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Acting

Philip Ahn

Career: Active from 1937 to 1974, busiest in 1943 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 3
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Kung Fu
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 98 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Philip Ahn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.3, average 5.4
Uncanny
1.2, average 2.5
Psychological
4.2, average 5.5
Cringe Humor
0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

World War II 3
Historical Drama 3
Propaganda Film 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

157

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1970s

15 titles · average score 63

Wonder Woman

87

TV show · as Colonel Minh

Switch

68

TV show · as Charlie Kuang

Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita

as General Yamashita

Police Woman

43

TV show

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

33

as Chang (voice)

The Magician

71

TV show · as Chao Liu

The World's Greatest Athlete

48

as Old Chinaman

Kung Fu

80

TV show · as Master Kan

M*A*S*H

78

TV show · as The Father / Korean Grandfather

Sanford and Son

51

TV show

The Streets of San Francisco

48

TV show · as Mr. Wu

Anna and the King

73

TV show · as Astrologist

1960s

33 titles · average score 62

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Attorney General / Quon Li

Love, American Style

43

TV show · as Chow Lee

Ironside

45

TV show

Mannix

71

TV show

Mission: Impossible

79

TV show · as Dr. Liu

The Time Tunnel

76

TV show · as Dr. Nakamura

The Wild Wild West

64

TV show

The Big Valley

69

TV show · as Chen Yu

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as Police Chief Henry Nakamura

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

87

TV show · as High Lama of Ghupat / Dr. Sazami Kyushu

Confessions of an Opium Eater

54

as Ching Foon

My Three Sons

78

TV show · as George Wong

1950s

47 titles · average score 62

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Dr. Kam Lee / Mr. Lee Chang

Yesterday's Enemy

75

as Yamazuki

One Step Beyond

67

TV show · as Song

Hawaiian Eye

66

TV show · as Florist / Mr. Kwong

Wanted: Dead or Alive

50

TV show · as Tom Wing

Lawman

70

TV show · as Wong

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as James Wong

Have Gun, Will Travel

78

TV show · as W. Chung

Four Star Playhouse

71

TV show · as Capt. Shu Gat / Chang

Japanese War Bride

as Eitaro Shimizu

Dragnet

46

TV show

I Was an American Spy

51

as Capt. Arito

1940s

42 titles · average score 59

State Department: File 649

49

as Col. Aram

The Chinese Ring

45

as Captain Kong

Back to Bataan

74

as Col. Coroki

Betrayal from the East

62

as Kato

They Were Expendable

72

as Army Orderly (uncredited)

The Keys of the Kingdom

75

as Mr. Pao, Envoy for Mr. Chia

China

61

as Lin Cho

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

60

as Wu Tan

December 7th

58

as Shinto Priest (uncredited)

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

as Hirota

A Yank on the Burma Road

56

as Franklin Ling

China Girl

59

as Kai Young

1930s

20 titles · average score 64

King of Chinatown

39

as Robert 'Bob' Li

Panama Patrol

as Sun

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

60

as Wing Foo

Something to Sing About

67

as Ito

Daughter of Shanghai

78

as Kim Lee

The Good Earth

83

as Captain (uncredited)

Thank You, Mr. Moto

66

as Prince Chung

China Passage

as Fang Tu

The General Died at Dawn

80

as Oxford

Stowaway

67

as Sun Lo

A Scream in the Night

34

as Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)

Desirable

68

as Chinese Waiter