Cast
Philip Ahn
Acting
Cast
Philip Ahn
Known for
Acting
Born
1905-03-29
From
Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
1978-02-28
Also known as Phillip Ahn, Phil Ahn, Philip Ann
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philip Ahn (born Pil Lip Ahn (μν립), March 29, 1905 β 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.
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6.7
MOVIE1956
Around the World in 80 Days
as Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited)
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6.9
MOVIE1960
The Great Impostor
as Capt. Hun Kim
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6.8
MOVIE1961
One-Eyed Jacks
as Uncle
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5.4
MOVIE1942
China Girl
as Kai Young
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7.0
MOVIE1945
Forever Yours
as Chinese Man (uncredited)
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7.1
MOVIE1945
God Is My Co-Pilot
as Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited)
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6.9
MOVIE1967
Thoroughly Modern Millie
as Tea
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6.3
MOVIE1955
The Left Hand of God
as Jan Teng
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5.1
MOVIE1967
The Karate Killers
as Sazami Kyushu
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7.1
MOVIE1944
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
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5.7
MOVIE1952
Red Snow
as Taglu, a spy
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5.9
MOVIE1951
Halls of Montezuma
as Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura")
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6.5
MOVIE1945
They Were Expendable
as Army Orderly (uncredited)
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6.0
MOVIE1955
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
as Third Uncle
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6.1
MOVIE1945
Back to Bataan
as Col. Coroki
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6.6
MOVIE1942
Across the Pacific
as Man in Theatre (uncredited)
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6.1
MOVIE1949
Impact
as Ah Sing
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5.5
MOVIE1959
Never So Few
as Nautaung, leader of the Kachin
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6.3
MOVIE1937
The Good Earth
as Captain (uncredited)
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5.9
MOVIE1945
Blood on the Sun
as Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto (uncredited)
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5.2
MOVIE1966
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
as Moki Kaimana
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6.4
MOVIE1954
His Majesty O'Keefe
as Sien Tang, Dentist
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7.3
MOVIE1941
They Met in Bombay
as Japanese officer (uncredited)
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6.1
MOVIE1973
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
as Chang (voice)
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5.0
MOVIE1954
The Shanghai Story
as Major Ling Wu
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6.4
MOVIE1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Ping
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6.3
MOVIE1940
Drums of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Chang
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7.0
MOVIE1963
Shock Corridor
as Dr. Fong
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6.7
MOVIE1944
Dragon Seed
as Leader of City People (uncredited)
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5.1
MOVIE1945
China Sky
as Dr. Kim
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5.6
MOVIE1953
Fair Wind to Java
as Gusti
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7.2
MOVIE1959
Yesterday's Enemy
as Yamazuki
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5.3
MOVIE1986
Kung Fu: The Movie
as Master Kan
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5.6
MOVIE1939
King of Chinatown
as Robert 'Bob' Li
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6.5
MOVIE1938
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
as Wing Foo
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6.2
MOVIE1948
The Miracle of the Bells
as Ming Gow
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7.8
MOVIE1953
China Venture
as Adm. Amara
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7.3
MOVIE1940
The Shadow
as Wu Yung
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6.3
MOVIE1943
Around the World
as Foo
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5.5
MOVIE1962
Diamond Head
as Mr. Immacona
MOVIE1961
Dragon by the Tail
as Lee Chin
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6.3
MOVIE1952
Macao
as Itzumi
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6.5
MOVIE1936
The General Died at Dawn
as Oxford
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6.1
MOVIE1943
Behind the Rising Sun
as Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi
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4.0
MOVIE1948
Women in the Night
as Professor Kunioshi
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6.1
MOVIE1947
Singapore
as Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)
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5.0
MOVIE1949
State Department: File 649
as Col. Aram
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6.3
MOVIE1936
Klondike Annie
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6.6
MOVIE1957
Battle Hymn
as Old Man
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5.5
MOVIE1954
Hell's Half Acre
as Roger Kong
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7.5
MOVIE1939
Panama Patrol
as Sun
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5.8
MOVIE1943
December 7th
as Shinto Priest (uncredited)
