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Phillip Ahn
Phil Ahn
Philip Ann
Pil Lip Ahn
Pillip Ahn
Philip Ahn
Acting
Biography
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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 Sha…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Kung Fu: The Movie
as Master Kan
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
as Soong
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
as General Yamashita
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
as Chang (voice)
The World's Greatest Athlete
as Old Chinaman
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
as Master Kan
The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake
as Mao Tse Tung (uncredited)
Cocoon
as Attorney General
Thoroughly Modern Millie
as Tea
The Karate Killers
as Sazami Kyushu
TV Shows
Switch
as Charlie Kuang · 1 ep.
Wonder Woman
as Colonel Minh · 1 ep.
Police Woman
2 ep.
The Magician
as Chao Liu · 1 ep.
M*A*S*H
as Korean Grandfather · 1 ep.
Sanford and Son
1 ep.
The Streets of San Francisco
as Mr. Wu · 1 ep.
Anna and the King
as Astrologist · 1 ep.
Kung Fu
as Master Kan · 62 ep.
Love, American Style
as Chow Lee · 1 ep.