Philip Ahn
Highest Rated: 100% Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Lowest Rated: 8% Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
Birthday: Mar 29, 1905
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Slender Korean-American character player of medium height and dignified manner. Ahn appeared in over 70 films from "The General Died at Dawn" (1936) through "The World's Greatest Athlete" (1972). He is also remembered for his role as Master Kan on the popular TV action series, "Kung Fu" (1972-75).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Portrait of a Hitman | Wong (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Killer Who Wouldn't Die | Soong (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 8% | 61% | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Chang (Voice) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | Kung Fu | Master Kan (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hawaii Five-0 | Attorney General (Character) | - | 1968 |
| 90% | 81% | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Tea (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Paradise, Hawaiian Style | Moki Kaimana (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Diamond Head | Mr. Immacona (Character) | - | 1963 |
| 95% | 82% | Shock Corridor | Dr. Fong (Character) | - | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Girl Named Tamiko | Akiba (Character) | - | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Souls for Sale | Ching Foon (Character) | - | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | The Great Impostor | Capt. Hun Kim (Character) | - | 1960 |
| 40% | 34% | Never So Few | Nautaung (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hong Kong Confidential | Tan Chung (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | Battle Hymn | Old Man (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Hell's Half Acre | Roger Kong (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | His Majesty O'Keefe | Sien Tang (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Battle Circus | Korean prisoner (Character) | - | 1953 |
| 44% | 59% | Macao | Itzumi (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fair Wind to Java | Gusti (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Japanese War Bride | Eitaro Shimizu (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Battle Zone | South Korean guerrilla leader (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | I Was an American Spy | Capt. Arito (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | China Corsair | Wong San (Character) | - | 1951 |
| 88% | 48% | Halls of Montezuma | Nomura (Character) | - | 1950 |
| 67% | 31% | The Big Hangover | Dr. Lee (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | State Department: File 649 | Col. Aram (Character) | - | 1949 |
| 60% | 55% | Impact | Ah Sing (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rogue's Regiment | Tran Duy Gian (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | The Miracle of the Bells | Ming Gow (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Women in the Night | Prof. Kunioshi (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Singapore | Jimmy (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | The Chinese Ring | Captain Kong (Character) | - | 1947 |
| 80% | 63% | Back to Bataan | Col. Coroki (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | China Sky | Dr. Kim (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Blood on the Sun | Secret Police Captain Yomamoto (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The Story of Dr. Wassell | Ping (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | China | Lin Cho (Character) | - | 1943 |
| 100% | 80% | Five Graves to Cairo | Unknown (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Let's Get Tough | Joe Matsui (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Yank on the Burma Road | Dr. Franklin Ling (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Submarine Raider | First Officer Kawakami (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Charlie Chan in Honolulu | Wing Foo (Character) | - | 1938 |
| 95% | 76% | The Good Earth | Captain in Revolutionary Army (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tex Rides With the Boy Scouts | Sing Fung (Character) | - | 1937 |
| 94% | No Score Yet | Daughter of Shanghai | Kim Lee (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | Thank You, Mr. Moto | Prince Chung (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | China Passage | Dr. Fang Tu (Character) | - | 1937 |
| 86% | 48% | The General Died at Dawn | Oxford (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | Scream in the Night | Wu Ting (Character) | - | 1935 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Quon (Guest Star) | 1977-1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wonder Woman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | M*A*S*H | Mr. Kim (Guest Star) | 1976-1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sanford & Son | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kung Fu | Master Kan (Character) | 1972-1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Mr. Wu (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Adventures of Charlie Chan | Unknown (Guest Star) | |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Mr. Rhee (Guest Star) | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Spy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 1965 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966-1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laredo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wild, Wild West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 1960-1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | James Wong (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rebel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Step Beyond | Unknown (Character) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alcoa Hour | Major Pak (Character) | 1957 |
QUOTES FROM Philip Ahn CHARACTERS
3rd Uncle says: We shall now have tea and speak of absurdities.