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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 29, 1905
Died
February 28, 1978
Place of Birth
Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Phillip Ahn
- Phil Ahn
- Philip Ann
- Pil Lip Ahn
- Pillip Ahn
Philip Ahn
0.6 Popularity
Biography
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
5.3
Master Kan
Kung Fu: The Movie
1986
0.0
Soong
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
1976
7.0
Colonel Minh
Wonder Woman
1975
6.7
Charlie Kuang
Switch
1975
6.2
Police Woman
1974
0.0
General Yamashita
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
1974
6.0
Chang (voice)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973
6.7
Chao Liu
The Magician
1973
5.3
Old Chinaman
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973
7.7
Master Kan
Kung Fu
1972
Credits
Kung Fu: The Movie
as Master Kan
1986
5.3
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
as Soong
1976
0.0
Wonder Woman
as Colonel Minh
1975
7.0
Switch
as Charlie Kuang
1975
6.7
Police Woman
1974
6.2
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
as General Yamashita
1974
0.0
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
as Chang (voice)
1973
6.0
The Magician
as Chao Liu
1973
6.7
The World's Greatest Athlete
as Old Chinaman
1973
5.3
Kung Fu
as Master Kan
1972
7.7
The Streets of San Francisco
as Mr. Wu
1972
7.0
M*A*S*H
1972
7.9
M*A*S*H
as The Father
1972
7.9
M*A*S*H
as Korean Grandfather
1972
7.9
Anna and the King
1972
6.5
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
as Master Kan
1972
7.1
Sanford and Son
1972
7.4
The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake
as Mao Tse Tung (uncredited)
1970
3.3
Love, American Style
as Chow Lee
1969
6.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Attorney General
1968
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Quon Li
1968
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Lin Mai-Lu
1968
7.1
Cocoon
as Attorney General
1968
8.0
It Takes a Thief
as Owner
1968
7.2
Mannix
1967
6.7
The Karate Killers
as Sazami Kyushu
1967
4.9
Ironside
1967
6.8
Thoroughly Modern Millie
as Tea
1967
6.9
Mission: Impossible
as Dr. Liu
1966
7.6
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Wu
1966
6.6
The Time Tunnel
as Dr. Nakamura
1966
7.6
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
as Moki Kaimana
1966
5.1
The F.B.I.
as Police Chief Henry Nakamura
1965
5.4
The Wild Wild West
1965
7.6
Laredo
1965
6.3
The Big Valley
as Chen Yu
1965
6.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Dr. Sazami Kyushu
1964
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as High Lama of Ghupat
1964
7.1
Shock Corridor
as Dr. Fong
1963
7.0
Diamond Head
as Mr. Immacona
1962
5.4
A Girl Named Tamiko
as Akiba
1962
5.0
Stoney Burke
1962
5.7
Ensign O'Toole
as Low Kong
1962
6.5
Confessions of an Opium Eater
as Ching Foon
1962
5.5
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
6.0
One-Eyed Jacks
as Uncle
1961
6.7
Dragon by the Tail
as Lee Chin
1961
0.0
The Great Impostor
as Capt. Hun Kim
1960
6.9
The Islanders
as Governor Galli
1960
8.0
My Three Sons
as George Wong
1960
6.5
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Lee Chin
1960
6.2
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.0
Checkmate
1960
4.1
Johnny Midnight
1960
0.0
Never So Few
as Nautaung
1959
5.4
Hawaiian Eye
1959
5.2
Hawaiian Eye
as Mr. Kwong
1959
5.2
Hawaiian Eye
as Florist
1959
5.2
Adventures in Paradise
as Ling
1959
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
as Reverend Yen
1959
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
as Mr. Chee
1959
5.7
The Rebel
as Quong Lee
1959
4.7
The Third Man
1959
7.1
Bonanza
as Mr. Lee Chang
1959
7.5
Yesterday's Enemy
as Yamazuki
1959
7.2
Tightrope
1959
5.5
One Step Beyond
as Song
1959
5.6
Lawman
as Wong
1958
5.6
Hong Kong Confidential
as Tan Chung
1958
5.1
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Tom Wing
1958
6.8
🎬
Jefferson Drum
as Charles Wong
1958
4.5
Perry Mason
as James Wong
1957
7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as W. Chung
1957
7.3
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Ho-Lung
1957
6.2
The Way to the Gold
as Mr. Ding - cafe owner
1957
0.0
Battle Hymn
as Old Man
1957
6.5
Around the World in 80 Days
as Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited)
1956
6.6
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Wong
1956
6.0
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
Jungle Jim
1955
5.0
