| Frank Tang | |
| Birth Name: | Dai Jung Tong |
| Birth Date: | 27 November 1905 |
| Birth Place: | San Francisco, California, US |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, US |
| Occupation: | Actor, film director |
| Spouse: | Birdie Tong |
| Relatives: | Kam Tong (brother) |
Frank Tang (born Dai Jung Tong, Chinese: t=唐隸忠<ref>{{Cite web |title=伍錦霞 |url=https://www.hkmemory.hk/MHK/collections/ECExperience/female_pioneers/esther_eng/index_cht.html |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=香港記憶 {{!; November 27, 1905 – June 29, 1968) was a Chinese-American character actor, filmmaker, community leader, and restaurateur[1] who was best-known for directing the 1936 Cantonese-language film Sum Hun.[2]
Frank was born in San Francisco into a big Chinese-American family. His parents, Yee Tong and Wong Shee, were immigrants. His brother Kam Tong would also become an actor.[3]
He began his career in Hollywood in the late 1920s, and he got a rare chance to work as a director in 1936, when he teamed up with Bruce Wong and Esther Eng to make the Cantonese-language American film Sum Hun. He'd appear in over a dozen films afterward in smaller roles, in addition to serving as a technical advisor.[4]
Later in life, he owned and operated a restaurant called Tang's in Los Angeles's Chinatown neighborhood. He died in 1968 at the age of 62 after an illness, and was survived by his wife, Birdie, and several siblings.[5]
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