
Philip Ahn
- Atuação
- 29 de março de 1905 – 28 de fevereiro de 1978 · com 72 anos
- Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Principais trabalhos
Filmografia48
- 1975
SwitchSérie6.6
- 1974
Police WomanSérie6.4
- 1972
The Streets of San FranciscoSérie7.1
M*A*S*HSérie7.9
Sanford and SonSérie7.5
- 1969
Love, American StyleSérie6.2
Hawaii Five-OSérie7.2
- 1967
MannixSérie6.9
The Karate KillersFilme5.1
IronsideSérie6.8

- 1966

The Time TunnelSérie7.7
- 1965
The F.B.I.Série5.6
The Wild Wild WestSérie7.6
The Big ValleySérie6.2
- 1963
- 1962
Confessions of an Opium EaterFilme5.8
- 1961
- 1960
My Three SonsSérie6.6
- 1959

Hawaiian EyeSérie5.6
BonanzaSérie7.5
One Step BeyondSérie5.7
- 1958
LawmanSérie6.0
Wanted: Dead or AliveSérie7.1
- 1957
Perry MasonSérie7.7
Have Gun, Will TravelSérie7.3
Battle HymnFilme6.7
- 1956
- 1955
The Left Hand of GodFilme6.3

Jump Into HellFilme4.2
- 1954
His Majesty O'KeefeFilme6.4
- 1953
Fair Wind to JavaFilme5.6
- 1952
Four Star PlayhouseSérie6.8
MacaoFilme6.3
- 1951
DragnetSérie6.5
- 1947
SaigonFilme6.0
- 1945


Blood on the SunFilme5.9
- 1944

Dragon SeedFilme6.8
The Story of Dr. WassellFilme6.3
- 1942
China GirlFilme5.4
Across the PacificFilme6.6
- 1937
The Good EarthFilme6.3


