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