Martin Fong Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Martin Fong Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Martin Fong (died 2014) was a film producer, director,

cinematographer, stylist, actor, celebrity photographer, and was

notable as one of the first major American tap dancers of Chinese

descent to dance on the Las Vegas strip.Fong was raised by

cinematographer James Wong Howe, A.S.C., who worked on over 130

movies, won 2 Academy Awards and received 16 Academy Awards

Nominations. Howe was also Fong’s godfather and mentor. Fong used to

display Howe’s original camera equipment from the film Gone With the

Wind in the foyer of his Hollywood, California mansion, along with

Howe’s projectors and editing equipment like Moviola devices, also

photographs of the sets and Howe working on Gone With the Wind,

Chinese language newspaper stories and photographs of himself with his

godfather. Fong collected Howe memorabilia with the intention to later

create a James Wong Howe museum.Fong studied martial arts under Bruce

Lee early in the career of both men. And, while Fong was in Hong Kong

making movies, Bruce Lee joined him on the set and substantially

helped him to understand the importance of camera angles in fighting

scenes.Fong began his acting career at the age of 8 in Hong Kong,

appearing in several films. Fong moved to America to be raised by

Howe. His first American acting job was in Never So Few, starring

Frank Sinatra, who introduced him to the Las Vegas strip and tap

dancing there. Fong appeared in Hawaiian Eye, The Islander, Run for

Your Life, then more extensively on the television series I Spy. Fong

can be seen in photographs consulting on espionage on the set of the

James Bond film Octopussy.
Martin Fong Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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