Philip Ahn
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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.
Fotos
Películas (106)
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
1976 · Soong
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
1974 · General Yamashita
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973 · Chang (voice)
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973 · Old Chinaman
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
1972 · Master Kan
The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake
1970 · Mao Tse Tung (uncredited)
Cocoon
1968 · Attorney General
The Karate Killers
1967 · Sazami Kyushu
Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967 · Tea
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
1966 · Moki Kaimana
Shock Corridor
1963 · Dr. Fong
A Girl Named Tamiko
1962 · Akiba
Diamond Head
1962 · Mr. Immacona
Confessions of an Opium Eater
1962 · Ching Foon
One-Eyed Jacks
1961 · Uncle
Dragon by the Tail
1961 · Lee Chin
The Great Impostor
1960 · Capt. Hun Kim
Never So Few
1959 · Nautaung, leader of the Kachin
Yesterday's Enemy
1959 · Yamazuki
Hong Kong Confidential
1958 · Tan Chung
The Way to the Gold
1957 · Mr. Ding - cafe owner
Battle Hymn
1957 · Old Man
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited)
The Left Hand of God
1955 · Jan Teng
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955 · Third Uncle
Jump Into Hell
1955 · Chinese POW Lieutenant
The Shanghai Story
1954 · Major Ling Wu
Hell's Half Acre
1954 · Roger Kong
His Majesty O'Keefe
1954 · Sien Tang, Dentist
China Venture
1953 · Adm. Amara
Target Hong Kong
1953 · Sin How
Fair Wind to Java
1953 · Gusti
Battle Zone
1952 · South Korean Guerrilla Leader
Red Snow
1952 · Taglu, a spy
Macao
1952 · Itzumi
Japanese War Bride
1952 · Eitaro Shimizu
Secrets of Monte Carlo
1951 · Wong
China Corsair
1951 · Wong San
I Was an American Spy
1951 · Capt. Arito
Halls of Montezuma
1951 · Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura")
The Big Hangover
1950 · Dr. Lee
The Sickle or the Cross
1949 · Chinese Official
Impact
1949 · Ah Sing
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949 · Wong Chung Shee
State Department: File 649
1949 · Col. Aram
Rogues' Regiment
1948 · Tran Duy Gian
The Creeper
1948 · Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner
The Cobra Strikes
1948 · Kasim--Houseboy
The Miracle of the Bells
1948 · Ming Gow
Women in the Night
1948 · Professor Kunioshi
Intrigue
1947 · Louie Chin
The Chinese Ring
1947 · Captain Kong
Saigon
1947 · Boss Merchant (uncredited)
Singapore
1947 · Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)
They Were Expendable
1945 · Army Orderly (uncredited)
Back to Bataan
1945 · Col. Coroki
China's Little Devils
1945 · Farmer
China Sky
1945 · Dr. Kim
Blood on the Sun
1945 · Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto (uncredited)
Betrayal from the East
1945 · Kato
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945 · Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Forever Yours
1945 · Chinese Man (uncredited)
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944 · Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
Dragon Seed
1944 · Leader of City People (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944 · Ping
The Purple Heart
1944 · Saburo Goto (uncredited)
Around the World
1943 · Foo
The Man from Down Under
1943 · English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
Behind the Rising Sun
1943 · Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi
China
1943 · Lin Cho
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943 · Hirota
December 7th
1943 · Shinto Priest (uncredited)
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
1943 · Wu Tan
China Girl
1942 · Kai Young
Across the Pacific
1942 · Man in Theatre (uncredited)
Submarine Raider
1942 · First Officer Kawakami
Let's Get Tough
1942 · Joe Matsui
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942 · Emily's Servant (uncredited)
Ship Ahoy
1942 · Koro Sumo
A Yank on the Burma Road
1942 · Franklin Ling
They Met in Bombay
1941 · Japanese officer (uncredited)
Drums of Fu Manchu
1940 · Dr. Chang
The Shadow
1940 · Wu Yung
Barricade
1939 · Col. Wai Kang
Disputed Passage
1939 · Dr. Fung
Island of Lost Men
1939
Panama Patrol
1939 · Sun
King of Chinatown
1939 · Robert 'Bob' Li
North of Shanghai
1939 · Chinese Doctor
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938 · Wing Foo
Red Barry
1938 · Hong Kong Cholly
Hawaii Calls
1938 · Julius
Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937 · Prince Chung
Daughter of Shanghai
1937 · Kim Lee
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
1937 · Sing Fung, Laundry Man
Something to Sing About
1937 · Ito
Roaring Timber
1937 · Crooner
The Good Earth
1937 · Captain (uncredited)
China Passage
1937 · Fang Tu
Stowaway
1936 · Sun Lo
The General Died at Dawn
1936 · Oxford
Klondike Annie
1936
A Scream in the Night
1935 · Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)
Shanghai
1935 · Servant
Desirable
1934 · Chinese Waiter
Series (54)
Wonder Woman
1975 · Colonel Minh
Switch
1975 · Charlie Kuang
Police Woman
1974
The Magician
1973 · Chao Liu
Kung Fu
1972 · Master Kan
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Mr. Wu
M*A*S*H
1972 · The Father, Korean Grandfather
Anna and the King
1972 · Astrologist
Sanford and Son
1972
Love, American Style
1969 · Chow Lee
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Attorney General, Quon Li, Lin Mai-Lu
It Takes a Thief
1968 · Owner
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Dr. Liu
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Wu
The Time Tunnel
1966 · Dr. Nakamura
The F.B.I.
1965 · Police Chief Henry Nakamura
The Wild Wild West
1965
Laredo
1965
The Big Valley
1965 · Chen Yu
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Dr. Sazami Kyushu, High Lama of Ghupat
Stoney Burke
1962
Ensign O'Toole
1962 · Low Kong
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
The Islanders
1960 · Governor Galli
My Three Sons
1960 · George Wong
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · Lee Chin
Checkmate
1960 · Mr. Lu
Johnny Midnight
1960
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Mr. Kwong, Florist
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Ling, Reverend Yen, Mr. Chee
The Rebel
1959 · Quong Lee
The Third Man
1959
Bonanza
1959 · Mr. Lee Chang, Dr. Kam Lee
Tightrope
1959
One Step Beyond
1959 · Song
Lawman
1958 · Wong
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Tom Wing
Jefferson Drum
1958 · Charles Wong
Perry Mason
1957 · James Wong
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · W. Chung
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Ho-Lung
Hey, Jeannie!
1956 · Wong
Telephone Time
1956
Crossroads
1955 · Sun Yal, Lung Chan, Ah Hiu
Jungle Jim
1955
Navy Log
1955
General Electric Theater
1953 · Rahm Sing
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Chang, Capt. Shu Gat
Dragnet
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951