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