
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.
Series | Johnny Midnight | Unknown | 2022 |
Series | Switch | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
Series | Wonder Woman | Unknown | 1975-11-07 |
Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Movie | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Chang | 1973-10-23 |
Movie | Voodoo Heartbeat | Mao Tse Tung | 1973-10-01 |
Series | Sanford and Son | Unknown | 1972-01-14 |
Series | Anna and the King | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
Series | M*A*S*H | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Tea | 1967-03-22 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | The Time Tunnel | Dr. Nakamura | 1966-09-09 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
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 | A Girl Named Tamiko | Akiba | 1962-12-27 |
Movie | One-Eyed Jacks | Uncle | 1961-03-30 |
Series | Kraft Mystery Theatre | Unknown | 1961-06-14 |
Series | Checkmate | Unknown | 1960-09-17 |
Series | Pete and Gladys | Unknown | 1960-09-19 |
Series | My Three Sons | Unknown | 1960-09-29 |
Series | The Islanders | Unknown | 1960-10-02 |
Series | Tightrope | Unknown | 1959-09-08 |
Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
Series | The Third Man | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | Yesterday's Enemy | Yamazuki | 1959-09-10 |
Series | The Rebel | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
Movie | Never So Few | Nautaung | 1959-12-07 |
Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
Movie | Hong Kong Confidential | Tan Chung | 1958-10-01 |
Movie | Battle Hymn | Old Man | 1957-02-14 |
Series | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Unknown | 1957-07-01 |
Series | Have Gun – Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Series | Telephone Time | Unknown | 1956-04-08 |
Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited) | 1956-10-17 |
Movie | The Left Hand of God | Jan Teng | 1955-09-02 |
Movie | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Third Uncle | 1955-08-18 |
Series | Navy Log | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
Series | Jungle Jim | Unknown | 1955-09-26 |
Movie | Hell's Half Acre | Roger Kong | 1954-06-01 |
Movie | His Majesty O'Keefe | Sien Tang, Dentist | 1954-01-16 |
Movie | The Shanghai Story | Major Ling Wu | 1954-09-01 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Target Hong Kong | Sin How | 1953-02-06 |
Movie | China Venture | Adm. Amara | 1953-09-07 |
Movie | Macao | Itzumi | 1952-04-11 |
Movie | Japanese War Bride | Eitaro Shimizu | 1952-01-29 |
Movie | Red Snow | Taglu, a spy | 1952-07-07 |
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 | State Department: File 649 | Col. Aram | 1949-02-11 |
Movie | Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture | Wong Chung Shee | 1949-03-02 |
Movie | The Gal Who Took the West | Party Guest | 1949-09-01 |
Movie | Impact | Ah Sing | 1949-03-20 |
Movie | Women in the Night | Professor Kunioshi | 1948-01-02 |
Movie | The Miracle of the Bells | Ming Gow | 1948-03-27 |
Movie | The Cobra Strikes | Kasim--Houseboy | 1948-04-24 |
Movie | Rogues' Regiment | Tran Duy Gian | 1948-12-28 |
Movie | The Creeper | Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner | 1948-09-01 |
Movie | Singapore | Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited) | 1947-08-13 |
Movie | The Chinese Ring | Captain Kong | 1947-12-06 |
Movie | Intrigue | Louie Chin (as Phillip Ahn) | 1947-12-06 |
Movie | Betrayal from the East | Kato | 1945-04-24 |
Movie | China Sky | Dr. Kim | 1945-05-16 |
Movie | China's Little Devils | Farmer | 1945-05-27 |
Movie | Back to Bataan | Col. Coroki | 1945-05-30 |
Movie | They Were Expendable | Unknown | 1945-12-07 |
Movie | The Story of Dr. Wassell | Ping | 1944-07-04 |
Movie | The Keys of the Kingdom | Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia | 1944-12-15 |
Movie | The Adventures of Smilin' Jack | Wu Tan | 1943-01-05 |
Movie | December 7th | Shinto Priest | 1943-01-01 |
Movie | Don Winslow of the Coast Guard | Hirota | 1943-04-06 |
Movie | Behind the Rising Sun | Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi | 1943-08-01 |
Movie | China | Lin Cho | 1943-04-21 |
Movie | Around the World | Foo | 1943-11-27 |
Movie | Ship Ahoy | Koro Sumo | 1942-04-16 |
Movie | Let's Get Tough | Joe Matsui | 1942-05-29 |
Movie | A Yank on the Burma Road | Dr. Franklin Ling (as Phillip Ahn) | 1942-01-29 |
Movie | Submarine Raider | First Officer Kawakami | 1942-06-04 |
Movie | China Girl | Kai Young | 1942-12-09 |
Movie | The Shadow | Wu Yung | 1940-01-05 |
Movie | Drums of Fu Manchu | Dr. Chang | 1940-03-15 |
Movie | King of Chinatown | Robert Li | 1939-03-17 |
Movie | Panama Patrol | Sun | 1939-03-20 |
Movie | Barricade | Col. Wai Kang | 1939-12-08 |
Movie | Disputed Passage | Dr. Fung | 1939-10-25 |
Movie | Hawaii Calls | Julius | 1938-03-12 |
Movie | Charlie Chan in Honolulu | Wing Foo | 1938-12-30 |
Movie | Red Barry | Hong Kong Cholly | 1938-10-18 |
Movie | Roaring Timber | Crooner | 1937-07-03 |
Movie | China Passage | Fang Tu | 1937-03-12 |
Movie | Something to Sing About | Ito (Terry's servant) | 1937-09-30 |
Movie | The Good Earth | Captain (uncredited) | 1937-06-02 |
Movie | Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts | Sing Fung, Laundry Man | 1937-11-26 |
Movie | Thank You, Mr. Moto | Prince Chung | 1937-12-24 |
Movie | Daughter of Shanghai | Kim Lee | 1937-12-17 |
Movie | The General Died at Dawn | Oxford | 1936-11-17 |
Movie | Stowaway | Sun Lo | 1936-12-25 |
Movie | A Scream in the Night | Wu Ting (as Philip Ann) | 1935-07-29 |
Movie | Shanghai | Servant | 1935-07-19 |
Movie | Desirable | Chinese Waiter | 1934-09-08 |