Philip Ahn
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-03-29 (73 years old)
Deathday
1978-02-28
Place of Birth
Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known As
Phillip Ahn
Phil Ahn
Philip Ann
Pil Lip Ahn
Pillip Ahn
Philip Ahn
Biography
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...
Acting
1963
as Dr. Fong
1967
as Sazami Kyushu
1948
as Professor Kunioshi
1949
as Ah Sing
1952
as Itzumi
1939
as Chinese Doctor
1938
as Wing Foo
1936
as Sun Lo
1954
as Roger Kong
1942
as Man in Theatre (uncredited)
1945
as Kato
1952
as South Korean Guerrilla Leader
1955
as Jan Teng
1951
as Maj. Kenji Matsuoda (aka "Nomura")
1955
as Chinese POW Lieutenant
1947
as Louie Chin
1944
as Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
1937
as Sing Fung, Laundry Man
1952
as Eitaro Shimizu
1945
as Col. Coroki
1942
as Kai Young
1947
as Captain Kong
1976
as Soong
1953
as Sin How
1937
as Prince Chung
1962
as Ching Foon
1937
as Kim Lee
1942
as Dr. Franklin Ling
1944
as Leader of City People (uncredited)
1945
as Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1958
as Tan Chung
1943
as Lin Cho
1937
as Fang Tu
1962
as Akiba
1957
as Mr. Ding - cafe owner
1966
as Moki Kaimana
1970
as Mao Tse Tung (uncredited)
1954
as Major Ling Wu
1947
as Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)
1950
as Dr. Lee
1938
as Hong Kong Cholly
1945
as Chinese Man (uncredited)
1939
as Col. Wai Kang
1939
as Sun
1948
as Ah Wong - Restaurant Owner
1938
as Julius
1939
as Dr. Fung
1944
as Saburo Goto (uncredited)
1939
as Robert 'Bob' Li
1949
as Chinese Official
1972
1968
as Attorney General
1953
as Gusti
1960
as Capt. Hun Kim
1959
as Nautaung
1935
as Servant
1934
as Chinese Waiter
1941
as Japanese officer (uncredited)
1967
as Tea
1962
as Mr. Immacona
1940
as Dr. Chang
1936
1942
as Emily's Servant (uncredited)
1948
as Ming Gow
1940
as Wu Yung
1937
as Ito (Terry's servant)
1948
as Tran Duy Gian
1973
as Chang (voice)
1951
as Wong
1944
as Ping
1973
as Old Chinaman
1957
as Old Man
1956
as Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited)
1945
as Dr. Kim
1952
as Taglu, a spy
1955
as Third Uncle
1943
as Wu Tan
1942
as First Officer Kawakami
1949
as Wong Chung Shee
1959
as Yamazuki
1937
as Crooner
1951
as Capt. Arito
1948
as Kasim--Houseboy
1936
as Oxford
1942
as Joe Matsui
1943
as Hirota
1943
as Foo
1943
as Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi
1943
as Shinto Priest (uncredited)
1949
as Col. Aram
1945
as Farmer
1937
as Captain (uncredited)
1951
as Wong San
1954
as Sien Tang, Dentist
1942
as Koro Sumo
1961
as Uncle
1935
as Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)
1945
as Army Orderly (uncredited)
1953
as Adm. Amara
1974
as General Yamashita
1961
as Lee Chin
1943
as English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
1947
as Boss Merchant (uncredited)
1945
as Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto (uncredited)
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