From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPhilip 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. Ahns 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 ABCs 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.Ahns 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.
Dr. Fong
Film 1963
Chinese Doctor
Film 1939
Man in Theatre (uncredited)
Film 1942
South Korean Guerrilla Leader
Film 1952
Chinese POW Lieutenant
Film 1955
Sing Fung, Laundry Man
Film 1937
Eitaro Shimizu
Film 1952
Film 1943
Kai Young
Film 1942
Captain Kong
Film 1947
Soong
Film 1976
Sin How
Film 1953
Kim Lee
Film 1937
Leader of City People (uncredited)
Film 1944
Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Film 1945
Mao Tse Tung (uncredited)
Film 1970
Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)
Film 1947
Hong Kong Cholly
Film 1938
Chinese Man (uncredited)
Film 1945
Col. Wai Kang
Film 1939
Sun
Film 1939
Julius
Film 1938
Saburo Goto (uncredited)
Film 1944
Robert 'Bob' Li
Film 1939
Chinese Official
Film 1949
Master Kan
Film 1972
Servant
Film 1935
Japanese officer (uncredited)
Film 1941
Film 1936
Emily's Servant (uncredited)
Film 1942
Ito (Terry's servant)
Film 1937
Chang (voice)
Film 1973
Wong
Film 1951
Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited)
Film 1956
Dr. Kim
Film 1945
Taglu, a spy
Film 1952
Wu Tan
Film 1943
First Officer Kawakami
Film 1942
Capt. Arito
Film 1951
Kasim--Houseboy
Film 1948
Joe Matsui
Film 1942
Hirota
Film 1943
Foo
Film 1943
Shinto Priest (uncredited)
Film 1943
Farmer
Film 1945
Captain (uncredited)
Film 1937
Wong San
Film 1951
Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)
Film 1935
Army Orderly (uncredited)
Film 1945
Adm. Amara
Film 1953
General Yamashita
Film 1974
Film 1939
Tv 1972
Tv 1960
Tv 1972
Tv 1967
Tv 1951
Tv 1959
Tv 1967
Tv 1965
Tv 1965
Tv 1972
Tv 1974
Tv 1951
Tv 1960
Tv 1951
Tv 1955
Quong Lee
Tv 1959
Tv 1962
Tv 1959
Charles Wong
Tv 1958
Tv 1956
Tv 1960
Tv 1959
Tv 1961
Tv 1955
The Father
Tv 1972
Wong
Tv 1956
Chang
Tv 1952
Capt. Shu Gat
Tv 1952