Philip Ahn

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Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

3/29/1905

Place of Birth

Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

Phillip AhnPhil AhnPhilip Ann

Philip Ahn

Biography

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 Sha...

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