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Philip Ahn | |
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 Ahn in Kung Fu (1975) | |
| Born | Pil Lip Ahn March 29, 1905 |
| Died | February 28, 1978 (aged 72) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California |
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| Years active | 1935–1978 |
| Father | Ahn Changho |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 안필립 |
| Hanja | 安必立 |
| Revised Romanization | An Pillip |
| McCune–Reischauer | An P`illip |
Philip Ahn (born Pillip Ahn (안필립), March 29, 1905 – February 28, 1978) 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 widely regarded as the first Korean American film actor in Hollywood. He is not to be confused with Philson Ahn, another screen actor who broke into films in the late 1930s; Philson was Philip's younger brother.
The son of Korean independence activist Ahn Changho, Philip Ahn was a longtime advocate for his father's legacy and the Korean-American community, helping to establish memorials to his father in his native Seoul and later arranging for his remains to be buried there.