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(167)
1951
Chow Lee
1969
Ling
1959
Reverend Yen
1959
Mr. Chee
1959
1965
Attorney General
1968
Quon Li
1968
Lin Mai-Lu
1968
1959
Mr. Kwong
1959
1967
Police Chief Henry Nakamura
1965
Mr. Lee Chang
1959
Lee Chin
1960
Dr. Sazami Kyushu
1964
1951
1972
The Father
1972
Korean Grandfather
1972
1957
W. Chung
1957
Tom Wing
1958
1974
Quong Lee
1959
1956
James Wong
1957
1955
1959
1960
Chen Yu
1965
Low Kong
1962
Mr. Wu
1972
Charlie Kuang
1975
1962
Governor Galli
1960
Owner
1968
Chang
1952
Capt. Shu Gat
1952
1959
Dr. Nakamura
1966
1960
George Wong
1960
1967
1961
Song
1959
Charles Wong
1958
Wong
1956
1955
Dr. Liu
1966
Ho-Lung
1957
1972
Colonel Minh
1975
1960
Wong
1958
1972
1965
Chao Liu
1973
Rahm Sing
1953
Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited)
1956
1951
Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto (uncredited)
1945
Shinto Priest (uncredited)
1943
Master Kan
1972
Uncle
1961
Tea
1967
Jan Teng
1955
Dr. Fong
1963
Army Orderly (uncredited)
1945
Ah Sing
1949
Nautaung
1959
Chang (voice)
1973
Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura")
1951
Chinese Official
1949
Third Uncle
1955
Capt. Hun Kim
1960
Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
1944
Col. Coroki
1945
Professor Kunioshi
1948
Captain (uncredited)
1937
Moki Kaimana
1966
Dr. Kim
1945
Old Man
1957
Sazami Kyushu
1967
Man in Theatre (uncredited)
1942
1943
Old Chinaman
1973
Ming Gow
1948
Sien Tang, Dentist
1954
Ito (Terry's servant)
1937
Tran Duy Gian
1948
Mr. Immacona
1962
Eitaro Shimizu
1952
Yamazuki
1959
Leader of City People (uncredited)
1944
Ping
1944
Itzumi
1952
Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1945
Louie Chin
1947
Sun Lo
1936
Oxford
1936
Master Kan
1972
Kai Young
1942
1936
Kato
1945
Dr. Franklin Ling
1942
Tan Chung
1958
Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi
1943
Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)
1947
Roger Kong
1954
Saburo Goto (uncredited)
1944
Lee Chin
1961
Emily's Servant (uncredited)
1942
Ching Foon
1962
Wing Foo
1938
Gusti
1953
Foo
1943
1939
Major Ling Wu
1954
Captain Kong
1947
Adm. Amara
1953
Dr. Fung
1939
Mao Tse Tung (uncredited)
1970
Kim Lee
1937
South Korean Guerrilla Leader
1952
Prince Chung
1937
Attorney General
1968
Servant
1935
Japanese officer (uncredited)
1941
Capt. Arito
1951
Boss Merchant (uncredited)
1947
Akiba
1962
Taglu, a spy
1952
Wong San
1951
Mr. Ding - cafe owner
1957
Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)
1935
Robert 'Bob' Li
1939
Dr. Chang
1940
Wu Tan
1943
Sing Fung, Laundry Man
1937
Wu Yung
1940
Soong
1976
Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner
1948
Col. Aram
1949
Chinese POW Lieutenant
1955
Koro Sumo
1942
English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
1943
Wong Chung Shee
1949
General Yamashita
1974
Hirota
1943
Fang Tu
1937
Lin Cho
1943
Chinese Doctor
1939
Dr. Lee
1950
Chinese Waiter
1934
Wong
1951
Farmer
1945
Joe Matsui
1942
Col. Wai Kang
1939
First Officer Kawakami
1942
Hong Kong Cholly
1938
Julius
1938
Crooner
1937
Sin How
1953
Chinese Man (uncredited)
1945
Kasim--Houseboy
1948
Sun
1939