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Philip Ahn (1905–1978)

Born in America of Korean ancestry, Philip Ahn was just one member of the tiny fraternity of Oriental actors who livened the Hollywood screen during the 1930's and later. (Others of note were Keye Luke, Victor Sen Yung, Richard Loo and Benson Fong.) As often as not, Philip Ahn portrayed villainous Japanese or else "inscrutable, " proverb-spouting stereotypes. See full bio »

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Filmography

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1979 Portrait of a Hitman
Wong
 
1977-1978 Police Woman (TV series)
Mr. Won / Quon
Deadline: Death (1977) … Quon
 
1978 Switch (TV series)
Charlie Kuang
The Tong (1978) … Charlie Kuang
 
1977 Wonder Woman (TV series)
Colonel Minh
The Man Who Made Volcanoes (1977) … Colonel Minh
 
1976-1977 M*A*S*H (TV series)
Korean Grandfather / Mr. Kim / The Father
Change Day (1977) … Mr. Kim (as Phillip Ahn)
Exorcism (1976) … Korean Grandfather
Hawkeye (1976) … The Father
 
1977 Sanford and Son (TV series)
Chinese Man
The Defiant One (1977) … Chinese Man
 
1976 The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (TV movie)
Soong (as Phillip Ahn)
 
1975 Voodoo Heartbeat
Mao Tse Tung
 
1972-1975 Kung Fu (TV series)
Master Kan
The Brothers Caine (1975) … Master Kan (as Phillip Ahn)
Flight to Orion (1975) … Master Kan (as Phillip Ahn)
The Demon God (1974) … Master Kan (as Phillip Ahn)
 
1974 The Magician (TV series)
Chao Liu
The Illusion of the Lost Dragon (1974) … Chao Liu
 
1974 Love, American Style (TV series)
Chow Lee (segment "Love and the Golden Worm")
 
1973 Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Chang (voice)
 
1973 The World's Greatest Athlete
Old Chinaman
 
1972 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Mr. Wu
The Year of the Locusts (1972) … Mr. Wu
 
1968-1972 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Attorney General / Lin Mai-Lu / Quon Li
Journey Out of Limbo (1972) … Lin Mai-Lu
Sweet Terror (1969) … Quon Li
Cocoon: Part 1 (1969) … Attorney General
Pilot (1968) … Attorney General
 
1966-1972 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Mr. Kwong / Police Chief Henry Nakamura
Dark Journey (1972) … Mr. Kwong
The Hiding Place (1966) … Police Chief Henry Nakamura
 
1969 Ironside (TV series)
Nam Feng
Love My Enemy (1969) … Nam Feng
 
1969 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Owner
Mad in Japan (1969) … Owner
 
1969 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Dr. Liu
Doomsday (1969) … Dr. Liu
 
1969 Mannix (TV series)
Mr. Rhee
Shadow of a Man (1969) … Mr. Rhee
 
1968 My Three Sons (TV series)
Uncle George Wong
Honorable Guest (1968) … Uncle George Wong
 
1968 The Big Valley (TV series)
Chen Yu
The Emperor of Rice (1968) … Chen Yu
 
1965-1967 I Spy (TV series)
Charlie Huan / Tu Po
An American Empress (1967) … Tu Po
Carry Me Back to Old Tsing-Tao (1965) … Charlie Huan
 
1966-1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Dr. Sazami Kyushu / High Lama of Ghupat
The Abominable Snowman Affair (1966) … High Lama of Ghupat
 
1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Wu
The Fountain of Youth Affair (1967) … Wu
 
1967 Laredo (TV series)
Capt. Wong Lee
The Bitter Yen of General Ti (1967) … Capt. Wong Lee
 
1967 The Time Tunnel (TV series)
Dr. Nakamura
Kill Two by Two (1967) … Dr. Nakamura
 
1966 Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Moki Kaimana
 
1966 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Quong Chu
The Night the Dragon Screamed (1966) … Quong Chu
 
