Philip Ahn
106 movies · 54 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 29, 1905
- Died
- Feb 28, 1978 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Phillip Ahn · Phil Ahn · Philip Ann · Pil Lip Ahn
Biography
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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).
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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.
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Philip Ahn: movies and TV shows
Acting (160)
- 1976 The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
as Soong
- 1975
- 1975
- 1974
- 1974 Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
as General Yamashita
- 1973 Jonathan Livingston Seagull
as Chang (voice)
- 1973
- 1973 The World's Greatest Athlete
as Old Chinaman
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
as Master Kan
- 1972
- 1970 The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake
as Mao Tse Tung (uncredited)
- 1969
- 1969
- 1968 Cocoon
as Attorney General
- 1968
- 1967
- 1967 The Karate Killers
as Sazami Kyushu
- 1967
- 1967 Thoroughly Modern Millie
as Tea
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966 Paradise, Hawaiian Style
as Moki Kaimana
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963 Shock Corridor
as Dr. Fong
- 1962 A Girl Named Tamiko
as Akiba
- 1962 Diamond Head
as Mr. Immacona
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 Confessions of an Opium Eater
as Ching Foon
- 1961
- 1961 One-Eyed Jacks
as Uncle
- 1961 Dragon by the Tail
as Lee Chin
- 1960 The Great Impostor
as Capt. Hun Kim
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959 Never So Few
as Nautaung, leader of the Kachin
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Yesterday's Enemy
as Yamazuki
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958 Hong Kong Confidential
as Tan Chung
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 The Way to the Gold
as Mr. Ding - cafe owner
- 1957 Battle Hymn
as Old Man
- 1956 Around the World in 80 Days
as Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited)
- 1956
- 1956
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 The Left Hand of God
as Jan Teng
- 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
as Third Uncle
- 1955 Jump Into Hell
as Chinese POW Lieutenant
- 1954 The Shanghai Story
as Major Ling Wu
- 1954 Hell's Half Acre
as Roger Kong
- 1954 His Majesty O'Keefe
as Sien Tang, Dentist
- 1953 China Venture
as Adm. Amara
- 1953 Target Hong Kong
as Sin How
- 1953
- 1953 Fair Wind to Java
as Gusti
- 1952 Battle Zone
as South Korean Guerrilla Leader
- 1952
- 1952 Red Snow
as Taglu, a spy
- 1952 Macao
as Itzumi
- 1952 Japanese War Bride
as Eitaro Shimizu
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 Secrets of Monte Carlo
as Wong
- 1951 China Corsair
as Wong San
- 1951
- 1951 I Was an American Spy
as Capt. Arito
- 1951 Halls of Montezuma
as Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura")
- 1950 The Big Hangover
as Dr. Lee
- 1949 The Sickle or the Cross
as Chinese Official
- 1949 Impact
as Ah Sing
- 1949 Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Wong Chung Shee
- 1949 State Department: File 649
as Col. Aram
- 1948 Rogues' Regiment
as Tran Duy Gian
- 1948 The Creeper
as Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner
- 1948 The Cobra Strikes
as Kasim--Houseboy
- 1948 The Miracle of the Bells
as Ming Gow
- 1948 Women in the Night
as Professor Kunioshi
- 1947 Intrigue
as Louie Chin
- 1947 The Chinese Ring
as Captain Kong
- 1947 Saigon
as Boss Merchant (uncredited)
- 1947 Singapore
as Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)
- 1945 They Were Expendable
as Army Orderly (uncredited)
- 1945 Back to Bataan
as Col. Coroki
- 1945 China's Little Devils
as Farmer
- 1945 China Sky
as Dr. Kim
- 1945 Blood on the Sun
as Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto (uncredited)
- 1945 Betrayal from the East
as Kato
- 1945 God Is My Co-Pilot
as Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- 1945 Forever Yours
as Chinese Man (uncredited)
- 1944 The Keys of the Kingdom
as Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
- 1944 Dragon Seed
as Leader of City People (uncredited)
- 1944 The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Ping
- 1944 The Purple Heart
as Saburo Goto (uncredited)
- 1943 Around the World
as Foo
- 1943 The Man from Down Under
as English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
- 1943 Behind the Rising Sun
as Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi
- 1943 China
as Lin Cho
- 1943 Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
as Hirota
- 1943 December 7th
as Shinto Priest (uncredited)
- 1943
- 1943 The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
as Wu Tan
- 1942 China Girl
as Kai Young
- 1942 Across the Pacific
as Man in Theatre (uncredited)
- 1942 Submarine Raider
as First Officer Kawakami
- 1942 Let's Get Tough
as Joe Matsui
- 1942 The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Emily's Servant (uncredited)
- 1942 Ship Ahoy
as Koro Sumo
- 1942 A Yank on the Burma Road
as Franklin Ling
- 1941 They Met in Bombay
as Japanese officer (uncredited)
- 1940 Drums of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Chang
- 1940 The Shadow
as Wu Yung
- 1939 Barricade
as Col. Wai Kang
- 1939 Disputed Passage
as Dr. Fung
- 1939
- 1939 Panama Patrol
as Sun
- 1939 King of Chinatown
as Robert 'Bob' Li
- 1939 North of Shanghai
as Chinese Doctor
- 1938 Charlie Chan in Honolulu
as Wing Foo
- 1938 Red Barry
as Hong Kong Cholly
- 1938 Hawaii Calls
as Julius
- 1937 Thank You, Mr. Moto
as Prince Chung
- 1937 Daughter of Shanghai
as Kim Lee
- 1937 Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
as Sing Fung, Laundry Man
- 1937 Something to Sing About
as Ito
- 1937 Roaring Timber
as Crooner
- 1937 The Good Earth
as Captain (uncredited)
- 1937 China Passage
as Fang Tu
- 1936 Stowaway
as Sun Lo
- 1936 The General Died at Dawn
as Oxford
- 1936
- 1935 A Scream in the Night
as Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)
- 1935 Shanghai
as Servant
- 1934 Desirable
as Chinese Waiter