Philip Ahn
1905-03-29 ( 120 years old ) in 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.

Movies

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die 1976-04-04
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita 1974-06-11
Jonathan Livingston Seagull 1973-10-23
The World's Greatest Athlete 1973-02-14
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon 1972-02-22
The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake 1970-09-24
Cocoon 1968-09-20
The Karate Killers 1967-04-07
Thoroughly Modern Millie 1967-03-22
Paradise, Hawaiian Style 1966-04-23
Shock Corridor 1963-09-25
A Girl Named Tamiko 1962-12-27
Diamond Head 1962-12-27
Confessions of an Opium Eater 1962-06-20
One-Eyed Jacks 1961-03-30
The Great Impostor 1960-12-23
Never So Few 1959-12-07
Yesterday's Enemy 1959-09-10
Hong Kong Confidential 1958-10-01
The Way to the Gold 1957-05-10
Battle Hymn 1957-02-14
Around the World in Eighty Days 1956-10-17
The Left Hand of God 1955-09-02
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing 1955-08-18
Jump Into Hell 1955-04-01
The Shanghai Story 1954-09-01
Hell's Half Acre 1954-06-01
His Majesty O'Keefe 1954-01-16
China Venture 1953-09-07
Target Hong Kong 1953-02-06
Fair Wind to Java 1953-01-28
Battle Zone 1952-10-26
Red Snow 1952-07-07
Macao 1952-04-11
Japanese War Bride 1952-01-29
Secrets of Monte Carlo 1951-06-20
China Corsair 1951-06-12
I Was an American Spy 1951-04-14
Halls of Montezuma 1951-01-04
The Big Hangover 1950-05-26
The Sickle or the Cross 1949-07-01
Impact 1949-03-20
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture 1949-03-02
State Department: File 649 1949-02-11
Rogues' Regiment 1948-12-28
The Creeper 1948-09-01
The Cobra Strikes 1948-04-24
The Miracle of the Bells 1948-03-27
Women in the Night 1948-01-02
Intrigue 1947-12-06
The Chinese Ring 1947-12-06
Singapore 1947-08-13
They Were Expendable 1945-12-07
Back to Bataan 1945-05-30
China's Little Devils 1945-05-27
China Sky 1945-05-16
Betrayal from the East 1945-04-24
God Is My Co-Pilot 1945-04-07
Forever Yours 1945-01-26
The Keys of the Kingdom 1944-12-15
Dragon Seed 1944-07-20
The Story of Dr. Wassell 1944-07-04
The Purple Heart 1944-02-25
Around the World 1943-11-27
Behind the Rising Sun 1943-08-01
China 1943-04-21
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard 1943-04-06
December 7th 1943-03-01
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday 1943-02-19
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack 1943-01-05
China Girl 1942-12-09
Across the Pacific 1942-09-04
Submarine Raider 1942-06-04
Let's Get Tough 1942-05-29
The Tuttles of Tahiti 1942-05-01
Ship Ahoy 1942-04-16
A Yank on the Burma Road 1942-01-29
They Met in Bombay 1941-06-27
Drums of Fu Manchu 1940-03-15
The Shadow 1940-01-05
Barricade 1939-12-08
Disputed Passage 1939-10-25
Island of Lost Men 1939-08-16
Panama Patrol 1939-03-20
King of Chinatown 1939-03-17
North of Shanghai 1939-01-24
Charlie Chan in Honolulu 1938-12-30
Red Barry 1938-10-18
Hawaii Calls 1938-03-12
Thank You, Mr. Moto 1937-12-24
Daughter of Shanghai 1937-12-17
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts 1937-11-26
Something to Sing About 1937-09-30
Roaring Timber 1937-07-03
The Good Earth 1937-06-02
China Passage 1937-03-12
Stowaway 1936-12-25
The General Died at Dawn 1936-11-17
Klondike Annie 1936-02-21
A Scream in the Night 1935-07-29
Shanghai 1935-07-19
Desirable 1934-09-08

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