1965 The Rogues (TV series)
Magician
Our Men in Marawat (1965) … Magician
 
1960-1964 Bonanza (TV series)
Dr. Kam Lee / Mr. Lee Chang / Wang Sai
A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay (1964) … Wang Sai
Day of the Dragon (1961) … Dr. Kam Lee
The Fear Merchants (1960) … Mr. Lee Chang
 
1963 Shock Corridor
Dr. Fong
 
1963 Stoney Burke (TV series)
Zen Master
The Weapons Man (1963) … Zen Master
 
1963 The Third Man (TV series)
Easy One Seng
A Calculated Risk (1963) … Easy One Seng
 
1963 Diamond Head
Mr. Immacona
 
1963 Ensign O'Toole (TV series)
Low Kong
Operation Intrigue (1963) … Low Kong
 
1962 A Girl Named Tamiko
Akiba
 
1962 Perry Mason (TV series)
James Wong
The Case of the Weary Watchdog (1962) … James Wong
 
1962 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV series)
 
1960-1962 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
Florist / Li / Mr. Kwong / …
The Broken Thread (1962) … Florist
The Manchu Formula (1961) … Li
The Blue Goddess (1960) … Mr. Sun
The Lady's Not for Traveling (1960) … Mr. Kwong
 
1962 Confessions of an Opium Eater
Ching Foon
 
1962 The New Breed (TV series)
Echoes of Hate (1962)
 
1959-1962 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
Ling / Ling Wan / Mr. Chee / …
Build My Gallows Low (1962) … Mr. Chee
Command at Sea (1961) … Reverend Yen
One Little Pearl (1960) … Ling Wan
The Bamboo Curtain (1959) … Ling
 
1961-1962 Follow the Sun (TV series)
Dr. Kwai / Han Lee
Ghost Story (1962) … Han Lee
Cry Fraud (1961) … Dr. Kwai
 
1961 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
Chinese Major
The Fortress (1961) … Chinese Major
 
1961 One-Eyed Jacks
Uncle
 
1960-1961 Hong Kong (TV series)
Feng / Hyung
Lady Godiva (1961) … Hyung
The Dragon Cup (1960) … Feng
 
1961 The Great Impostor
Capt. Hun Kim
 
1960 Mr. Garlund (TV series)
Po Chang
The X-27 (1960) … Po Chang
 
1960 Pete and Gladys (TV series)
Mr. Suki
No Man Is Japan (1960) … Mr. Suki
 
1960 The Brothers Brannagan (TV series)
Howard Mai
The Key of Jade (1960) … Howard Mai
 
1960 Checkmate (TV series)
Mr. Lu
Face in the Window (1960) … Mr. Lu
 
1960 Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV series)
East of Danger (1960)
 
1960 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
Tom Wing
Pay-off at Pinto (1960) … Tom Wing
 
1960 The Rebel (TV series)
Quong Lee
Blind Marriage (1960) … Quong Lee
 
1960 Tightrope (TV series)
Quon Lee
The Chinese Pendant (1960) … Quon Lee
 
1960 The Gale Storm Show: Oh, Susanna! (TV series)
Lee Sing
Made in Hong Kong (1960) … Lee Sing
 
1958-1960 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Hoo Yee / W. Chung
The Hatchet Man (1960) … Hoo Yee
Hey Boy's Revenge (1958) … W. Chung
 
1960 The Islanders (TV series)
Governor Galli
The Generous Politician (1960) … Governor Galli
 
1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Rahm Sing
The House of Truth (1959) … Rahm Sing
 
1959 Never So Few
Nautaung
 
1959 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
Boo Soon
Day the Devil Hid (1959) … Boo Soon
 
1959 Yesterday's Enemy
Yamazaki
 
1959 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV series)
Song
The Dead Part of the House (1959) … Song
 
1959 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV series)
Hop Sing
The Ming Vase (1959) … Hop Sing
 
