, of course, murder does occur), Charlie must outguess Scotland Yard and New York City police.
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Are These Our Children?
Title: Are These Our Children?
Character: Sam Kong
Released: November 13, 1931
Type: Movie
A tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, falling in with the wrong crowd and finally finding himself on trial for murder committed during a robbery.
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The Black Camel
Title: The Black Camel
Character: Wong (uncredited)
Released: June 21, 1931
Type: Movie
Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tarneverro first. Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, investigating the unsolved murder, three years earlier, of a Hollywood actor.
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Welcome Danger
Title: Welcome Danger
Character: Dr. Chang Gow (uncredited)
Released: October 12, 1929
Type: Movie
A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.
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Singed
Title: Singed
Character: Wong
Released: August 23, 1927
Type: Movie
Dance-hall girl Dolly Wall invests her life savings in an oil well. A gusher comes in, enriching not only Dolly but her ne'er-do-well socialite sweetheart Royce Wingate. While Wingate hobnobs with the Upper Crust, poor Dolly is left home alone, stigmatized by her "scandalous" past.
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Never the Twain Shall Meet
Title: Never the Twain Shall Meet
Character: Sooey Wan
Released: September 13, 1925
Type: Movie
Exemplifying Kipling's adage, a white man falls to pieces when he is in the South Seas.
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Greed
Title: Greed
Character: Chinese Cook (uncredited)
Released: December 4, 1924
Type: Movie
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
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The Fighting American
Title: The Fighting American
Character: Lee Yong
Released: May 26, 1924
Type: Movie
On the wager that he will propose marriage to any girl selected by his fraternity brothers, Bill finds himself making love to Mary, an old-fashioned girl who is secretly in love with him…
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Desert Driven
Title: Desert Driven
Character: Cook
Released: July 8, 1923
Type: Movie
The story of a man -- accused of a crime he didn't commit and wounded by the posse -- who hides out on a desert ranch.
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East Is West
Title: East Is West
Character: Boat proprietor
Released: October 15, 1922
Type: Movie
She'd wink till hearts went on the blink. And staid professors couldn't think. And everywhere they'd stop to stare. And say "Some Chink!" when Ming Toy winked.
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Hills of Missing Men
Title: Hills of Missing Men
Character: Li Fung
Released: February 26, 1922
Type: Movie
A US Army officer is sent undercover into the hills of Mexico's Baja California region to find and bring down the madman Crando and his group of crazed followers, who are setting up their own criminal empire spreading from Mexico into the United States.
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The City of Dim Faces
Title: The City of Dim Faces
Character: Luk Tim Eli
Released: July 15, 1918
Type: Movie
Chinese merchant Wing Lung and Elizabeth Mendall, an American, marry and have a son named Jang Lung. Because Elizabeth wants Jang Lung to be raised as a Christian, Wing Lung locks her in the cellar and she becomes insane. Jang meets Marcell Matthews at an Eastern university, and she returns with him to San Francisco to be married.