Philip Ahn
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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.
Known for
Credits
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited)
China Girl (1942)
as Kai Young
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
as Uncle
God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
as Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited)
They Were Expendable (1945)
as Army Orderly (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
as Ping
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
as Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
The Left Hand of God (1955)
as Jan Teng
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
as Third Uncle
Back to Bataan (1945)
as Col. Coroki
Never So Few (1959)
as Nautaung, leader of the Kachin
His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
as Sien Tang, Dentist
Blood on the Sun (1945)
as Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto (uncredited)
Forever Yours (1945)
as Chinese Man (uncredited)
Red Snow (1952)
as Taglu, a spy
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
as Tea
Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
as Dr. Chang
Shock Corridor (1963)
as Dr. Fong
Macao (1952)
as Itzumi
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
as Chang (voice)
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
as Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura")
The Good Earth (1937)
as Captain (uncredited)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
as Moki Kaimana
Across the Pacific (1942)
as Man in Theatre (uncredited)
Impact (1949)
as Ah Sing
The Karate Killers (1967)
as Sazami Kyushu
Dragon Seed (1944)
as Leader of City People (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
as Old Chinaman
Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
as Wing Foo
Diamond Head (1962)
as Mr. Immacona
Something to Sing About (1937)
as Ito
The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
as Ming Gow
The General Died at Dawn (1936)
as Oxford
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts (1937)
as Sing Fung, Laundry Man
Fair Wind to Java (1953)
as Gusti
China Sky (1945)
as Dr. Kim
The Great Impostor (1960)
as Capt. Hun Kim
Battle Hymn (1957)
as Old Man
The Purple Heart (1944)
as Saburo Goto (uncredited)
China (1943)
as Lin Cho
Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)
as Prince Chung
They Met in Bombay (1941)
as Japanese officer (uncredited)
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
as Wong Chung Shee
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
as Yamazuki
Stowaway (1936)
as Sun Lo
Singapore (1947)
as Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)
The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
as Emily's Servant (uncredited)
Saigon (1947)
as Boss Merchant (uncredited)
The Shanghai Story (1954)
as Major Ling Wu
Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
as Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi
Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
as Ching Foon
The Way to the Gold (1957)
as Mr. Ding - cafe owner
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
Actor
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon (1972)
as Master Kan
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (1976)
as Soong
I Was an American Spy (1951)
as Capt. Arito
Barricade (1939)
as Col. Wai Kang
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (1943)
as Hirota
Intrigue (1947)
as Louie Chin
A Yank on the Burma Road (1942)
as Franklin Ling
Klondike Annie (1936)
Actor
A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)
as Akiba
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
as Wu Tan
Hong Kong Confidential (1958)
as Tan Chung
State Department: File 649 (1949)
as Col. Aram
Let's Get Tough (1942)
as Joe Matsui
Japanese War Bride (1952)
as Eitaro Shimizu
Hell's Half Acre (1954)
as Roger Kong
Betrayal from the East (1945)
as Kato
King of Chinatown (1939)
as Robert 'Bob' Li
China's Little Devils (1945)
as Farmer
Desirable (1934)
as Chinese Waiter
Jump Into Hell (1955)
as Chinese POW Lieutenant
A Scream in the Night (1935)
as Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)
Around the World (1943)
as Foo
The Sickle or the Cross (1949)
as Chinese Official
Ship Ahoy (1942)
as Koro Sumo
Women in the Night (1948)
as Professor Kunioshi
The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake (1970)
as Mao Tse Tung (uncredited)
The Chinese Ring (1947)
as Captain Kong
Cocoon (1968)
as Attorney General
Island of Lost Men (1939)
Actor
Battle Zone (1952)
as South Korean Guerrilla Leader
The Shadow (1940)
as Wu Yung
Secrets of Monte Carlo (1951)
as Wong
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita (1974)
as General Yamashita
Rogues' Regiment (1948)
as Tran Duy Gian
China Venture (1953)
as Adm. Amara
North of Shanghai (1939)
as Chinese Doctor
Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
as Kim Lee
Roaring Timber (1937)
as Crooner
China Corsair (1951)
as Wong San
The Big Hangover (1950)
as Dr. Lee
Dragon by the Tail (1961)
as Lee Chin
The Man from Down Under (1943)
as English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
Panama Patrol (1939)
as Sun
Target Hong Kong (1953)
as Sin How
Red Barry (1938)
as Hong Kong Cholly
December 7th (1943)
as Shinto Priest (uncredited)
Shanghai (1935)
as Servant
Disputed Passage (1939)
as Dr. Fung
Hawaii Calls (1938)
as Julius
Submarine Raider (1942)
as First Officer Kawakami
The Cobra Strikes (1948)
as Kasim--Houseboy
The Creeper (1948)
as Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner
China Passage (1937)
as Fang Tu