1958 Lawman (TV series)
Wong
The Intruders (1958) … Wong
 
1958 Hong Kong Confidential
Tan Chung
 
1958 Jefferson Drum (TV series)
Charles Wong
The Cheater (1958) … Charles Wong
 
1958 The Californians (TV series)
Choo
Death by Proxy (1958) … Choo
 
1958 The Eve Arden Show (TV series)
 
1958 Dragnet (TV series)
Gerald Quon
The Big Jade (1958) … Gerald Quon
 
1956-1957 Navy Log (TV series)
General Chen / Korean Soldier
The Commander and the Kid (1957) … Korean Soldier
Operation Typewriter (1956) … General Chen
 
1957 Telephone Time (TV series)
Patriarch
Pit-a-Pit (1957) … Patriarch
 
1957 The Way to the Gold
Mr. Ding, cafe owner
 
1957 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Major Pak
The Last Train to Pusan (1957) … Major Pak
 
1957 Battle Hymn
Old Man, Lun-Wa
 
1957 The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (TV series)
Mr. Kim
The Secret of the Sea (1957) … Mr. Kim
 
1956 Hey, Jeannie! (TV series)
Wong
The Proprietor (1956) … Wong
 
1956 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)
Ho San
Jingles Wins a Friend (1956) … Ho San
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
Hong Kong Citizen (uncredited)
 
1955-1956 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Capt. Shu Gat / Chang
Wall of Bamboo (1956) … Capt. Shu Gat
Stuffed Shirt (1955) … Chang
 
1956 Jungle Jim (TV series)
Karja
Power of Darkness (1956) … Karja
 
1955-1956 Crossroads (TV series)
Ah Hiu / Lung Chan / Major
Calvary in China (1956) … Ah Hiu
Chinese Checkers (1955) … Lung Chan
The Good Thief (1955) … Major
 
1956 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Dealer's Choice (1956)
 
1955 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
Mr. Pak - Interpreter / Wang Tsu
The Brainwashing of John Hayes (1955) … Wang Tsu
Mr. Pak Takes Over (1955) … Mr. Pak - Interpreter
 
1955 Jump Into Hell
Chinese Lieutenant - Prisoner of War (uncredited)
 
1955 The Left Hand of God
Jan Teng
 
1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Third Uncle
 
1955 Captain Midnight (TV series)
Sutoc
The Arctic Avalanche (1955) … Sutoc
 
1954 The Shanghai Story
Major Ling Wu
 
1954 Hell's Half Acre
Roger Kong
 
1954 His Majesty O'Keefe
Sien Tang, Dentist
 
1953 China Venture
Adm. Amara
 
1953 Fair Wind to Java
Gusti
 
1953 Battle Circus
Korean Prisoner
 
1953 Target Hong Kong
Sin How
 
1952 Battle Zone
South Korean guerrilla leader
 
1952 Red Snow
Taglu, the spy
 
1952 Macao
Itzumi
 
1952 Japanese War Bride
Eitaro Shimizu
 
1951 Secrets of Monte Carlo
Wong
 
1951 I Was an American Spy
Capt. Arito
 
1950 Halls of Montezuma
Nomura
 
1950 The Glass Menagerie
Sailor (uncredited)
 
1950 The Big Hangover
Dr. Lee
 
1949 The Gal Who Took the West
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1949 The Sickle or the Cross
Chinese Official
 
