Philip Ahn
Acting
🎂 1905-03-29
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philip Ahn (born Pil Lip Ahn (안필립), March 29, 1905 – February 28, 1978) was a Korean American actor. He was the first Korean American film actor to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Ahn's first film was A Scream in the Night in 1935. He appeared in the Bing Crosby film Anything Goes, though director Lewis Milestone had initially rejected him because his English was too good for the part. His first credited roles came in 1936 in The General Died at Dawn and Stowaway, opposite Shirley Temple. He starred opposite Anna May Wong in Daughter of Shanghai (1937) and King of Chinatown (1937). During World War II, Ahn often played Japanese villains in war films. Mistakenly thought to be Japanese, he received several death threats. He enlisted in the United States Army, having served in the Special Services as an entertainer. He was discharged early because of an injured ankle and returned to making films. Ahn appeared in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, Around the World in Eighty Days, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Paradise, Hawaiian Style, with Elvis Presley. He got to play Korean characters in Korean War movies such as Battle Circus (1953) and Battle Hymn (1956). In 1952, Ahn made his television debut on the Schlitz Playhouse, a series he would make three additional appearances on. Ahn would also be cast in four episodes of ABC's Adventures in Paradise, four episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers crime drama Hawaiian Eye, and the CBS crime drama Hawaii Five-O. He made three appearances each on Crossroads, Bonanza, and M*A*S*H. He would also appear in two television movies. Ahn's most notable television role was as "Master Kan" on the television series Kung Fu. A Presbyterian, Ahn felt that the Taoist homilies his character quoted did not contradict his own religious faith.
Cast credits(170)
James Wong
1957
Mr. Lee Chang
1959
Attorney General
1968
Quon Li
1968
Lin Mai-Lu
1968
1957
W. Chung
1957
1972
The Father
1972
Korean Grandfather
1972
1967
1951
1967
Dr. Liu
1966
George Wong
1960
Chen Yu
1965
Tom Wing
1958
Wong
1958
Police Chief Henry Nakamura
1965
Chang
1952
Capt. Shu Gat
1952
1974
1965
1959
Mr. Kwong
1959
Florist
1959
Chow Lee
1969
Charlie Kuang
1975
Song
1959
Quong Lee
1959
1960
Mr. Wu
1972
1956
1965
Dr. Nakamura
1966
Colonel Minh
1975
Ho-Lung
1957
Ling
1959
Reverend Yen
1959
Mr. Chee
1959
1955
1972
Lee Chin
1960
1960
Dr. Sazami Kyushu
1964
High Lama of Ghupat
1964
Wu
1966
Owner
1968
Chao Liu
1973
1959
1951
1962
1959
Army Orderly (uncredited)
1945
1960
Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited)
1956
Lee Chin
1961
Capt. Hun Kim
1960
Wong
1956
Uncle
1961
Low Kong
1962
Major Ling Wu
1954
Governor Galli
1960
1972
Itzumi
1952
Tea
1967
Julius
1938
Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi
1943
Nautaung
1959
Chinese Man (uncredited)
1945
Franklin Ling
1942
Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura")
1951
Moki Kaimana
1966
Col. Aram
1949
Third Uncle
1955
Robert 'Bob' Li
1939
Dr. Fong
1963
Rahm Sing
1953
Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
1944
Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)
1947
Sien Tang, Dentist
1954
Col. Coroki
1945
Fang Tu
1937
Attorney General
1968
Leader of City People (uncredited)
1944
Boss Merchant (uncredited)
1947
Jan Teng
1955
1951
Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner
1948
General Yamashita
1974
Louie Chin
1947
Oxford
1936
Chang (voice)
1973
Mr. Ding - cafe owner
1957
Captain (uncredited)
1937
Old Man
1957
Col. Wai Kang
1939
Tan Chung
1958
Eitaro Shimizu
1952
Kim Lee
1937
1961
Akiba
1962
Taglu, a spy
1952
Sazami Kyushu
1967
Old Chinaman
1973
Dr. Chang
1940
Charles Wong
1958
Ming Gow
1948
Chinese Official
1949
Prince Chung
1937
Roger Kong
1954
Wong Chung Shee
1949
Yamazuki
1959
Kato
1945
English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
1943
Saburo Goto (uncredited)
1944
1939
Dr. Fung
1939
Ah Sing
1949
Sun
1939
1943
Tran Duy Gian
1948
Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1945
Foo
1943
Chinese POW Lieutenant
1955
Soong
1976
Ching Foon
1962
Sin How
1953
Gusti
1953
Man in Theatre (uncredited)
1942
Lin Cho
1943
Sun Lo
1936
Dr. Lee
1950
South Korean Guerrilla Leader
1952
Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto (uncredited)
1945
1955
Kai Young
1942
Hirota
1943
Captain Kong
1947
Shinto Priest (uncredited)
1943
Japanese officer (uncredited)
1941
Koro Sumo
1942
Master Kan
1972
Adm. Amara
1953
1936
Dr. Kim
1945
Capt. Arito
1951
Wing Foo
1938
Sing Fung, Laundry Man
1937
Master Kan
1972
Chinese Doctor
1939
Professor Kunioshi
1948
Ping
1944
Farmer
1945
Emily's Servant (uncredited)
1942
Wu Yung
1940
Hong Kong Cholly
1938
Mr. Immacona
1962
Mao Tse Tung (uncredited)
1970
Servant
1935
Chinese Waiter
1934
Ito (Terry's servant)
1937
First Officer Kawakami
1942
Joe Matsui
1942
Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)
1935
Crooner
1937
Wu Tan
1943
Kasim--Houseboy
1948
Wong
1951
Wong San
1951