James B. Leong
Biography
James B. Leong, a Chinese-American actor and filmmaker, built a long Hollywood career that stretched back to the silent era. He was born in Shanghai and came to the United States with his parents as a child, later graduating, in 1915, from Marion Normal College in Muncie, Indiana, and spending a short time at a newspaper before heading to Hollywood. There he began as a technical director, working for figures such as D. W. Griffith and Wesley Ruggles. By 1919 he had founded James B. Leong Productions, which became the Wah Ming Motion Picture Company, driven by his frustration at screen portrayals of Chinese people as kidnappers and assassins. For that company he wrote and directed Lotus Blossom in 1921, and a planned second film, The Unbroken Promise, was never made. He went on to take smaller acting parts, while also doing dialect coaching and technical direction. He died in 1967.
78years old at death
- Born Shanghai
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Leong But-jung (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 5 years1929 to 1934
Every film, newest first
- 1934The Mysterious Mr. WongIMDb rating 4.7
- 1932Shanghai ExpressIMDb rating 7.3
- 1929Welcome DangerIMDb rating 5.9
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Josef von SternbergDirector, 1 film, 1932
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William NighDirector, 1 film, 1934
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Clyde BruckmanDirector, 1 film, 1929
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