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Philip Ahn‌

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Philip Ahn

Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Philip Ahn

Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1905-03-29

Popularity

star3.0

Biography

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.

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Shock Corridor

Shock Corridor‌
star6.9
calendar 1963

The Karate Killers

The Karate Killers‌
star4.9
calendar 1967

Women in the Night

Women in the Night‌
star3.9
calendar 1948

Impact

Impact‌
star6.1
calendar 1949

Macao

Macao‌
star6.2
calendar 1952

North of Shanghai

North of Shanghai‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

Charlie Chan in Honolulu‌
star6.4
calendar 1938

Stowaway

Stowaway‌
star6.7
calendar 1936

Hell's Half Acre

Hell's Half Acre‌
star5.4
calendar 1954

Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific‌
star6.5
calendar 1942

Betrayal from the East

Betrayal from the East‌
star5.8
calendar 1945

Battle Zone

Battle Zone‌
star5.0
calendar 1952

The Left Hand of God

The Left Hand of God‌
star6.3
calendar 1955

Halls of Montezuma

Halls of Montezuma‌
star5.9
calendar 1951

Jump Into Hell

Jump Into Hell‌
star4.0
calendar 1955

Intrigue

Intrigue‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

The Keys of the Kingdom

The Keys of the Kingdom‌
star7.0
calendar 1944

Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts

Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Japanese War Bride

Japanese War Bride‌
star5.5
calendar 1952

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday‌
star6.4
calendar 1943

Back to Bataan

Back to Bataan‌
star6.1
calendar 1945

China Girl

China Girl‌
star5.4
calendar 1942

The Chinese Ring

The Chinese Ring‌
star4.9
calendar 1947

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Target Hong Kong

Target Hong Kong‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

Thank You, Mr. Moto

Thank You, Mr. Moto‌
star6.2
calendar 1937

Confessions of an Opium Eater

Confessions of an Opium Eater‌
star5.6
calendar 1962

Daughter of Shanghai

Daughter of Shanghai‌
star5.3
calendar 1937

A Yank on the Burma Road

A Yank on the Burma Road‌
star4.0
calendar 1942

Dragon Seed

Dragon Seed‌
star6.4
calendar 1944

God Is My Co-Pilot

God Is My Co-Pilot‌
star7.0
calendar 1945

Hong Kong Confidential

Hong Kong Confidential‌
star5.1
calendar 1958

China

China‌
star6.8
calendar 1943

China Passage

China Passage‌
star5.5
calendar 1937

A Girl Named Tamiko

A Girl Named Tamiko‌
star5.0
calendar 1962

The Way to the Gold

The Way to the Gold‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Paradise, Hawaiian Style‌
star5.1
calendar 1966

The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake

The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake‌
star4.2
calendar 1970

The Shanghai Story

The Shanghai Story‌
star4.8
calendar 1954

Singapore

Singapore‌
star5.7
calendar 1947

The Big Hangover

The Big Hangover‌
star6.7
calendar 1950

Red Barry

Red Barry‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Forever Yours

Forever Yours‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Barricade

Barricade‌
star5.0
calendar 1939

Panama Patrol

Panama Patrol‌
star5.0
calendar 1939

The Creeper

The Creeper‌
star4.5
calendar 1948

Hawaii Calls

Hawaii Calls‌
star5.4
calendar 1938

Disputed Passage

Disputed Passage‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

The Purple Heart

The Purple Heart‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

King of Chinatown

King of Chinatown‌
star5.9
calendar 1939

The Sickle or the Cross

The Sickle or the Cross‌
star6.0
calendar 1949

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

Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Cocoon

Cocoon‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

Fair Wind to Java

Fair Wind to Java‌
star4.9
calendar 1953

The Great Impostor

The Great Impostor‌
star6.9
calendar 1960

Never So Few

Never So Few‌
star5.4
calendar 1959

Shanghai

Shanghai‌
star7.0
calendar 1935

Desirable

Desirable‌
star7.3
calendar 1934

They Met in Bombay

They Met in Bombay‌
star7.4
calendar 1941

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Thoroughly Modern Millie‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Diamond Head

Diamond Head‌
star5.4
calendar 1962

Drums of Fu Manchu

Drums of Fu Manchu‌
star6.1
calendar 1940

Klondike Annie

Klondike Annie‌
star6.4
calendar 1936

The Tuttles of Tahiti

The Tuttles of Tahiti‌
star5.5
calendar 1942

The Miracle of the Bells

The Miracle of the Bells‌
star6.1
calendar 1948

The Shadow

The Shadow‌
star6.5
calendar 1940

Something to Sing About

Something to Sing About‌
star6.3
calendar 1937

Rogues' Regiment

Rogues' Regiment‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull‌
star6.1
calendar 1973

