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person_profile-Philip Ahn

Philip Ahn Died at age: 72

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Philip Ahn

Date of Birth:

Mar 29, 1905

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Feb 28, 1978

Biography of

Philip Ahn

    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.

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Filmography of

Philip Ahn

Found 103 Movies in total

... 1976

... 1973

The World's Greatest Athlete

Old Chinaman ( Actor )

... 1973

The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake

Mao Tse Tung ( Actor )

... 1970

Cocoon

Attorney General ( Actor )

... 1968

The Karate Killers

Sazami Kyushu ( Actor )

... 1967

... 1967

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Moki Kaimana ( Actor )

... 1966

Shock Corridor

Dr. Fong ( Actor )

... 1963

Diamond Head

Mr. Immacona ( Actor )

... 1962

A Girl Named Tamiko

Akiba ( Actor )

... 1962

Confessions of an Opium Eater

Ching Foon ( Actor )

... 1962

One-Eyed Jacks

Uncle ( Actor )

... 1961

The Great Impostor

Capt. Hun Kim ( Actor )

... 1960

Never So Few

Nautaung ( Actor )

... 1959

Yesterday's Enemy

Yamazuki ( Actor )

... 1959

Hong Kong Confidential

Tan Chung ( Actor )

... 1958

The Way to the Gold

Mr. Ding - cafe owner ( Actor )

... 1957

Battle Hymn

Old Man ( Actor )

... 1957

Around the World in Eighty Days

Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1956

The Left Hand of God

Jan Teng ( Actor )

... 1955

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Third Uncle ( Actor )

... 1955

Jump Into Hell

Chinese POW Lieutenant ( Actor )

... 1955

The Shanghai Story

Major Ling Wu ( Actor )

... 1954

Hell's Half Acre

Roger Kong ( Actor )

... 1954

His Majesty O'Keefe

Sien Tang, Dentist ( Actor )

... 1954

China Venture

Adm. Amara ( Actor )

... 1953

Target Hong Kong

Sin How ( Actor )

... 1953

Fair Wind to Java

Gusti ( Actor )

... 1953

Battle Zone

South Korean Guerrilla Leader ( Actor )

... 1952

Red Snow

Taglu, a spy ( Actor )

... 1952

Macao

Itzumi ( Actor )

... 1952

Japanese War Bride

Eitaro Shimizu ( Actor )

... 1952

... 1951

China Corsair

Wong San ( Actor )

... 1951

I Was an American Spy

Capt. Arito ( Actor )

... 1951

Halls of Montezuma

Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura") ( Actor )

... 1951

The Big Hangover

Dr. Lee ( Actor )

... 1950

Impact

Ah Sing ( Actor )

... 1949

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

Wong Chung Shee ( Actor )

... 1949

State Department: File 649

Col. Aram ( Actor )

... 1949

Rogues' Regiment

Tran Duy Gian ( Actor )

... 1948

The Creeper

Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner ( Actor )

... 1948

The Cobra Strikes

Kasim--Houseboy ( Actor )

... 1948

The Miracle of the Bells

Ming Gow ( Actor )

... 1948

Women in the Night

Professor Kunioshi ( Actor )

... 1948

The Chinese Ring

Captain Kong ( Actor )

... 1947

Intrigue

Louie Chin ( Actor )

... 1947

Saigon

Boss Merchant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Singapore

Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

They Were Expendable

Army Orderly (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Back to Bataan

Col. Coroki ( Actor )

... 1945

China's Little Devils

Farmer ( Actor )

... 1945

China Sky

Dr. Kim ( Actor )

... 1945

Blood on the Sun

Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

... 1945

God Is My Co-Pilot

Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Forever Yours

Chinese Man (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

The Keys of the Kingdom

Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia ( Actor )

... 1944

Dragon Seed

Leader of City People (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1944

... 1944

Around the World

Foo ( Actor )

... 1943

The Man from Down Under

English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Behind the Rising Sun

Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi ( Actor )

... 1943

China

Lin Cho ( Actor )

... 1943

... 1943

... 1943

China Girl

Kai Young ( Actor )

... 1942

Across the Pacific

Man in Theatre (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Submarine Raider

First Officer Kawakami ( Actor )

... 1942

Let's Get Tough

Joe Matsui ( Actor )

... 1942

The Tuttles of Tahiti

Emily's Servant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Ship Ahoy

Koro Sumo ( Actor )

... 1942

A Yank on the Burma Road

Dr. Franklin Ling ( Actor )

... 1942

They Met in Bombay

Japanese officer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Drums of Fu Manchu

Dr. Chang ( Actor )

... 1940

The Shadow

Wu Yung ( Actor )

... 1940

Barricade

Col. Wai Kang ( Actor )

... 1939

Disputed Passage

Dr. Fung ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1939

Panama Patrol

Sun ( Actor )

... 1939

King of Chinatown

Robert 'Bob' Li ( Actor )

... 1939

North of Shanghai

Chinese Doctor ( Actor )

... 1939

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

Wing Foo ( Actor )

... 1938

Red Barry

Hong Kong Cholly ( Actor )

... 1938

Hawaii Calls

Julius ( Actor )

... 1938

Thank You, Mr. Moto

Prince Chung ( Actor )

... 1937

Daughter of Shanghai

Kim Lee ( Actor )

... 1937

Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts

Sing Fung, Laundry Man ( Actor )

... 1937

Something to Sing About

Ito (Terry's servant) ( Actor )

... 1937

Roaring Timber

Crooner ( Actor )

... 1937

The Good Earth

Captain (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

China Passage

Fang Tu ( Actor )

... 1937

Stowaway

Sun Lo ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

... 1936

A Scream in the Night

Wu Ting (as Philip Ann) ( Actor )

... 1935

Shanghai

Servant ( Actor )

... 1935

Desirable

Chinese Waiter ( Actor )

... 1934