Pil Lip Ahn
| Sign | Aries |
| Born | Mar 29, 1905 Los Angeles, CA |
| Died | Feb 28, 1978 Los Angeles, CA |
| Age | Died at 72 |
Philip Ahn | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1935-78 |
| Known for | Inscrutable types, oriental roles, proverb-spouting stereotypes |
| Top Roles | Ming Gow, Captain in Revolutionary Army, Leader of City People, Mr. Pao, envoy for Mr. Chia, Army Orderly |
| Top Genres | Drama, Action, Adventure, War, Crime, Comedy |
| Top Topics | World War II, Book-Based, Aviation |
| Top Collaborators | Lewis Milestone (Director), John Ford (Director), Benson Fong, Abner Biberman |
| Shares birthday with | Warner Baxter, Pearl Bailey, Arthur O'Connell see more.. |
Philip Ahn Overview:
Character actor, Philip Ahn, was born Pil Lip Ahn on Mar 29, 1905 in Los Angeles, CA. Ahn appeared in over 180 film and TV roles. His best known films include Thoroughly Modern Millie, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, One-Eyed Jacks, Paradise Hawaiian Style, and Battle Hymn. As mentioned above, he also played the role of Master Kan in the TV series Kung Fu which ran from 1972 through 1975. Ahn died at the age of 72 on Feb 28, 1978 in Los Angeles, CA .
MINO BIO:
Sombre-faced Philip Ahn was cast in oriental roles from the mid-1930s in an assorted collection of inscrutable types, mostly sympathetic until the war years, when his thin, unsmiling expression turned quite readily to nastiness. These roles carried bitter irony as Ahn's father was a Korean diplomat who died in a wartime Japanese prison camp. Ahn found a secure niche in the 1970s with his running role as the old man in the TV series Kung Fu.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
BlogHub Articles:
Daughter of Shanghai (1937) Starring Anna May Wong and
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 14, 2019 From 4 Star FilmsNo, this isn’t an alternate universe. There really was a film from the 1930s starring both Anna May Wong and Phillip Ahn. They’re?not just supporting players or bit parts to fill in a few stereotypical roles, either, but actual leads. More amazing still, they both speak English without a... Read full article
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Philip Ahn Quotes:
Third Uncle: We shall now have tea and speak of absurdities.
Lt. Tom Quincy: Are you Ah Sing? Understand? You understandee English?
Ah Sing: [nods] Also French, Italian, and Hebrew.
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