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6.0
MOVIE1947
Saigon
as Boss Merchant (uncredited)
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5.8
MOVIE1962
A Girl Named Tamiko
as Akiba
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6.0
MOVIE1952
Japanese War Bride
as Eitaro Shimizu
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5.1
MOVIE1947
The Chinese Ring
as Captain Kong
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6.7
MOVIE1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
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5.7
MOVIE1942
A Yank on the Burma Road
as Franklin Ling
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5.4
MOVIE1937
Daughter of Shanghai
as Kim Lee
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7.2
MOVIE1972
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
as Master Kan
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5.9
MOVIE1958
Hong Kong Confidential
as Tan Chung
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8.0
MOVIE1974
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya β General Yamashita
as General Yamashita
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8.0
MOVIE1957
The Way to the Gold
as Mr. Ding - cafe owner
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6.1
MOVIE1944
The Purple Heart
as Saburo Goto (uncredited)
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8.0
MOVIE1939
North of Shanghai
as Chinese Doctor
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5.5
MOVIE1973
The World's Greatest Athlete
as Old Chinaman
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6.2
MOVIE1937
Thank You, Mr. Moto
as Prince Chung
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6.4
MOVIE1950
The Big Hangover
as Dr. Lee
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5.0
MOVIE1935
A Scream in the Night
as Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)
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5.3
MOVIE1942
Let's Get Tough
as Joe Matsui
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5.0
MOVIE1948
The Creeper
as Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner
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4.2
MOVIE1955
Jump Into Hell
as Chinese POW Lieutenant
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6.4
MOVIE1945
Betrayal from the East
as Kato
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6.2
MOVIE1937
Something to Sing About
as Ito
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5.6
MOVIE1939
Island of Lost Men
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7.2
MOVIE1934
Desirable
as Chinese Waiter
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6.7
MOVIE1936
Stowaway
as Sun Lo
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6.6
MOVIE1951
I Was an American Spy
as Capt. Arito
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5.7
MOVIE1942
Submarine Raider
as First Officer Kawakami
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6.0
MOVIE1938
Hawaii Calls
as Julius
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5.6
MOVIE1947
Intrigue
as Louie Chin
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6.8
MOVIE1948
Rogues' Regiment
as Tran Duy Gian
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7.5
MOVIE1948
The Cobra Strikes
as Kasim--Houseboy
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5.8
MOVIE1962
Confessions of an Opium Eater
as Ching Foon
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6.3
MOVIE1942
Ship Ahoy
as Koro Sumo
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5.5
MOVIE1937
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
as Sing Fung, Laundry Man
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8.5
MOVIE1968
Cocoon
as Attorney General
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6.0
MOVIE1937
Roaring Timber
as Crooner
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7.0
MOVIE1949
The Sickle or the Cross
as Chinese Official
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7.3
MOVIE1935
Shanghai
as Servant
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5.8
MOVIE1953
Target Hong Kong
as Sin How
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6.9
MOVIE1943
China
as Lin Cho
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5.7
MOVIE1943
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
as Wu Tan
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7.0
MOVIE1976
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
as Soong
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6.5
MOVIE1939
Barricade
as Col. Wai Kang
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7.7
MOVIE1943
The Man from Down Under
as English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
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5.5
MOVIE1952
Battle Zone
as South Korean Guerrilla Leader
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8.0
MOVIE1951
Secrets of Monte Carlo
as Wong
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7.0
MOVIE1939
Disputed Passage
as Dr. Fung
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6.3
MOVIE1951
China Corsair
as Wong San
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6.1
MOVIE1949
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Wong Chung Shee
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5.7
MOVIE1942
The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Emily's Servant (uncredited)
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10.0
MOVIE1938
Red Barry
as Hong Kong Cholly
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6.3
MOVIE1937
China Passage
as Fang Tu
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6.0
MOVIE1945
China's Little Devils
as Farmer
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3.8
MOVIE1970
The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake
as Mao Tse Tung (uncredited)
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10.0
MOVIE1943
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
as Hirota