Philip Ahn

Actor

About

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Also Known As

Pil Lip Ahn, Phil Ahn, Phillip Ahn

Birth Place

Highland Park, California, USA

Born

March 29, 1905

Died

February 28, 1978

Cause of Death

Complications Following Surgery

Biography

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Slender Korean-American character player of medium height and dignified manner. Ahn appeared in over 70 films from "The General Died at Dawn" (1936) through "The World's Greatest Athlete" (1972). He is also remembered for his role as Master Kan on the popular TV action series, "Kung Fu" (1972-75)....

Filmography

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Portrait of a Hitman (1977)

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (1976)

The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)

Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

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The Story Of Dr. Wassell (1944) — (Movie Clip) Are You Interested In Snails?

Daughter Of Shanghai (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Say A Prayer For Me

Biography

Slender Korean-American character player of medium height and dignified manner. Ahn appeared in over 70 films from "The General Died at Dawn" (1936) through "The World's Greatest Athlete" (1972). He is also remembered for his role as Master Kan on the popular TV action series, "Kung Fu" (1972-75).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Portrait of a Hitman (1977)

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (1976)

The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)

Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

The Karate Killers (1967)

Paradise--Hawaiian Style (1966)

Diamond Head (1963)

Shock Corridor (1963)

A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)

Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)

One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

The Great Impostor (1961)

Yesterday's Enemy (1959)

Never So Few (1959)

Hong Kong Confidential (1958)

The Way to the Gold (1957)

Battle Hymn (1957)

Old man [Lu Ahn]

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

Jump into Hell (1955)

Chinese lieutenant

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

The Left Hand of God (1955)

Hell's Half Acre (1954)

The Shanghai Story (1954)

His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)

Fair Wind to Java (1953)

Target Hong Kong (1953)

China Venture (1953)

Battle Circus (1953)

Korean prisoner

Battle Zone (1952)

Korean assistant

Japanese War Bride (1952)

Red Snow (1952)

Secrets of Monte Carlo (1951)

Halls of Montezuma (1951)

Nomura [alias of Maj. Kenji Matsuoda]

China Corsair (1951)

I Was an American Spy (1951)

The Glass Menagerie (1950)

The Big Hangover (1950)

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)

State Department File 649 (1949)

The Sickle or the Cross (1949)

Chinese official

Rogues' Regiment (1948)

The Creeper (1948)

The Cobra Strikes (1948)

The Miracle of the Bells (1948)

Women in the Night (1948)

Professor Kunioshi

The Chinese Ring (1947)

Singapore (1947)

Intrigue (1947)

China Sky (1945)

China's Little Devils (1945)

Back to Bataan (1945)

Betrayal from the East (1945)

The Keys of the Kingdom (1945)

Blood on the Sun (1945)

God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)

Japanese announcer at Hong Kong

They Were Expendable (1945)

The Purple Heart (1944)

The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)

Around the World (1944)

Dragon Seed (1944)

Leader of city people

China Girl (1943)

They Got Me Covered (1943)

Lin Cho, First Brother

Behind the Rising Sun (1943)

Japanese officer

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)

The Man from Down Under (1943)

Japanese commander

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (1943)

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)

Ship Ahoy (1942)

The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)

Emily's servant

Across the Pacific (1942)

Submarine Raider (1942)

First Officer Kawakami

A Yank on the Burma Road (1942)

Let's Get Tough! (1942)

They Met in Bombay (1941)

Japanese officer

Passage from HongKong (1941)

Barricade (1939)

Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1939)

King of Chinatown (1939)

Robert "Bob" Li

North of Shanghai (1939)

Disputed Passage (1939)

Island of Lost Men (1939)

Buck Rogers (1939)

Daughter of Shanghai (1938)

Hawaii Calls (1938)

China Passage (1937)

Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts (1937)

Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)

Roaring Timber (1937)

[Ah Sing, also known as] Crooner

Something to Sing About (1937)

I Promise to Pay (1937)

Anything Goes (1936)

Klondike Annie (1936)

Counterfeit Lady (1936)

The General Died at Dawn (1936)

Stowaway (1936)

Scream in the Night (1935)

Life Events

1935

Acting debut in "A Scream in the Night"

1936

Acted in "Anything Goes"

1936

Had featured role in "The General Died at Dawn"

1937

Made uncredited appearance in "The Good Earth"

1940

Had supporting role in "The Shadow"

1944

Had featured role in "The Keys to the Kingdom"

1945

Played the Hong Kong announcer in "God Is My Co-Pilot"

