Norman Foster was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed many Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto films as well as projects for Orson Welles and Walt Disney. As an actor he was a leading man in early talkies and also appeared in Welles' final film, The Other Side of the Wind.
Foster in Rafter Romance (1933)
Norman Foster and Claudette Colbert in Young Man of Manhattan (1930)
Norman Foster and Clara Bow in No Limit (1931)
Norman Foster and Carole Lombard in It Pays to Advertise (1931)
Charlie Chan is a fictional Honolulu police detective created by author Earl Derr Biggers for a series of mystery novels. Biggers loosely based Chan on Hawaiian detective Chang Apana. The benevolent and heroic Chan was conceived as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes and villains like Fu Manchu. Many stories feature Chan traveling the world beyond Hawaii as he investigates mysteries and solves crimes.
Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan in Dangerous Money (1946)
Alfred Andriola's Charlie Chan (6 June 1940)