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.
Movie | The Killer Who Wouldn't Die | Soong | 1976-04-04 |
Series | Switch | Charlie Kuang | 1975-09-09 |
Series | Wonder Woman | Colonel Minh | 1975-11-07 |
Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Movie | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Chang | 1973-10-23 |
Series | Anna and the King | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Series | Sanford and Son | Unknown | 1972-01-14 |
Movie | Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon | Master Kan | 1972-02-22 |
Series | M*A*S*H | The Father | 1972-09-17 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Series | Kung Fu | Master Kan | 1972-10-14 |
Movie | The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake | Mao Tse Tung (uncredited) | 1970-09-24 |
Series | It Takes a Thief | Owner | 1968-01-09 |
Movie | Cocoon | Attorney General | 1968-09-20 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Lin Mai-Lu | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Tea | 1967-03-22 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Movie | The Karate Killers | Sazami Kyushu | 1967-04-07 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Movie | Paradise, Hawaiian Style | Moki Kaimana | 1966-06-15 |
Series | The Time Tunnel | Dr. Nakamura | 1966-09-09 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Series | The Big Valley | Chen Yu | 1965-09-15 |
Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Movie | Shock Corridor | Dr. Fong | 1963-09-25 |
Movie | A Girl Named Tamiko | Akiba | 1962-12-27 |
Movie | Confessions of an Opium Eater | Ching Foon | 1962-06-20 |
Series | Stoney Burke | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Movie | Diamond Head | Mr. Immacona | 1962-12-27 |
Movie | One-Eyed Jacks | Uncle | 1961-03-30 |
Series | Kraft Mystery Theatre | Unknown | 1961-06-14 |
Series | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Lee Chin | 1960-09-19 |
Series | Checkmate | Unknown | 1960-09-17 |
Series | Johnny Midnight | Unknown | 1960-01-03 |
Series | Pete and Gladys | Unknown | 1960-09-19 |
Series | My Three Sons | Unknown | 1960-09-29 |
Movie | The Great Impostor | Capt. Hun Kim | 1960-12-23 |
Series | The Islanders | Governor Galli | 1960-10-02 |
Series | Tightrope | Unknown | 1959-09-08 |
Series | One Step Beyond | Song | 1959-01-20 |
Movie | Yesterday's Enemy | Yamazuki | 1959-09-10 |
Series | The Third Man | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | Never So Few | Nautaung | 1959-12-07 |
Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
Series | Adventures in Paradise | Mr. Chee | 1959-10-05 |
Series | The Rebel | Quong Lee | 1959-10-04 |
Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Tom Wing | 1958-09-06 |
Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
Movie | Hong Kong Confidential | Tan Chung | 1958-10-01 |
Series | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Ho-Lung | 1957-07-01 |
Movie | Battle Hymn | Old Man | 1957-02-14 |
Movie | The Way to the Gold | Mr. Ding - cafe owner | 1957-05-10 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Series | Perry Mason | James Wong | 1957-09-21 |
Series | Telephone Time | Unknown | 1956-04-08 |
Series | Hey, Jeannie! | Wong | 1956-09-08 |
Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited) | 1956-10-17 |
Movie | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Third Uncle | 1955-08-18 |
Movie | The Left Hand of God | Jan Teng | 1955-09-02 |
Movie | Jump Into Hell | Chinese POW Lieutenant | 1955-04-01 |
Series | Navy Log | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
Series | Jungle Jim | Unknown | 1955-09-26 |
Movie | His Majesty O'Keefe | Sien Tang, Dentist | 1954-01-16 |
Movie | Hell's Half Acre | Roger Kong | 1954-06-01 |
Movie | The Shanghai Story | Major Ling Wu | 1954-09-01 |
Movie | Fair Wind to Java | Gusti | 1953-01-28 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Rahm Sing | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | China Venture | Adm. Amara | 1953-09-07 |
Movie | Target Hong Kong | Sin How | 1953-02-06 |
Movie | Macao | Itzumi | 1952-04-11 |
Movie | Japanese War Bride | Eitaro Shimizu | 1952-01-29 |
Movie | Red Snow | Taglu, a spy | 1952-07-07 |
