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Philip Ahn

Philip Ahn

Actor · Born 1905-03-29 · Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

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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 (195…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. M*A*S*H (1972)
  2. Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited)
  3. Wonder Woman (1975) — Colonel Minh
  4. Bonanza (1959) — Mr. Lee Chang
  5. Mission: Impossible (1966) — Dr. Liu
  6. Shock Corridor (1963) — Dr. Fong
  7. One-Eyed Jacks (1961) — Uncle
  8. Kung Fu (1972) — Master Kan
  9. The Time Tunnel (1966) — Dr. Nakamura
  10. Hawaii Five-O (1968) — Attorney General
  11. They Were Expendable (1945) — Army Orderly (uncredited)
  12. Perry Mason (1957) — James Wong
  13. The Streets of San Francisco (1972) — Mr. Wu
  14. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) — Tea
  15. Sanford and Son (1972)
  16. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) — Third Uncle
  17. Across the Pacific (1942) — Man in Theatre (uncredited)
  18. The Wild Wild West (1965)
  19. The Good Earth (1937) — Captain (uncredited)
  20. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) — Dr. Sazami Kyushu
  21. Never So Few (1959) — Nautaung, leader of the Kachin
  22. Ironside (1967)
  23. Back to Bataan (1945) — Col. Coroki
  24. Impact (1949) — Ah Sing
  25. Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973) — Chang (voice)
  26. The Big Valley (1965) — Chen Yu
  27. Mannix (1967)
  28. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) — Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
  29. Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) — Moki Kaimana
  30. Macao (1952) — Itzumi
  31. The Left Hand of God (1955) — Jan Teng
  32. Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
  33. Halls of Montezuma (1951) — Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura")
  34. Blood on the Sun (1945) — Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto (uncredited)
  35. My Three Sons (1960) — George Wong
  36. Yesterday's Enemy (1959) — Yamazuki
  37. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) — Tom Wing
  38. The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) — Old Chinaman
  39. Dragnet (1951)
  40. Police Woman (1974)