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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1905-03-29
- event Death Date 1978-02-28
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 3.9
- info Birth Place Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Philip Ahn
6.9
Shock Corridor
1963-09-25
4.9
The Karate Killers
1967-04-07
3.9
Women in the Night
1948-01-02
6.1
Impact
1949-03-20
6.2
Macao
1952-04-11
0
North of Shanghai
1939-01-24
6.4
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938-12-30
6.7
Stowaway
1936-12-25
5.4
Hell's Half Acre
1954-06-01
6.5
Across the Pacific
1942-09-04
5.8
Betrayal from the East
1945-04-24
5
Battle Zone
1952-10-26
6.3
The Left Hand of God
1955-09-02
5.9
Halls of Montezuma
1951-01-04
4
Jump Into Hell
1955-04-01
5
Intrigue
1947-12-06
7
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944-12-15
0
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
1937-11-26
5.5
Japanese War Bride
1952-01-29
6.4
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943-02-19
6.1
Back to Bataan
1945-05-30
5.4
China Girl
1942-12-09
4.9
The Chinese Ring
1947-12-06
0
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
1976-04-04
5
Target Hong Kong
1953-02-06
6.2
Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937-12-24
5.6
Confessions of an Opium Eater
1962-06-20
5.3
Daughter of Shanghai
1937-12-17
4
A Yank on the Burma Road
1942-01-29
6.4
Dragon Seed
1944-07-20
7
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945-04-07
5.1
Hong Kong Confidential
1958-10-01
6.8
China
1943-04-21
5.5
China Passage
1937-03-12
5
A Girl Named Tamiko
1962-12-27
0
The Way to the Gold
1957-05-10
5.1
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
1966-04-23
4.2
The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake
1970-09-24
4.8
The Shanghai Story
1954-09-01
5.7
Singapore
1947-08-13
6.7
The Big Hangover
1950-05-26
0
Red Barry
1938-10-18
0
Forever Yours
1945-01-26
5
Barricade
1939-12-08
5
Panama Patrol
1939-03-20
4.5
The Creeper
1948-09-01
5.4
Hawaii Calls
1938-03-12
6
Disputed Passage
1939-10-25
6
The Purple Heart
1944-02-25
5.9
King of Chinatown
1939-03-17
6
The Sickle or the Cross
1949-07-01
7
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
1972-02-22
0
Cocoon
1968-09-20
4.9
Fair Wind to Java
1953-01-28
6.9
The Great Impostor
1960-12-23
5.4
Never So Few
1959-12-07
7
Shanghai
1935-07-19
7.3
Desirable
1934-09-08
7.4
They Met in Bombay
1941-06-27
6.9
Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967-03-22
5.4
Diamond Head
1962-12-27
6.1
Drums of Fu Manchu
1940-03-15
6.4
Klondike Annie
1936-02-21
5.5
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942-05-01
6.1
The Miracle of the Bells
1948-03-27
6.5
The Shadow
1940-01-05
6.3
Something to Sing About
1937-09-30
6.5
Rogues' Regiment
1948-12-28
6.1
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973-10-23
0
Secrets of Monte Carlo
1951-06-20
6.3
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944-07-04
5.3
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973-02-14
6.4
Battle Hymn
1957-02-14
5.5
China Sky
1945-05-16
6.6
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956-10-17
3
Red Snow
1952-07-07
5.9
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955-08-18
5
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
1943-01-05
5.2
Submarine Raider
1942-06-04
5.6
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949-03-02
7.1
Yesterday's Enemy
1959-09-10
5
Roaring Timber
1937-07-03
6.2
I Was an American Spy
1951-04-14
5
The Cobra Strikes
1948-04-24
6.1
The General Died at Dawn
1936-11-17
6
Let's Get Tough
1942-05-29
0
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943-04-06
5
Around the World
1943-11-27
5.7
Behind the Rising Sun
1943-08-01
5.7
December 7th
1943-03-01
5
State Department: File 649
1949-02-11
4
China's Little Devils
1945-05-27
6.2
The Good Earth
1937-06-02
5.5
China Corsair
1951-06-12
6.2
His Majesty O'Keefe
1954-01-16
5.9
Ship Ahoy
1942-04-16
6.7
One-Eyed Jacks
1961-03-30
4.7
A Scream in the Night
1935-07-29
6.5
They Were Expendable
1945-12-07
7.5
China Venture
1953-09-07
0
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
1974-06-11
5.7
Island of Lost Men
1939-08-16
7.6
The Time Tunnel
1966-09-09
8
M*A*S*H
1972-09-17
7.7
Kung Fu
1972-10-14
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20
4.1
Checkmate
1960-09-17
7.5
Sanford and Son
1972-01-14
6.7
Mannix
1967-09-16
6.5
Dragnet
1951-12-16
7.6
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
7
Wonder Woman
1975-11-07
5
Hawaiian Eye
1959-10-07
5.5
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
7.7
Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17
8
The Islanders
1960-10-02
6.9
Ironside
1967-03-28
6.4
Laredo
1965-09-16
7.5
The Wild Wild West
1965-09-17
6.5
Anna and the King
1972-09-11
7.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14
6.3
Police Woman
1974-09-13
6.7
Switch
1975-09-09
6.5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05
5.6
One Step Beyond
1959-01-20
6.2
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957-07-01
6
The Big Valley
1965-09-15
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
1959-10-05
6.5
Pete and Gladys
1960-09-19
4.5
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951-04-15
4.5
Navy Log
1955-09-20
5.3
The Rebel
1959-10-04
6.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958-09-06
5.7
Stoney Burke
1962-10-01
7
It Takes a Thief
1968-01-09
5.5
Tightrope
1959-09-08
4.5
Jefferson Drum
1958-04-25
6.3
Telephone Time
1956-04-08
0
Johnny Midnight
1960-01-03
6.4
The Third Man
1959-10-02
6
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961-06-14
5
Jungle Jim
1955-09-26
8
M*A*S*H
1972-09-17
6.2
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960-09-19
5.5
Hey, Jeannie!
1956-09-08
5.4
Lawman
1958-10-05
6.7
The Magician
1973-10-02
6.5
My Three Sons
1960-09-29
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
1959-10-05
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
1959-10-05
7.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14
6.5
Ensign O'Toole
1962-09-23
5.8
Love, American Style
1969-09-29
5.7
Four Star Playhouse
1952-09-25
5.7
Four Star Playhouse
1952-09-25
7.5
Bonanza
1959-09-12
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20
5.5
The F.B.I.
1965-09-19
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964-09-22
7
The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23