Philip Ahn

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: Acting

Born: Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1905-03-29

Died: 1978-02-28

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Desirable	Chinese Waiter	73
2	1935	Shanghai	Servant	70
3	1935	A Scream in the Night	Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)	47
4	1936	Klondike Annie		64
5	1936	The General Died at Dawn	Oxford	62
6	1936	Stowaway	Sun Lo	67
7	1937	China Passage	Fang Tu	55
8	1937	The Good Earth	Captain (uncredited)	63
9	1937	Roaring Timber	Crooner	50
10	1937	Something to Sing About	Ito (Terry's servant)	59
11	1937	Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts	Sing Fung, Laundry Man	10
12	1937	Daughter of Shanghai	Kim Lee	54
13	1937	Thank You, Mr. Moto	Prince Chung	61
14	1938	Hawaii Calls	Julius	54
15	1938	Red Barry	Hong Kong Cholly	0
16	1938	Charlie Chan in Honolulu	Wing Foo	64
17	1939	North of Shanghai	Chinese Doctor	0
18	1939	King of Chinatown	Robert 'Bob' Li	58
19	1939	Panama Patrol	Sun	50
20	1939	Island of Lost Men		57
21	1939	Disputed Passage	Dr. Fung	55
22	1939	Barricade	Col. Wai Kang	50
23	1940	The Shadow	Wu Yung	65
24	1940	Drums of Fu Manchu	Dr. Chang	61
25	1941	They Met in Bombay	Japanese officer (uncredited)	73
26	1942	A Yank on the Burma Road	Dr. Franklin Ling	40
27	1942	Ship Ahoy	Koro Sumo	59
28	1942	The Tuttles of Tahiti	Emily's Servant (uncredited)	55
29	1942	Let's Get Tough	Joe Matsui	51
30	1942	Submarine Raider	First Officer Kawakami	50
31	1942	Across the Pacific	Man in Theatre (uncredited)	66
32	1942	China Girl	Kai Young	54
33	1943	The Adventures of Smilin' Jack	Wu Tan	50
34	1943	The Amazing Mrs. Holliday		64
35	1943	December 7th	Shinto Priest (uncredited)	58
36	1943	Don Winslow of the Coast Guard	Hirota	0
37	1943	China	Lin Cho	68
38	1943	Behind the Rising Sun	Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi	57
39	1943	The Man from Down Under	English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)	65
40	1943	Around the World	Foo	50
41	1944	The Purple Heart	Saburo Goto (uncredited)	60
42	1944	The Story of Dr. Wassell	Ping	63
43	1944	Dragon Seed	Leader of City People (uncredited)	64
44	1944	The Keys of the Kingdom	Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia	70
45	1945	Forever Yours	Chinese Man (uncredited)	0
46	1945	God Is My Co-Pilot	Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited)	70
47	1945	Betrayal from the East	Kato	58
48	1945	Blood on the Sun	Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto (uncredited)	58
49	1945	China Sky	Dr. Kim	46
50	1945	China's Little Devils	Farmer	40
51	1945	Back to Bataan	Col. Coroki	61
52	1945	They Were Expendable	Army Orderly (uncredited)	66
53	1947	Singapore	Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)	61
54	1947	Saigon	Boss Merchant (uncredited)	56
55	1947	Intrigue	Louie Chin	50
56	1947	The Chinese Ring	Captain Kong	49
57	1948	Women in the Night	Professor Kunioshi	39
58	1948	The Miracle of the Bells	Ming Gow	59
59	1948	The Cobra Strikes	Kasim--Houseboy	50
60	1948	The Creeper	Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner	45
61	1948	Rogues' Regiment	Tran Duy Gian	65
62	1949	State Department: File 649	Col. Aram	43
63	1949	Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture	Wong Chung Shee	56
64	1949	Impact	Ah Sing	60
65	1949	The Sickle or the Cross	Chinese Official	60
66	1950	The Big Hangover	Dr. Lee	61
67	1951	Halls of Montezuma	Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura")	59
68	1951	I Was an American Spy	Capt. Arito	62
69	1951	China Corsair	Wong San	55
70	1951	Secrets of Monte Carlo	Wong	0
71	1952	Japanese War Bride	Eitaro Shimizu	55
72	1952	Macao	Itzumi	62
73	1952	Red Snow	Taglu, a spy	30
74	1952	Battle Zone	South Korean Guerrilla Leader	50
75	1953	Fair Wind to Java	Gusti	49
76	1953	Target Hong Kong	Sin How	53
77	1953	China Venture	Adm. Amara	73
78	1954	His Majesty O'Keefe	Sien Tang, Dentist	61