1949 Impact
Ah Sing
 
1949 Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Wong Chung Shee
 
1949 State Department: File 649
Col. Aram
 
1948 Rogues' Regiment
Tran Duy Gian
 
1948 The Creeper
Ah Wong - restaurant owner
 
1948 The Cobra Strikes
Kasim, Houseboy
 
1948 Saigon
Boss Merchant (uncredited)
 
1948 The Miracle of the Bells
Ming Gow
 
1948 Women in the Night
Prof. Kunioshi (as Phillip Ahn)
 
1947 Intrigue
Louie Chin (as Phillip Ahn)
 
1947 The Chinese Ring
Captain Kong
 
1947 Singapore
Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)
 
1945 They Were Expendable
Army Orderly (uncredited)
 
1945 Back to Bataan
Col. Coroki
 
1945 China's Little Devils
Farmer
 
1945 Blood on the Sun
Secret Police Captain Yomamoto (uncredited)
 
1945 China Sky
Dr. Kim
 
1945 God Is My Co-Pilot
Hong Kong Radio Announcer (uncredited)
 
1945 Betrayal from the East
Kato
 
1945 Forever Yours (uncredited)
 
1944 The Keys of the Kingdom
Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia
 
1944 Dragon Seed
Leader of City People (uncredited)
 
1944 The Purple Heart
Saburo Goto (uncredited)
 
1943 Around the World
Foo (uncredited)
 
1943 The Man from Down Under
English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
 
1943 Behind the Rising Sun
Japanese Officer Murdering Takahashi (uncredited)
 
1943 China
Lin Cho, First Brother
 
1943 They Got Me Covered
Nichimuro
 
1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Major Ching
 
1943 December 7th
Shinto Priest (uncredited)
 
1942 China Girl
Dr. Young
 
1942 Across the Pacific
Man in Theatre (uncredited)
 
1942 Submarine Raider
1st Officer Kawakami
 
1942 Let's Get Tough!
Joe Matsui (as Phil Ahn)
 
1942 The Tuttles of Tahiti
Emily's Servant (uncredited)
 
1942 Ship Ahoy
Koro Sumo (uncredited)
 
1942 A Yank on the Burma Road
Dr. Franklin Ling (as Phillip Ahn)
 
1941 Passage from Hong Kong
Steamship Official (uncredited)
 
1941 They Met in Bombay
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
 
1940 Drums of Fu Manchu
Dr. Chang [Ch.4] (uncredited)
 
1940 The Shadow
Wu Yung [Chs.1-3,8,10-11] (uncredited)
 
1939 Barricade
Col. Wai Kang
 
1939 Disputed Passage
Dr. Fung
 
1939 Island of Lost Men
Sam Ring (uncredited)
 
1939 Panama Patrol
Suri
 
1939 King of Chinatown
Robert 'Bob' Li
 
1939 North of Shanghai
Chinese Doctor
 
1938 Charlie Chan in Honolulu
Wing Foo
 
1938 Red Barry
Hong Kong Cholly
 
1938 Hawaii Calls
Julius
 
1937 Thank You, Mr. Moto
Prince Chung
 
1937 Daughter of Shanghai
Kim Lee
 
1937 Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
Sing Fung, Laundry Man
 
1937 Something to Sing About
Ito (Terry's servant)
 
1937 Think Fast, Mr. Moto
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
 
1937 Roaring Timber
'Crooner'
 
1937 I Promise to Pay
Taka (uncredited)
 
1937 China Passage
Dr. Fang Tu (as Phillip Ahn)
 
1937 The Good Earth
Captain in Revolutionary Army (uncredited)
 
1936 Counterfeit Lady
Maine (uncredited)
 
1936 Stowaway
Sun Lo
 
1936 The General Died at Dawn
Oxford
 
1936 Klondike Annie
Wing (uncredited)
 
1936 Anything Goes
Ling (uncredited)
 
1935 Shanghai
Servant (uncredited)
 
1935 A Scream in the Night
Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)
 
1934 Desirable
Chinese Waiter (uncredited)
 
1924 The Thief of Bagdad
Small Role (uncredited)
 
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2009 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1986 Kung Fu: The Movie (TV movie)
Master Kan (uncredited)
 
1974 Kung Fu (TV series)
 
1967 The Karate Killers
Sazami Kyushu
 
1953 Planet Outlaws
Prince Tallen of Saturn
 
1943 Drums of Fu Manchu
Dr. Chang
 

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(1934) Stage: Appeared in a national touring production of "Merrily We Roll Along".

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Ahn became the first Asian-American actor to have a star placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 14 November 1984. His star is on the 6200 block of Hollywood Blvd. See more »

Star Sign:

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