Philip Ahn

Acting

Born Mar 29, 1905

From Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Died Feb 28, 1978

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.

Philip Ahn

Known For

Around the World in 80 Days

Thoroughly Modern Millie

One-Eyed Jacks

They Were Expendable

The Good Earth

The Keys of the Kingdom

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Never So Few

Macao

Back to Bataan

Filmography — Acting

Around the World in 80 Days

Thoroughly Modern Millie

One-Eyed Jacks

They Were Expendable

The Good Earth

The Keys of the Kingdom

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Never So Few

Macao

Back to Bataan

Impact

The Miracle of the Bells

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Halls of Montezuma

China Girl

Saigon

Shock Corridor

The Left Hand of God

The Great Impostor

Across the Pacific

Kung Fu: The Movie

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

Singapore

Stowaway

Yesterday's Enemy

Dragon Seed

Battle Hymn

The World's Greatest Athlete

The Story of Dr. Wassell

The Shadow

Island of Lost Men

Battle Zone

I Was an American Spy

A Girl Named Tamiko

Intrigue

Hell's Half Acre

China Sky

Cocoon

King of Chinatown

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

The Karate Killers

The Chinese Ring

His Majesty O'Keefe

The General Died at Dawn

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon

Behind the Rising Sun

Blood on the Sun

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

A Yank on the Burma Road

China Venture

God Is My Co-Pilot

China

December 7th

Desirable

The Man from Down Under

The Big Hangover

Around the World

Disputed Passage

Roaring Timber

Diamond Head

Drums of Fu Manchu

North of Shanghai

The Purple Heart

Japanese War Bride

China Passage

Confessions of an Opium Eater