Movie | Battle Zone | South Korean Guerrilla Leader | 1952-10-26 |
Series | Four Star Playhouse | Capt. Shu Gat | 1952-09-25 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Movie | I Was an American Spy | Capt. Arito | 1951-04-14 |
Movie | China Corsair | Wong San | 1951-06-12 |
Movie | Halls of Montezuma | Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura") | 1951-01-04 |
Movie | Secrets of Monte Carlo | Wong | 1951-06-20 |
Series | Dragnet | Unknown | 1951-12-16 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Movie | The Big Hangover | Dr. Lee | 1950-05-26 |
Movie | Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture | Wong Chung Shee | 1949-03-02 |
Movie | State Department: File 649 | Col. Aram | 1949-02-11 |
Movie | The Sickle or the Cross | Chinese Official | 1949-07-01 |
Movie | Impact | Ah Sing | 1949-03-20 |
Movie | The Gal Who Took the West | Party Guest | 1949-09-01 |
Movie | Women in the Night | Professor Kunioshi | 1948-01-02 |
Movie | The Cobra Strikes | Kasim--Houseboy | 1948-04-24 |
Movie | The Miracle of the Bells | Ming Gow | 1948-03-27 |
Movie | Rogues' Regiment | Tran Duy Gian | 1948-12-28 |
Movie | The Creeper | Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner | 1948-09-01 |
Movie | Singapore | 1947-08-13 | |
Movie | The Chinese Ring | Captain Kong | 1947-12-06 |
Movie | Intrigue | Louie Chin | 1947-12-06 |
Movie | God Is My Co-Pilot | Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited) | 1945-04-07 |
Movie | Forever Yours | Chinese Man (uncredited) | 1945-01-26 |
Movie | China Sky | Dr. Kim | 1945-05-16 |
Movie | Betrayal from the East | Kato | 1945-04-24 |
Movie | They Were Expendable | Army Orderly (uncredited) | 1945-12-07 |
Movie | Back to Bataan | Col. Coroki | 1945-05-30 |
Movie | China's Little Devils | Farmer | 1945-05-27 |
Movie | The Purple Heart | 1944-02-25 | |
Movie | The Story of Dr. Wassell | Ping | 1944-07-04 |
Movie | Dragon Seed | Leader of City People (uncredited) | 1944-07-20 |
Movie | The Keys of the Kingdom | Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia | 1944-12-15 |
Movie | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | 1943-02-19 | |
Movie | The Adventures of Smilin' Jack | Wu Tan | 1943-01-05 |
Movie | December 7th | Shinto Priest (uncredited) | 1943-03-01 |
Movie | Behind the Rising Sun | Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi | 1943-08-01 |
Movie | Don Winslow of the Coast Guard | Hirota | 1943-04-06 |
Movie | Around the World | Foo | 1943-11-27 |
Movie | China | Lin Cho | 1943-04-21 |
Movie | Ship Ahoy | Koro Sumo | 1942-04-16 |
Movie | A Yank on the Burma Road | Dr. Franklin Ling | 1942-01-29 |
Movie | Let's Get Tough | Joe Matsui | 1942-05-29 |
Movie | The Tuttles of Tahiti | Emily's Servant (uncredited) | 1942-05-01 |
Movie | Across the Pacific | Man in Theatre (uncredited) | 1942-09-04 |
Movie | Submarine Raider | First Officer Kawakami | 1942-06-04 |
Movie | China Girl | Kai Young | 1942-12-09 |
Movie | They Met in Bombay | Japanese officer (uncredited) | 1941-06-27 |
Movie | Drums of Fu Manchu | Dr. Chang | 1940-03-15 |
Movie | The Shadow | Wu Yung | 1940-01-05 |
Movie | Panama Patrol | Sun | 1939-03-20 |
Movie | North of Shanghai | Chinese Doctor | 1939-01-24 |
Movie | King of Chinatown | Robert 'Bob' Li | 1939-03-17 |
Movie | Disputed Passage | Dr. Fung | 1939-10-25 |
Movie | Barricade | Col. Wai Kang | 1939-12-08 |
Movie | Hawaii Calls | Julius | 1938-03-12 |
Movie | Red Barry | Hong Kong Cholly | 1938-10-18 |
Movie | Charlie Chan in Honolulu | Wing Foo | 1938-12-30 |
Movie | Roaring Timber | Crooner | 1937-07-03 |
Movie | China Passage | Fang Tu | 1937-03-12 |
Movie | The Good Earth | Captain (uncredited) | 1937-06-02 |
Movie | Something to Sing About | Ito (Terry's servant) | 1937-09-30 |
Movie | Thank You, Mr. Moto | Prince Chung | 1937-12-24 |
Movie | Daughter of Shanghai | Kim Lee | 1937-12-17 |
Movie | Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts | Sing Fung, Laundry Man | 1937-11-26 |
Movie | Klondike Annie | 1936-02-21 | |
Movie | The General Died at Dawn | Oxford | 1936-11-17 |
Movie | Stowaway | Sun Lo | 1936-12-25 |
Movie | Shanghai | Servant | 1935-07-19 |
Movie | A Scream in the Night | Wu Ting (as Philip Ann) | 1935-07-29 |
Movie | Desirable | Chinese Waiter | 1934-09-08 |