8.0
8.0
Cocoon
1968
as Attorney General
Philip Ahn
Also known as: Pil Lip Ahn
Acting
Born:March 29, 1905
Died:February 28, 1978(aged 72)
Birthplace:Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:University of Southern California, USC Marshall School of Business
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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.
Filmography (101 movies)
7.3
7.3
China Venture
1953
as Adm. Amara
7.3
7.3
Desirable
1934
as Chinese Waiter
7.2
7.2
Yesterday's Enemy
1959
as Yamazuki
7.1
7.1
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
1972
as Master Kan
7.0
7.0
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
as Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
7.0
7.0
Shock Corridor
1963
as Dr. Fong
6.9
6.9
The Great Impostor
1960
as Capt. Hun Kim
6.9
6.9
Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967
as Tea
6.8
6.8
China
1943
as Lin Cho
6.7
6.7
One-Eyed Jacks
1961
as Uncle
6.7
6.7
Stowaway
1936
as Sun Lo
6.7
6.7
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
6.5
6.5
The Shadow
1940
as Wu Yung
6.5
6.5
Battle Hymn
1957
as Old Man
6.5
6.5
Shanghai
1935
as Servant
6.5
6.5
Dragon Seed
1944
as Leader of City People (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
The Man from Down Under
1943
as English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Rogues' Regiment
1948
as Tran Duy Gian
6.4
6.4
Klondike Annie
1936
6.4
6.4
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938
as Wing Foo
6.3
6.3
The General Died at Dawn
1936
as Oxford
6.3
6.3
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
as Ping
6.3
6.3
The Left Hand of God
1955
as Jan Teng
6.3
6.3
The Good Earth
1937
as Captain (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
I Was an American Spy
1951
as Capt. Arito
6.2
6.2
Macao
1952
as Itzumi
6.1
6.1
Something to Sing About
1937
as Ito (Terry's servant)
6.1
6.1
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973
as Chang (voice)
6.1
6.1
The Big Hangover
1950
as Dr. Lee
6.1
6.1
His Majesty O'Keefe
1954
as Sien Tang, Dentist
6.1
6.1
Drums of Fu Manchu
1940
as Dr. Chang
6.1
6.1
Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937
as Prince Chung
6.0
6.0
Back to Bataan
1945
as Col. Coroki
6.0
6.0
The Purple Heart
1944
as Saburo Goto (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
The Sickle or the Cross
1949
as Chinese Official
6.0
6.0
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955
as Third Uncle
5.9
5.9
Singapore
1947
as Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)
5.9
5.9
Impact
1949
as Ah Sing
5.9
5.9
Halls of Montezuma
1951
as Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura")
5.9
5.9
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
as Ming Gow
5.9
5.9
Ship Ahoy
1942
as Koro Sumo
5.8
5.8
December 7th
1943
as Shinto Priest (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
Saigon
1947
as Boss Merchant (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
King of Chinatown
1939
as Robert 'Bob' Li
5.8
5.8
Betrayal from the East
1945
as Kato
5.8
5.8
Blood on the Sun
1945
as Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
as Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi
5.7
5.7
Island of Lost Men
1939
5.6
5.6
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949
as Wong Chung Shee
5.5
5.5
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
as Emily's Servant (uncredited)
5.5
5.5
China Passage
1937
as Fang Tu
5.5
5.5
China Corsair
1951
as Wong San
5.5
5.5
Confessions of an Opium Eater
1962
as Ching Foon
5.5
5.5
Japanese War Bride
1952
as Eitaro Shimizu
5.5
5.5
Disputed Passage
1939
as Dr. Fung
5.4
5.4
Diamond Head
1962
as Mr. Immacona
5.4
5.4
Never So Few
1959
as Nautaung
5.4
5.4
Hawaii Calls
1938
as Julius
5.3
5.3
Target Hong Kong
1953
as Sin How
5.3
5.3
China Girl
1942
as Kai Young
5.3
5.3
Barricade
1939
as Col. Wai Kang
5.3
5.3
Kung Fu: The Movie
1986
as Master Kan
5.3
5.3
Hell's Half Acre
1954
as Roger Kong
5.1
5.1
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
as Kim Lee
5.1
5.1
Let's Get Tough
1942
as Joe Matsui
5.1
5.1
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
1966
as Moki Kaimana
5.1
5.1
Hong Kong Confidential
1958
as Tan Chung
5.0
5.0
Intrigue
1947
as Louie Chin
5.0
5.0
Around the World
1943
as Foo
5.0
5.0
A Girl Named Tamiko
1962
as Akiba
5.0
5.0
Battle Zone
1952
as South Korean Guerrilla Leader
5.0
5.0
Panama Patrol
1939
as Sun
5.0
5.0
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
1943
as Wu Tan
5.0
5.0
Roaring Timber
1937
as Crooner
5.0
5.0
The Cobra Strikes
1948
as Kasim--Houseboy
5.0
5.0
Submarine Raider
1942
as First Officer Kawakami
4.9
4.9
The Chinese Ring
1947
as Captain Kong
4.9
4.9
Fair Wind to Java
1953
as Gusti
4.8
4.8
The Shanghai Story
1954
as Major Ling Wu
4.7
4.7
A Scream in the Night
1935
as Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)
4.6
4.6
The Karate Killers
1967
as Sazami Kyushu
4.6
4.6
China Sky
1945
as Dr. Kim
4.5
4.5
The Creeper
1948
as Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner
4.3
4.3
State Department: File 649
1949
as Col. Aram
4.0
4.0
China's Little Devils
1945
as Farmer
4.0
4.0
A Yank on the Burma Road
1942
as Franklin Ling
3.5
3.5
Women in the Night
1948
as Professor Kunioshi
3.4
3.4
Jump Into Hell
1955
as Chinese POW Lieutenant
3.3
3.3
The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake
1970
as Mao Tse Tung (uncredited)
3.0
3.0
Red Snow
1952
as Taglu, a spy
1.0
1.0
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
1937
as Sing Fung, Laundry Man
The Way to the Gold
1957
as Mr. Ding - cafe owner
Dragon by the Tail
1961
as Lee Chin
Red Barry
1938
as Hong Kong Cholly
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943
as Hirota
Secrets of Monte Carlo
1951
as Wong
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
1976
as Soong
North of Shanghai
1939
as Chinese Doctor
Forever Yours
1945
as Chinese Man (uncredited)
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
1974
as General Yamashita
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