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)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
as Uncle
They Were Expendable (1945)
as Army Orderly (uncredited)
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
as Tea
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
as Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
China Girl (1942)
as Kai Young
Never So Few (1959)
as Nautaung, leader of the Kachin
Shock Corridor (1963)
as Dr. Fong
Back to Bataan (1945)
as Col. Coroki
Macao (1952)
as Itzumi
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
as Third Uncle
Forever Yours (1945)
as Chinese Man (uncredited)
The Left Hand of God (1955)
as Jan Teng
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
as Chang (voice)
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
as Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura")
Red Snow (1952)
as Taglu, a spy
Dragon Seed (1944)
as Leader of City People (uncredited)
Battle Hymn (1957)
as Old Man
Across the Pacific (1942)
as Man in Theatre (uncredited)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
as Moki Kaimana
Impact (1949)
as Ah Sing
The Great Impostor (1960)
as Capt. Hun Kim
The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
as Ming Gow
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
as Ping
Diamond Head (1962)
as Mr. Immacona
The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
as Old Chinaman
His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
as Sien Tang, Dentist
The Good Earth (1937)
as Captain (uncredited)
The General Died at Dawn (1936)
as Oxford
The Purple Heart (1944)
as Saburo Goto (uncredited)
Kung Fu: The Movie (1986)
as Master Kan
The Shanghai Story (1954)
as Major Ling Wu
Saigon (1947)
as Boss Merchant (uncredited)
The Karate Killers (1967)
as Sazami Kyushu
Singapore (1947)
as Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)
Blood on the Sun (1945)
as Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto (uncredited)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
as Yamazuki
Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
as Dr. Chang
Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
as Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi
Stowaway (1936)
as Sun Lo
China Sky (1945)
as Dr. Kim
God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
as Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Fair Wind to Java (1953)
as Gusti
Japanese War Bride (1952)
as Eitaro Shimizu
Ship Ahoy (1942)
as Koro Sumo
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon (1972)
as Master Kan
December 7th (1943)
as Shinto Priest (uncredited)
King of Chinatown (1939)
as Robert 'Bob' Li
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
Actor
Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)
as Prince Chung
The Big Hangover (1950)
as Dr. Lee
A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)
as Akiba
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (1976)
as Soong
China (1943)
as Lin Cho
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
as Wong Chung Shee
Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
as Wing Foo
The Creeper (1948)
as Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner
The Chinese Ring (1947)
as Captain Kong
China Venture (1953)
as Adm. Amara
The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
as Emily's Servant (uncredited)
Around the World (1943)
as Foo
Battle Zone (1952)
as South Korean Guerrilla Leader
Red Barry (1938)
as Hong Kong Cholly
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita (1974)
as General Yamashita
Women in the Night (1948)
as Professor Kunioshi
Rogues' Regiment (1948)
as Tran Duy Gian
Hell's Half Acre (1954)
as Roger Kong
Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
as Kim Lee
They Met in Bombay (1941)
as Japanese officer (uncredited)
Hong Kong Confidential (1958)
as Tan Chung
Jump Into Hell (1955)
as Chinese POW Lieutenant
Desirable (1934)
as Chinese Waiter
Klondike Annie (1936)
Actor
North of Shanghai (1939)
as Chinese Doctor
Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
as Ching Foon
Submarine Raider (1942)
as First Officer Kawakami
Disputed Passage (1939)
as Dr. Fung
Something to Sing About (1937)
as Ito
Island of Lost Men (1939)
Actor
I Was an American Spy (1951)
as Capt. Arito
China Passage (1937)
as Fang Tu
Cocoon (1968)
as Attorney General
Intrigue (1947)
as Louie Chin
Hawaii Calls (1938)
as Julius
The Man from Down Under (1943)
as English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
The Cobra Strikes (1948)
as Kasim--Houseboy
State Department: File 649 (1949)
as Col. Aram
Betrayal from the East (1945)
as Kato
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
as Wu Tan
A Yank on the Burma Road (1942)
as Franklin Ling
Panama Patrol (1939)
as Sun
The Shadow (1940)
as Wu Yung
The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake (1970)
as Mao Tse Tung (uncredited)
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (1943)
as Hirota
Secrets of Monte Carlo (1951)
as Wong
The Way to the Gold (1957)
as Mr. Ding - cafe owner
Shanghai (1935)
as Servant
China Corsair (1951)
as Wong San
China's Little Devils (1945)
as Farmer
Let's Get Tough (1942)
as Joe Matsui
The Sickle or the Cross (1949)
as Chinese Official
Target Hong Kong (1953)
as Sin How
Roaring Timber (1937)
as Crooner
Barricade (1939)
as Col. Wai Kang
Dragon by the Tail (1961)
as Lee Chin
A Scream in the Night (1935)
as Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts (1937)
as Sing Fung, Laundry Man