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