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
The Left Hand of God
as Jan Teng
1955
6.3
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
as Third Uncle
1955
6.0
Jump Into Hell
as Chinese POW Lieutenant
1955
3.4
The Shanghai Story
as Major Ling Wu
1954
4.8
Hell's Half Acre
as Roger Kong
1954
5.3
His Majesty O'Keefe
as Sien Tang, Dentist
1954
6.1
China Venture
as Adm. Amara
1953
7.3
Target Hong Kong
as Sin How
1953
5.3
General Electric Theater
as Rahm Sing
1953
6.4
Fair Wind to Java
as Gusti
1953
5.1
Battle Zone
as South Korean Guerrilla Leader
1952
5.0
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Chang
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Capt. Shu Gat
1952
6.7
Red Snow
as Taglu, a spy
1952
3.0
Macao
as Itzumi
1952
6.2
Japanese War Bride
as Eitaro Shimizu
1952
5.5
Dragnet
1951
6.4
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Secrets of Monte Carlo
as Wong
1951
0.0
China Corsair
as Wong San
1951
5.5
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
I Was an American Spy
as Capt. Arito
1951
6.2
Halls of Montezuma
as Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura")
1951
5.9
The Big Hangover
as Dr. Lee
1950
6.1
The Sickle or the Cross
as Chinese Official
1949
6.0
Impact
as Ah Sing
1949
6.0
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Wong Chung Shee
1949
5.6
State Department: File 649
as Col. Aram
1949
4.3
Rogues' Regiment
as Tran Duy Gian
1948
6.5
The Creeper
as Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner
1948
4.5
The Cobra Strikes
as Kasim--Houseboy
1948
5.0
The Miracle of the Bells
as Ming Gow
1948
5.9
Women in the Night
as Professor Kunioshi
1948
3.5
Intrigue
as Louie Chin
1947
5.0
The Chinese Ring
as Captain Kong
1947
4.9
Saigon
as Boss Merchant (uncredited)
1947
5.8
Singapore
as Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)
1947
5.9
They Were Expendable
as Army Orderly (uncredited)
1945
6.5
Back to Bataan
as Col. Coroki
1945
6.0
China's Little Devils
as Farmer
1945
4.0
China Sky
as Dr. Kim
1945
4.6
Blood on the Sun
as Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto (uncredited)
1945
5.8
Betrayal from the East
as Kato
1945
5.8
God Is My Co-Pilot
as Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1945
6.9
Forever Yours
as Chinese Man (uncredited)
1945
0.0
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
1944
7.0
Dragon Seed
as Leader of City People (uncredited)
1944
6.5
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Ping
1944
6.3
The Purple Heart
as Saburo Goto (uncredited)
1944
6.0
Around the World
as Foo
1943
5.0
The Man from Down Under
as English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
1943
6.5
Behind the Rising Sun
as Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi
1943
5.7
China
as Lin Cho
1943
6.8
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
as Hirota
1943
0.0
December 7th
as Shinto Priest (uncredited)
1943
5.8
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
6.7
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
as Wu Tan
1943
5.0
China Girl
as Kai Young
1942
5.3
Across the Pacific
as Man in Theatre (uncredited)
1942
6.6
Submarine Raider
as First Officer Kawakami
1942
5.0
Let's Get Tough
as Joe Matsui
1942
4.8
The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Emily's Servant (uncredited)
1942
5.5
Ship Ahoy
as Koro Sumo
1942
5.9
A Yank on the Burma Road
as Franklin Ling
1942
4.0
They Met in Bombay
as Japanese officer (uncredited)
1941
7.3
Drums of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Chang
1940
6.1
The Shadow
as Wu Yung
1940
6.5
Barricade
as Col. Wai Kang
1939
5.3
Disputed Passage
as Dr. Fung
1939
5.5
Island of Lost Men
1939
5.7
Panama Patrol
as Sun
1939
5.0
King of Chinatown
as Robert 'Bob' Li
1939
5.8
North of Shanghai
as Chinese Doctor
1939
0.0
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
as Wing Foo
1938
6.4
Red Barry
as Hong Kong Cholly
1938
0.0
Hawaii Calls
as Julius
1938
5.4
Thank You, Mr. Moto
as Prince Chung
1937
6.1
Daughter of Shanghai
as Kim Lee
1937
5.1
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
as Sing Fung, Laundry Man
1937
1.0
Something to Sing About
as Ito (Terry's servant)
1937
6.1
Roaring Timber
as Crooner
1937
5.0
The Good Earth
as Captain (uncredited)
1937
6.2
China Passage
as Fang Tu
1937
5.5
Stowaway
as Sun Lo
1936
6.7
The General Died at Dawn
as Oxford
1936
6.3
Klondike Annie
1936
6.4
A Scream in the Night
as Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)
1935
4.7
Shanghai
as Servant
1935
6.5
Desirable
as Chinese Waiter
1934
7.3