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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.
Movie | The Killer Who Wouldn't Die | Soong | 1976-04-04 |
Series | Switch | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
Series | Wonder Woman | Unknown | 1975-11-07 |
Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Movie | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Chang (voice) | 1973-10-23 |
Movie | Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon | Master Kan | 1972-02-22 |
Series | Anna and the King | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Series | Sanford and Son | Unknown | 1972-01-14 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Series | Kung Fu | Master Kan | 1972-10-14 |
Series | M*A*S*H | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
Movie | The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake | Mao Tse Tung (uncredited) | 1970-09-24 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Tea | 1967-03-22 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Movie | The Karate Killers | Sazami Kyushu | 1967-04-07 |
Movie | Paradise, Hawaiian Style | Moki Kaimana | 1966-04-23 |
Series | The Time Tunnel | Unknown | 1966-09-09 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Movie | Shock Corridor | Dr. Fong | 1963-09-25 |
Movie | Diamond Head | Mr. Immacona | 1962-12-27 |
Series | Stoney Burke | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Movie | Confessions of an Opium Eater | Ching Foon | 1962-06-20 |
Movie | A Girl Named Tamiko | Akiba | 1962-12-27 |
Movie | One-Eyed Jacks | Uncle | 1961-03-30 |
Series | Kraft Mystery Theatre | Unknown | 1961-06-14 |
Series | Checkmate | Unknown | 1960-09-17 |
Series | Pete and Gladys | Unknown | 1960-09-19 |
Series | Johnny Midnight | Unknown | 1960-01-03 |
Series | My Three Sons | Unknown | 1960-09-29 |
Movie | The Great Impostor | Capt. Hun Kim | 1960-12-23 |
Series | The Islanders | Unknown | 1960-10-02 |
Movie | Yesterday's Enemy | Yamazuki | 1959-09-10 |
Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
Series | The Third Man | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Series | Tightrope | Unknown | 1959-09-08 |
Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
Series | The Rebel | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
Movie | Never So Few | Nautaung | 1959-12-07 |
Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
Movie | Hong Kong Confidential | Tan Chung | 1958-10-01 |
Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
Movie | Battle Hymn | Old Man | 1957-02-14 |
Series | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Unknown | 1957-07-01 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Series | Telephone Time | Unknown | 1956-04-08 |
Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited) | 1956-10-17 |
Series | Jungle Jim | Unknown | 1955-09-26 |
Movie | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Third Uncle | 1955-08-18 |
Movie | Jump Into Hell | Chinese POW Lieutenant | 1955-04-01 |
Movie | The Left Hand of God | Jan Teng | 1955-09-02 |
Series | Navy Log | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
Movie | His Majesty O'Keefe | Sien Tang, Dentist | 1954-01-16 |
Movie | Hell's Half Acre | Roger Kong | 1954-06-01 |
Movie | The Shanghai Story | Major Ling Wu | 1954-09-01 |
Movie | Fair Wind to Java | Gusti | 1953-01-28 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | China Venture | Adm. Amara | 1953-09-07 |
Movie | Target Hong Kong | Sin How | 1953-02-06 |
Movie | Macao | Itzumi | 1952-04-11 |
Movie | Japanese War Bride | Eitaro Shimizu | 1952-01-29 |
Movie | Red Snow | Taglu, a spy | 1952-07-07 |
Movie | I Was an American Spy | Capt. Arito | 1951-04-14 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Movie | Halls of Montezuma | Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura") | 1951-01-04 |
Series | Dragnet | Unknown | 1951-12-16 |
