Philip Ahn

Philip Ahn

Birthday: 1905-03-29

Deathday: 1978-02-28

Place of birth: Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as: Phillip Ahn, Phil Ahn, Philip Ann, Pil Lip Ahn, Pillip Ahn

imdb_id: nm0014217

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.

Played in movies:

China Venture

Score: 7.3

They Met in Bombay

Score: 7.3

Desirable

Score: 7.3

Yesterday's Enemy

Score: 7.2

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

Score: 7.1

God Is My Co-Pilot

Score: 7.0

The Keys of the Kingdom

Score: 7.0

Shock Corridor

Score: 7.0

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Score: 6.9

The Great Impostor

Score: 6.9

China

Score: 6.8

One-Eyed Jacks

Score: 6.7

Stowaway

Score: 6.7

They Were Expendable

Score: 6.6

Around the World in Eighty Days

Score: 6.6

Across the Pacific

Score: 6.6

The Man from Down Under

Score: 6.5

Rogues' Regiment

Score: 6.5

The Shadow

Score: 6.5

Shanghai

Score: 6.5

Klondike Annie

Score: 6.5

Battle Hymn

Score: 6.4

Dragon Seed

Score: 6.4

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

Score: 6.4

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Score: 6.4

The Left Hand of God

Score: 6.4

The Good Earth

Score: 6.3

The Story of Dr. Wassell

Score: 6.3

The General Died at Dawn

Score: 6.2

I Was an American Spy

Score: 6.2

Macao

Score: 6.2

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Score: 6.1

Drums of Fu Manchu

Score: 6.1

The Big Hangover

Score: 6.1

Singapore

Score: 6.1

Thank You, Mr. Moto

Score: 6.1

Back to Bataan

Score: 6.1

His Majesty O'Keefe

Score: 6.1

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Score: 6.0

The Sickle or the Cross

Score: 6.0

The Purple Heart

Score: 6.0

Impact

Score: 6.0

The Miracle of the Bells

Score: 5.9

Something to Sing About

Score: 5.9

Ship Ahoy

Score: 5.9

Halls of Montezuma

Score: 5.9

Blood on the Sun

Score: 5.8

King of Chinatown

Score: 5.8

Betrayal from the East

Score: 5.8

December 7th

Score: 5.8

Island of Lost Men

Score: 5.7

Behind the Rising Sun

Score: 5.7

Saigon

Score: 5.6

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

Score: 5.6

China Corsair

Score: 5.5

The Tuttles of Tahiti

Score: 5.5

Disputed Passage

Score: 5.5

China Passage

Score: 5.5

Confessions of an Opium Eater

Score: 5.5

Japanese War Bride

Score: 5.5

Hell's Half Acre

Score: 5.5

Diamond Head

Score: 5.4

Hawaii Calls

Score: 5.4

Daughter of Shanghai

Score: 5.4

China Girl

Score: 5.4

Never So Few

Score: 5.4

The World's Greatest Athlete

Score: 5.3

Barricade

Score: 5.3

Target Hong Kong

Score: 5.3

Let's Get Tough

Score: 5.1

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Score: 5.1

Hong Kong Confidential

Score: 5.1

Around the World

Score: 5.0

The Cobra Strikes

Score: 5.0

Roaring Timber

Score: 5.0

Submarine Raider

Score: 5.0

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

Score: 5.0

Panama Patrol

Score: 5.0

A Girl Named Tamiko

Score: 5.0

Intrigue

Score: 5.0

Battle Zone

Score: 5.0

Fair Wind to Java

Score: 4.9

The Chinese Ring

Score: 4.9

The Karate Killers

Score: 4.9

The Shanghai Story

Score: 4.8

A Scream in the Night

Score: 4.7

China Sky

Score: 4.6

The Creeper

Score: 4.5

State Department: File 649

Score: 4.3

China's Little Devils

Score: 4.0

A Yank on the Burma Road

Score: 4.0

Jump Into Hell

Score: 4.0

Women in the Night

Score: 3.9

The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake

Score: 3.3

Red Snow

Score: 3.0

Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts

Score: 1.0

Dragon by the Tail

Score: 0.0

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

Score: 0.0

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

Score: 0.0

Secrets of Monte Carlo

Score: 0.0

Cocoon

Score: 0.0

Forever Yours

Score: 0.0

Red Barry

Score: 0.0

The Way to the Gold

Score: 0.0

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die

Score: 0.0

North of Shanghai

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Islanders

Score: 8.0

M*A*S*H

Score: 7.9

M*A*S*H

Score: 7.9

M*A*S*H

Score: 7.9

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Kung Fu

Score: 7.7

The Time Tunnel

Score: 7.6

Mission: Impossible

Score: 7.6

Bonanza

Score: 7.5

The Wild Wild West

Score: 7.5

Sanford and Son

Score: 7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

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

Score: 7.2

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

Score: 7.2

The Third Man

Score: 7.1

Hawaii Five-O

Score: 7.1

Hawaii Five-O

Score: 7.1

Hawaii Five-O

Score: 7.1

Wonder Woman

Score: 7.0

It Takes a Thief

Score: 7.0

The Streets of San Francisco

Score: 6.9

Ironside

Score: 6.8

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Score: 6.8

The Magician

Score: 6.7

Switch

Score: 6.7

Mannix

Score: 6.7

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

Score: 6.6

Ensign O'Toole

Score: 6.5

Pete and Gladys

Score: 6.5

Anna and the King

Score: 6.5

My Three Sons

Score: 6.4

Dragnet

Score: 6.4

Four Star Playhouse

Score: 6.3

Four Star Playhouse

Score: 6.3

Telephone Time

Score: 6.3

Laredo

Score: 6.3

Police Woman

Score: 6.3

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.3

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Score: 6.2

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Score: 6.2

The Big Valley

Score: 6.1

Love, American Style

Score: 6.1

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Score: 6.0

Adventures in Paradise

Score: 5.7

Adventures in Paradise

Score: 5.7

Stoney Burke

Score: 5.7

Adventures in Paradise

Score: 5.7

Lawman

Score: 5.6

One Step Beyond

Score: 5.6

Hey, Jeannie!

Score: 5.5

Tightrope

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

Hawaiian Eye

Score: 5.2

Hawaiian Eye

Score: 5.2

Hawaiian Eye

Score: 5.2

The Rebel

Score: 5.1

Jungle Jim

Score: 5.0

Jefferson Drum

Score: 4.5

Navy Log

Score: 4.5

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Score: 4.5

Checkmate

Score: 4.1

Johnny Midnight

Score: 0.0