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.
107 movies · 53 shows
Kung Fu: The Movie
1986·5.3
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
1976·7.0
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
1974·8.0
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973·6.1
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973·5.5
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
1972·7.2
The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake
1970·3.8
Cocoon
1968·8.5
The Karate Killers
1967·5.1
Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967·6.9
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
1966·5.2
Shock Corridor
1963·7.0
A Girl Named Tamiko
1962·5.8
Diamond Head
1962·5.5
Confessions of an Opium Eater
1962·5.8
One-Eyed Jacks
1961·6.8
Dragon by the Tail
1961·0.0
The Great Impostor
1960·6.9
Never So Few
1959·5.5
Yesterday's Enemy
1959·7.2
Hong Kong Confidential
1958·5.9
The Way to the Gold
1957·8.0
Battle Hymn
1957·6.6
Around the World in 80 Days
1956·6.7
The Left Hand of God
1955·6.3
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955·6.0
Jump Into Hell
1955·4.2
The Shanghai Story
1954·5.0
Hell's Half Acre
1954·5.5
His Majesty O'Keefe
1954·6.4
China Venture
1953·7.8
Target Hong Kong
1953·5.8
Fair Wind to Java
1953·5.6
Battle Zone
1952·5.5
Red Snow
1952·5.7
Macao
1952·6.3
Japanese War Bride
1952·6.0
Secrets of Monte Carlo
1951·8.0
China Corsair
1951·6.3
I Was an American Spy
1951·6.6
Halls of Montezuma
1951·5.9
The Big Hangover
1950·6.4
The Sickle or the Cross
1949·7.0
Impact
1949·6.1
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949·6.1
State Department: File 649
1949·5.0
Rogues' Regiment
1948·6.8
The Creeper
1948·5.0
The Cobra Strikes
1948·7.5
The Miracle of the Bells
1948·6.2
Women in the Night
1948·4.0
Intrigue
1947·5.6
The Chinese Ring
1947·5.1
Saigon
1947·6.0
Singapore
1947·6.1
They Were Expendable
1945·6.5
Back to Bataan
1945·6.1
China's Little Devils
1945·6.0
China Sky
1945·5.1
Blood on the Sun
1945·5.9
Betrayal from the East
1945·6.4
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945·7.1
Forever Yours
1945·7.0
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944·7.1
Dragon Seed
1944·6.7
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944·6.4
The Purple Heart
1944·6.1
Around the World
1943·6.3
The Man from Down Under
1943·7.7
Behind the Rising Sun
1943·6.1
China
1943·6.9
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943·10.0
December 7th
1943·5.8
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943·6.7
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
1943·5.7
China Girl
1942·5.4
Across the Pacific
1942·6.6
Submarine Raider
1942·5.7
Let's Get Tough
1942·5.3
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942·5.7
Ship Ahoy
1942·6.3
A Yank on the Burma Road
1942·5.7
They Met in Bombay
1941·7.3
Drums of Fu Manchu
1940·6.3
The Shadow
1940·7.3
Barricade
1939·6.5
Disputed Passage
1939·7.0
Island of Lost Men
1939·5.6
Panama Patrol
1939·7.5
King of Chinatown
1939·5.6
North of Shanghai
1939·8.0
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938·6.5
Red Barry
1938·10.0
Hawaii Calls
1938·6.0
Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937·6.2
Daughter of Shanghai
1937·5.4
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
1937·5.5
Something to Sing About
1937·6.2
Roaring Timber
1937·6.0
The Good Earth
1937·6.3
China Passage
1937·6.3
Stowaway
1936·6.7
The General Died at Dawn
1936·6.5
Klondike Annie
1936·6.3
A Scream in the Night
1935·5.0
Shanghai
1935·7.3
Desirable
1934·7.2