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