Secrets of Monte Carlo

Secrets of Monte Carlo‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

The Story of Dr. Wassell

The Story of Dr. Wassell‌
star6.3
calendar 1944

The World's Greatest Athlete

The World's Greatest Athlete‌
star5.3
calendar 1973

Battle Hymn

Battle Hymn‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

China Sky

China Sky‌
star5.5
calendar 1945

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days‌
star6.6
calendar 1956

Red Snow

Red Snow‌
star3.0
calendar 1952

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing‌
star5.9
calendar 1955

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

Submarine Raider

Submarine Raider‌
star5.2
calendar 1942

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture‌
star5.6
calendar 1949

Yesterday's Enemy

Yesterday's Enemy‌
star7.1
calendar 1959

Roaring Timber

Roaring Timber‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

I Was an American Spy

I Was an American Spy‌
star6.2
calendar 1951

The Cobra Strikes

The Cobra Strikes‌
star5.0
calendar 1948

The General Died at Dawn

The General Died at Dawn‌
star6.1
calendar 1936

Let's Get Tough

Let's Get Tough‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Around the World

Around the World‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

Behind the Rising Sun

Behind the Rising Sun‌
star5.7
calendar 1943

December 7th

December 7th‌
star5.7
calendar 1943

State Department: File 649

State Department: File 649‌
star5.0
calendar 1949

China's Little Devils

China's Little Devils‌
star4.0
calendar 1945

The Good Earth

The Good Earth‌
star6.2
calendar 1937

China Corsair

China Corsair‌
star5.5
calendar 1951

His Majesty O'Keefe

His Majesty O'Keefe‌
star6.2
calendar 1954

Ship Ahoy

Ship Ahoy‌
star5.9
calendar 1942

One-Eyed Jacks

One-Eyed Jacks‌
star6.7
calendar 1961

A Scream in the Night

A Scream in the Night‌
star4.7
calendar 1935

They Were Expendable

They Were Expendable‌
star6.5
calendar 1945

China Venture

China Venture‌
star7.5
calendar 1953

Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita

Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Island of Lost Men

Island of Lost Men‌
star5.7
calendar 1939

Tv Credits

The Time Tunnel

The Time Tunnel‌
star7.6
calendar 1966

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H‌
star7.9
calendar 1972

Kung Fu

Kung Fu‌
star7.6
calendar 1972

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

Checkmate

Checkmate‌
star4.1
calendar 1960

Sanford and Son

Sanford and Son‌
star7.5
calendar 1972

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

Dragnet

Dragnet‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman‌
star7.0
calendar 1975

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Hawaiian Eye

Hawaiian Eye‌
star5.0
calendar 1959

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible‌
star7.6
calendar 1966

The Islanders

The Islanders‌
star8.0
calendar 1960

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Laredo

Laredo‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

The Wild Wild West

The Wild Wild West‌
star7.5
calendar 1965

Anna and the King

Anna and the King‌
star6.5
calendar 1972

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel‌
star7.4
calendar 1957

Police Woman

Police Woman‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

Switch

Switch‌
star6.7
calendar 1975

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

One Step Beyond

One Step Beyond‌
star5.6
calendar 1959

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Richard Diamond, Private Detective‌
star6.2
calendar 1957

The Big Valley

The Big Valley‌
star6.0
calendar 1965

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

Pete and Gladys

Pete and Gladys‌
star6.5
calendar 1960

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok‌
star4.5
calendar 1951

Navy Log

Navy Log‌
star4.5
calendar 1955

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive‌
star6.9
calendar 1958

The Rebel

The Rebel‌
star5.3
calendar 1959

Stoney Burke

Stoney Burke‌
star5.7
calendar 1962

It Takes a Thief

It Takes a Thief‌
star7.0
calendar 1968

Tightrope

Tightrope‌
star5.5
calendar 1959

Jefferson Drum

Jefferson Drum‌
star4.5
calendar 1958

Telephone Time

Telephone Time‌
star6.3
calendar 1956

Johnny Midnight

Johnny Midnight‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

The Third Man

The Third Man‌
star6.4
calendar 1959

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Kraft Mystery Theatre‌
star6.0
calendar 1961

Jungle Jim

Jungle Jim‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H‌
star7.9
calendar 1972

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Hey, Jeannie!

Hey, Jeannie!‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Lawman

Lawman‌
star5.4
calendar 1958

The Magician

The Magician‌
star6.7
calendar 1973

My Three Sons

My Three Sons‌
star6.5
calendar 1960

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel‌
star7.4
calendar 1957

Ensign O'Toole

Ensign O'Toole‌
star6.5
calendar 1962

Love, American Style

Love, American Style‌
star5.8
calendar 1969

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Bonanza

Bonanza‌
star7.5
calendar 1959

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.‌
star7.1
calendar 1964

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco‌
star7.0
calendar 1972