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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...
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Perry MasonSeries • 1957
BonanzaSeries • 1959
M*A*S*HSeries • 1972
IronsideSeries • 1967
Hawaii Five-OSeries • 1969
Love, American StyleSeries • 1969
Mission: ImpossibleSeries • 1966
MannixSeries • 1967
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957
DragnetSeries • 1951
My Three SonsSeries • 1960
Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952
The Big ValleySeries • 1965
The Wild Wild WestSeries • 1965
Police WomanSeries • 1974
The F.B.I.Series • 1965
Wanted: Dead or AliveSeries • 1958
One Step BeyondSeries • 1959
LawmanSeries • 1958
SwitchSeries • 1975
Sanford and SonSeries • 1972
Hawaiian EyeSeries • 1959
The Streets of San FranciscoSeries • 1972
Adventures in ParadiseSeries • 1959