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