Philip Ahn
Age: 72 | From: Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1905-03-29 10:57:52
Death: 1978-02-28 10:57:52
Aliases: Phillip Ahn , Phil Ahn , Philip Ann
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Movie Involvements: 82
TV Involvements: 24
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Have Gun, Will Travel
(1957) W. Chung
Wonder Woman
(1975) Colonel Minh
The Big Valley
(1965) Chen Yu
Bonanza
(1959) Mr. Lee Chang
Hawaii Five-O
(1968) Lin Mai-Lu
Lawman
(1958) Wong
The Rebel
(1959) Quong Lee
Perry Mason
(1957) James WongActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Soong | |
| 1975 | Colonel Minh | |
| Charlie Kuang | ||
| 1974 | N/A | |
| 1973 | Chang | |
| Chao Liu | ||
| Mao Tse Tung | ||
| 1972 | Master Kan | |
| N/A | ||
| The Father | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Master Kan | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1969 | Chow Lee | |
| 1968 | Attorney General | |
| Quon Li | ||
| Attorney General | ||
| Lin Mai-Lu | ||
| Owner | ||
| 1967 | N/A | |
| Sazami Kyushu | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tea | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| Dr. Nakamura | ||
| Moki Kaimana | ||
| 1965 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Chen Yu | ||
| 1963 | Dr. Fong | |
| 1962 | Mr. Immacona | |
| Akiba | ||
| N/A | ||
| Low Kong | ||
| Ching Foon | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| Uncle | ||
| 1960 | Capt. Hun Kim | |
| Governor Galli | ||
| George Wong | ||
| N/A | ||
| Lee Chin | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | Nautaung | |
| N/A | ||
| Ling | ||
| Reverend Yen | ||
| Mr. Chee | ||
| Quong Lee | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mr. Lee Chang | ||
| Yamazuki | ||
| N/A | ||
| Song | ||
| 1958 | Wong | |
| Tan Chung | ||
| Tom Wing | ||
| Charles Wong | ||
| 1957 | James Wong | |
| W. Chung | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ho-Lung | ||
| Mr. Ding - cafe owner | ||
| Old Man | ||
| 1956 | Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited) | |
| Wong | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Jan Teng | ||
| Third Uncle | ||
| Chinese POW Lieutenant | ||
| 1954 | Major Ling Wu | |
| Roger Kong | ||
| Sien Tang, Dentist | ||
| 1953 | Adm. Amara | |
| Sin How | ||
| Rahm Sing | ||
| Gusti | ||
| 1952 | South Korean Guerrilla Leader | |
| Chang | ||
| Capt. Shu Gat | ||
| Taglu, a spy | ||
| Itzumi | ||
| Eitaro Shimizu | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Wong | ||
| Wong San | ||
| N/A | ||
| Capt. Arito | ||
| Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura") | ||
| 1950 | Dr. Lee | |
| 1949 | Chinese Official | |
| Ah Sing | ||
| Wong Chung Shee | ||
| Col. Aram | ||
| 1948 | Tran Duy Gian | |
| Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner | ||
| Kasim--Houseboy | ||
| Ming Gow | ||
| Professor Kunioshi | ||
| 1947 | Captain Kong | |
| Louie Chin | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1945 | Army Orderly (uncredited) | |
| Col. Coroki | ||
| Farmer | ||
| Dr. Kim | ||
| Kato | ||
| Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited) | ||
| Chinese Man (uncredited) | ||
| 1944 | Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia | |
| Leader of City People (uncredited) | ||
| Ping | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1943 | Foo | |
| Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi | ||
| Lin Cho | ||
| Hirota | ||
| Shinto Priest (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Wu Tan | ||
| 1942 | Kai Young | |
| Man in Theatre (uncredited) | ||
| First Officer Kawakami | ||
| Joe Matsui | ||
| Emily's Servant (uncredited) | ||
| Koro Sumo | ||
| Dr. Franklin Ling | ||
| 1940 | Dr. Chang | |
| Wu Yung | ||
| 1939 | Col. Wai Kang | |
| Dr. Fung | ||
| Sun | ||
| Robert 'Bob' Li | ||
| Chinese Doctor | ||
| 1938 | Wing Foo | |
| Hong Kong Cholly | ||
| Julius | ||
| 1937 | Prince Chung | |
| Kim Lee | ||
| Sing Fung, Laundry Man | ||
| Ito (Terry's servant) | ||
| Crooner | ||
| Captain (uncredited) | ||
| Fang Tu | ||
| 1936 | Sun Lo | |
| Oxford | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1935 | Wu Ting (as Philip Ann) | |
| Servant | ||
| 1934 | Chinese Waiter | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
