James Tinling

James Tinling (May 8, 1889 in Seattle - May 14, 1967 in Los Angeles) was an American film director. He worked during the silent period as a prop boy and stuntman and directed primarily for 20th Century Fox in the 1930s and 1940s. He has been cited as one of the best B-film directors for Fox, known for directing numerous westerns and light-hearted films, including Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935).

Selected filmography

• Don't Marry (1928)
• Words and Music (1929)
• Arizona to Broadway (1933)
• Under the Pampas Moon (1935)
• Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
• The Holy Terror (1937)
• 45 Fathers (1937)
• Sundown Jim (1942)
• Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher (1943)
• Roses Are Red (1947)
• Trouble Preferred (1948)
• Tales of Robin Hood (May 1951)