1955

Was in "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"

1960

Acted in the TV series, "Mr. Garlund" (CBS)

1962

Co-starred in "Diamond Head"

1967

Had supporting role in "Thoroughly Modern Millie"

1973

Provided a character voice for "Jonathan Livington Seagull"

1977

Final film, "Potrait of a Hitman"

Videos

The Story Of Dr. Wassell (1944) — (Movie Clip) Are You Interested In Snails? At a Dutch WWII jungle hospital in Java under Japanese attack, Philip Ahn tells fellow patients under the care of the title character (Gary Cooper) about his adventures as a medical researcher and missionary, lured into service by a photo of a volunteer nurse (Laraine Day) he meets at the dock, in C.B. DeMille’s The Story Of Dr. Wassell, 1944.

Daughter Of Shanghai (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Say A Prayer For Me On the evening of the murder of her merchant father by human-smugglers in San Francisco, Anna May Wong as Lan Ying (title character) is supported by Chinese-American G-Man Lee (Philip Ahn), discussing the family friend who introduced them, and consoling a servant, in Daughter Of Shanghai, 1937.

China Sky (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Butcher Of Women And Children In WWII China, excitement as Anthony Quinn, as popular local warlord Chen Ta arrives at the American hospital, demanding that Dr. Durand (Ruth Warrick) treat the Japanese colonel he’s wounded, sparking friction, especially between local nurse Siu Mei (Carol Thurston) and Dr. Kim (Philip Ahn), in China Sky, 1945.

Stowaway (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Greetings Ching Ching Having learned already that she's the orphan daughter of missionaries in China, and that a local warlord is rampaging, we meet "Ching Ching" (Shirley Temple) whom Sun Lo (Philip Ahn) has sworn to protect, in 20th Century-Fox's Stowaway, 1936, co-starring Robert Young and Alice Faye.

Shock Corridor (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Riding The Crazy Horse Opening scene from writer-director Sam Fuller, Johnny (Peter Breck) interrogated by Dr. Fong (Philip Ahn), with Swanee (William Zuckert) and Cathy (Constance Towers), plotting high-risk investigative reporting, in Shock Corridor, 1963.

Yank on the Burma Road, A - (Original Trailer) The Pearl Harbor attack inspires a truck driver (Barry Nelson) to join the war effort in A Yank on the Burma Road (1942).

Thoroughly Modern Millie - (Wide release trailer) When she comes to New York, Julie Andrews becomes Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), a musical set in the Roaring Twenties.

Macao -- (Original Trailer) The original theatrical trailer for Macao, 1952, in which Josef von Sternberg, the director of The Blue Angel (1930), tried his hand at a film noir mystery, with Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell.

One-Eyed Jacks - (Original Trailer) An outlaw seeks revenge on the former friend who betrayed him to the law in One Eyed Jacks (1961), directed by and starring Marlon Brando.

Battle Circus - (Original Trailer) See how Hollywood portrayed a M*A*S*H unit during the Korean War in Battle Circus (1953) starring Humphrey Bogart.

God Is My Co-Pilot - (Original Trailer) God Is My Co-Pilot (1945), based on the true story of World War II fighter pilot Col. Robert Lee Scott, Jr.

China Sky - (Re-issue Trailer) A dedicated doctor (Randolph Scott) joins the Chinese in their fight against Japanese invaders in China Sky.

Yesterday's Enemy - (Original Trailer) A British captain will stop at nothing to capture a Burmese village from the Japanese in Yesterday's Enemy (1959).

His Majesty O'Keefe - (Original Trailer) A Yankee sea captain (Burt Lancaster) tries to make his fortune in the South Seas in His Majesty O'Keefe (1954).

Karate Killers, The - (Original Trailer) The men from U.N.C.L.E. fight off The Karate Killers (1967) to track down a secret formula that can turn sea water into gold.

They Were Expendable - (Original Trailer) A Navy commander (John Wayne) fights to prove the effectiveness of the PT boat at the start of WW II in They Were Expendable (1945).

Never So Few - (Black-and-white Trailer) A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II in Never So Few (1959).

Back to Bataan - (Original Trailer) A Marine colonel (John Wayne) leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines in Back to Bataan (1945).

Family

Dosan Ahn Chang Ho

Father

Diplomat, artist. Korean.

Helen Lee

Mother

Reportedly the second Korean to emigrate to the USA in 1902.

Philson Ahn

Brother

Actor. Younger.

Ralph Ahn

Brother

Actor. Younger.

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