Philip Ahn

Philip Ahn

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1905-03-29
Place of Birth: Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As: Phillip Ahn, Phil Ahn, Philip Ann, Pil Lip Ahn, Pillip Ahn

Movies List of Philip Ahn

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Shock Corridor

1963 Movie
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The Karate Killers

1967 Movie
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Women in the Night

1948 Movie
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Impact

1949 Movie
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Macao

1952 Movie
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North of Shanghai

1939 Movie
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Stowaway

1936 Movie
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Hell's Half Acre

1954 Movie
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Across the Pacific

1942 Movie
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Battle Zone

1952 Movie
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The Left Hand of God

1955 Movie
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Halls of Montezuma

1951 Movie
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Jump Into Hell

1955 Movie
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Intrigue

1947 Movie
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Japanese War Bride

1952 Movie
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Back to Bataan

1945 Movie
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China Girl

1942 Movie
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The Chinese Ring

1947 Movie
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Target Hong Kong

1953 Movie
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Thank You, Mr. Moto

1937 Movie
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Daughter of Shanghai

1937 Movie
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Dragon Seed

1944 Movie
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God Is My Co-Pilot

1945 Movie
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China

1943 Movie
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China Passage

1937 Movie
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A Girl Named Tamiko

1962 Movie
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The Way to the Gold

1957 Movie
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The Shanghai Story

1954 Movie
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Singapore

1947 Movie
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The Big Hangover

1950 Movie
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Red Barry

1938 Movie
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Forever Yours

1945 Movie
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Barricade

1939 Movie
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Panama Patrol

1939 Movie
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The Creeper

1948 Movie
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Hawaii Calls

1938 Movie
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Disputed Passage

1939 Movie
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The Purple Heart

1944 Movie
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King of Chinatown

1939 Movie
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Cocoon

1968 Movie
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Fair Wind to Java

1953 Movie
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The Great Impostor

1960 Movie
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Never So Few

1959 Movie
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Shanghai

1935 Movie
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Desirable

1934 Movie
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They Met in Bombay

1941 Movie
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Diamond Head

1962 Movie
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Drums of Fu Manchu

1940 Movie
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Klondike Annie

1936 Movie
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The Tuttles of Tahiti

1942 Movie
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The Shadow

1940 Movie
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Rogues' Regiment

1948 Movie
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Battle Hymn

1957 Movie
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China Sky

1945 Movie
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Red Snow

1952 Movie
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Submarine Raider

1942 Movie
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Yesterday's Enemy

1959 Movie
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Roaring Timber

1937 Movie
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I Was an American Spy

1951 Movie
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The Cobra Strikes

1948 Movie
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Let's Get Tough

1942 Movie
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Around the World

1943 Movie
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Behind the Rising Sun

1943 Movie
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December 7th

1943 Movie
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China's Little Devils

1945 Movie
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The Good Earth

1937 Movie
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China Corsair

1951 Movie
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His Majesty O'Keefe

1954 Movie
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Ship Ahoy

1942 Movie
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One-Eyed Jacks

1961 Movie
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A Scream in the Night

1935 Movie
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They Were Expendable

1945 Movie
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China Venture

1953 Movie
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Island of Lost Men

1939 Movie