James Tinling

{{short description|American stunt performer}}

{{For|the RAF officer and jet manufacturer|James Collingwood Tinling}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|05|08}}

| birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|05|14|1889|05|08}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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| occupation = {{hlist|Film director}}

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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 lighthearted films, including Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935).{{cite book|last=Hanke|first=Ken|title=Charlie Chan at the Movies: History, Filmography, and Criticism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gtpi_b0k5jkC&pg=PA55|date=1 January 2004|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1921-0|page=55}}