79	1954	Hell's Half Acre	Roger Kong	55
80	1954	The Shanghai Story	Major Ling Wu	48
81	1955	Jump Into Hell	Chinese POW Lieutenant	40
82	1955	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing	Third Uncle	60
83	1955	The Left Hand of God	Jan Teng	64
84	1956	Around the World in Eighty Days	Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited)	66
85	1957	Battle Hymn	Old Man	65
86	1957	The Way to the Gold	Mr. Ding - cafe owner	0
87	1958	Hong Kong Confidential	Tan Chung	51
88	1959	Yesterday's Enemy	Yamazuki	72
89	1959	Never So Few	Nautaung	54
90	1960	The Great Impostor	Capt. Hun Kim	69
91	1961	Dragon by the Tail	Lee Chin	0
92	1961	One-Eyed Jacks	Uncle	67
93	1962	Confessions of an Opium Eater	Ching Foon	54
94	1962	A Girl Named Tamiko	Akiba	50
95	1962	Diamond Head	Mr. Immacona	54
96	1963	Shock Corridor	Dr. Fong	70
97	1966	Paradise, Hawaiian Style	Moki Kaimana	51
98	1967	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Tea	69
99	1967	The Karate Killers	Sazami Kyushu	49
100	1968	Cocoon	Attorney General	0
101	1970	The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake	Mao Tse Tung (uncredited)	33
102	1972	Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon	Master Kan	71
103	1973	The World's Greatest Athlete	Old Chinaman	53
104	1973	Jonathan Livingston Seagull	Chang (voice)	61
105	1974	Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita	General Yamashita	0
106	1976	The Killer Who Wouldn't Die	Soong	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
2	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
3	1951	Dragnet		64
4	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Chang	63
5	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Capt. Shu Gat	63
6	1953	General Electric Theater	Rahm Sing	63
7	1955	Navy Log		45
8	1955	Jungle Jim		50
9	1956	Telephone Time		63
10	1956	Hey, Jeannie!	Wong	55
11	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Ho-Lung	62
12	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
13	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	W. Chung	74
14	1957	Perry Mason	James Wong	77
15	1958	Jefferson Drum	Charles Wong	45
16	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Tom Wing	69
17	1958	Lawman	Wong	56
18	1959	One Step Beyond	Song	56
19	1959	Tightrope		55
20	1959	Bonanza	Mr. Lee Chang	75
21	1959	The Third Man		67
22	1959	The Rebel	Quong Lee	51
23	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Ling	57
24	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Reverend Yen	57
25	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Mr. Chee	57
26	1959	Hawaiian Eye		52
27	1959	Hawaiian Eye	Mr. Kwong	52
28	1960	Johnny Midnight		0
29	1960	Checkmate		41
30	1960	Pete and Gladys		65
31	1960	The Barbara Stanwyck Show	Lee Chin	62
32	1960	My Three Sons	George Wong	65
33	1960	The Islanders	Governor Galli	80
34	1961	Kraft Mystery Theatre		60
35	1962	Ensign O'Toole	Low Kong	65
36	1962	Stoney Burke		57
37	1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Dr. Sazami Kyushu	72
38	1965	The Big Valley	Chen Yu	61
39	1965	Laredo		63
40	1965	The Wild Wild West		75
41	1965	The F.B.I.	Police Chief Henry Nakamura	55
42	1966	The Time Tunnel	Dr. Nakamura	76
43	1966	Mission: Impossible	Dr. Liu	76
44	1967	Ironside		68
45	1967	Mannix		67
46	1968	It Takes a Thief	Owner	70
47	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Attorney General	71
48	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Quon Li	71
49	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Lin Mai-Lu	71
50	1969	Love, American Style	Chow Lee	61
51	1972	Sanford and Son		74
52	1972	Anna and the King		65
53	1972	MAS*H		79
54	1972	MAS*H	The Father	79
55	1972	MAS*H	Korean Grandfather	79
56	1972	The Streets of San Francisco	Mr. Wu	69
57	1972	Kung Fu	Master Kan	77
58	1973	The Magician	Chao Liu	67
59	1974	Police Woman		63
60	1975	Switch	Charlie Kuang	67
61	1975	Wonder Woman	Colonel Minh	70

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