Movie | China Corsair | Wong San | 1951-06-12 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Movie | Secrets of Monte Carlo | Wong | 1951-06-20 |
Movie | The Big Hangover | Dr. Lee | 1950-05-26 |
Movie | State Department: File 649 | Col. Aram | 1949-02-11 |
Movie | Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture | Wong Chung Shee | 1949-03-02 |
Movie | The Gal Who Took the West | Party Guest | 1949-09-01 |
Movie | Impact | Ah Sing | 1949-03-20 |
Movie | Women in the Night | Professor Kunioshi | 1948-01-02 |
Movie | The Miracle of the Bells | Ming Gow | 1948-03-27 |
Movie | The Creeper | Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner | 1948-09-01 |
Movie | The Cobra Strikes | Kasim--Houseboy | 1948-04-24 |
Movie | Rogues' Regiment | Tran Duy Gian | 1948-12-28 |
Movie | Singapore | Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited) | 1947-08-13 |
Movie | The Chinese Ring | Captain Kong | 1947-12-06 |
Movie | Intrigue | Louie Chin | 1947-12-06 |
Movie | Betrayal from the East | Kato | 1945-04-24 |
Movie | God Is My Co-Pilot | Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited) | 1945-04-07 |
Movie | China Sky | Dr. Kim | 1945-05-16 |
Movie | Forever Yours | Chinese Man (uncredited) | 1945-01-26 |
Movie | China's Little Devils | Farmer | 1945-05-27 |
Movie | They Were Expendable | Army Orderly (uncredited) | 1945-12-07 |
Movie | Back to Bataan | Col. Coroki | 1945-05-30 |
Movie | The Purple Heart | Saburo Goto (uncredited) | 1944-02-25 |
Movie | The Story of Dr. Wassell | Ping | 1944-07-04 |
Movie | Dragon Seed | Leader of City People (uncredited) | 1944-07-20 |
Movie | The Keys of the Kingdom | Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia | 1944-12-15 |
Movie | December 7th | Shinto Priest (uncredited) | 1943-03-01 |
Movie | The Adventures of Smilin' Jack | Wu Tan | 1943-01-05 |
Movie | Don Winslow of the Coast Guard | Hirota | 1943-04-06 |
Movie | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | 1943-02-19 | |
Movie | China | Lin Cho | 1943-04-21 |
Movie | Around the World | Foo | 1943-11-27 |
Movie | Behind the Rising Sun | Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi | 1943-08-01 |
Movie | Ship Ahoy | Koro Sumo | 1942-04-16 |
Movie | A Yank on the Burma Road | Dr. Franklin Ling | 1942-01-29 |
Movie | Let's Get Tough | Joe Matsui | 1942-05-29 |
Movie | The Tuttles of Tahiti | Emily's Servant (uncredited) | 1942-05-01 |
Movie | Across the Pacific | Man in Theatre (uncredited) | 1942-09-04 |
Movie | Submarine Raider | First Officer Kawakami | 1942-06-04 |
Movie | China Girl | Kai Young | 1942-12-09 |
Movie | They Met in Bombay | Japanese officer (uncredited) | 1941-06-27 |
Movie | Drums of Fu Manchu | Dr. Chang | 1940-03-15 |
Movie | The Shadow | Wu Yung | 1940-01-05 |
Movie | Panama Patrol | Sun | 1939-03-20 |
Movie | North of Shanghai | Chinese Doctor | 1939-01-24 |
Movie | King of Chinatown | Robert 'Bob' Li | 1939-03-17 |
Movie | Disputed Passage | Dr. Fung | 1939-10-25 |
Movie | Barricade | Col. Wai Kang | 1939-12-08 |
Movie | Hawaii Calls | Julius | 1938-03-12 |
Movie | Red Barry | Hong Kong Cholly | 1938-10-18 |
Movie | Charlie Chan in Honolulu | Wing Foo | 1938-12-30 |
Movie | Roaring Timber | Crooner | 1937-07-03 |
Movie | China Passage | Fang Tu | 1937-03-12 |
Movie | The Good Earth | Captain (uncredited) | 1937-06-02 |
Movie | Something to Sing About | Ito (Terry's servant) | 1937-09-30 |
Movie | Thank You, Mr. Moto | Prince Chung | 1937-12-24 |
Movie | Daughter of Shanghai | Kim Lee | 1937-12-17 |
Movie | Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts | Sing Fung, Laundry Man | 1937-11-26 |
Movie | Klondike Annie | 1936-02-21 | |
Movie | The General Died at Dawn | Oxford | 1936-11-17 |
Movie | Stowaway | Sun Lo | 1936-12-25 |
Movie | Shanghai | Servant | 1935-07-19 |
Movie | A Scream in the Night | Wu Ting (as Philip Ann) | 1935-07-29 |
Movie | Desirable | Chinese Waiter | 1934-09-08 |