Philip Ahn

Philip Ahn

Korean-American actor (1905–1978)

Philip Ahn was an American actor and activist of Korean descent. With over 180 film and television credits between 1935 and 1978, he was one of the most recognizable and prolific Asian-American character actors of his time. He is regarded as the first Korean American film actor in Hollywood.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 24 films (1936–1967) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1967 Thoroughly Modern Millie. Universal Pictures & Ross Hunter Productions Inc. 138 min 35mm Color sound
1962 Confessions Of An Opium Eater. Allied Artists Pictures Corp. & Photoplay Associates Inc. 85 min 35mm B&W sound
1960 The Great Impostor. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 113 min 35mm B&W sound
1958 Hong Kong Confidential. Vogue Pictures Inc. 67 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 Battle Hymn. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 108 min 35mm Color sound
1955 Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 102 min 35mm Color sound
1955 The Left Hand Of God. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 87 min. 35mm Color sound
1953 China Venture. Columbia Pictures Corp. 83 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 Japanese war bride. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 91 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 Red Snow. Columbia Pictures Corp. 8 reels 35mm B&W sound
1951 China Corsair. Columbia Pictures Corp. 67 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 Halls Of Montezuma. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 113 min 35mm Color sound
1950 The Big Hangover. Loew's Inc. 82 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 The Miracle Of The Bells. Irving Pichel 120 min 35mm B&W sound
1947 Women In The Night. William Rowland 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1943 Behind The Rising Sun. Edward Dmytryk 88 min. B&W
1943 December 7th John Ford, Gregg Toland 12:00 B&W
1942 Submarine Raider. Lew Landers 7 reels B&W
1939 ISLAND OF LOST MEN. Paramount Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1939 KING OF CHINATOWN. Paramount Pictures Inc. 6 reels B&W
1939 NORTH OF SHANGHAI. Columbia Pictures Corp. 6 reels B&W
1938 RED BARRY. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 2 reels B&W
1937 Something to Sing About Zion Meyers 93 min B&W
1936 THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN. Paramount Pictures Inc. 10 reels B&W