surgery. He is buried in the Courts of Remembrance, Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. Legacy Ahn remains a seminal figure in Asian-American and Korean-American representation in Hollywood. In the 1940s and 1950s, Korea was a relatively obscure region to most Americans, recognized politically as a colony of Japan and little else. Not only was Ahn one of the first Korean-American actors to work in the American film industry, but he was also one of the first actors to portray Korean characters in American films. Hye Seung Chung, an associate professor of film and media studies at Colorado State University, writes of Ahn that he “remains a true pioneer, one of the few performers of Asian descent to survive the racist casting politics of studio-era filmmaking and make a transition to the Television Age. Although Ahn played Korean characters in only a handful of Korean War films and television episodes, he was an important figure in Korean American history.” Tributes In 1984, Ahn was posthumously inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star for his contributions to the film industry. His star is located at 6211 Hollywood Boulevard. He was the first Korean American film actor to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Filmography Desirable (1934) as Chinese waiter (uncredited) Shanghai (1935) as Servant (uncredited) A Scream in the Night (1935) as Wu Ting (as Philip Ann) Anything Goes (1936) as Ling (uncredited) Klondike Annie (1936) as Wing (uncredited) The General Died at Dawn (1936) as Oxford Stowaway (1936) as Sun Lo, Barbara's friend in Sanchow Counterfeit Lady (1936) as Maine (uncredited) The Good Earth (1937) as Captain in revolutionary army (uncredited) China Passage (1937) as Dr. Fang Tu (as Phillip Ahn) I Promise to Pay (1937) as Taka (uncredited) Roaring Timber (1937) as Crooner Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937) as Switchboard operator (uncredited) Something to Sing About (1937) as Ito, Terry's man-servant Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts (1937) as Sing Fung, laundry man Daughter of Shanghai (1937) as Kim Lee Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937) as Prince Chung Hawaii Calls (1938) as Julius Red Barry (1938) as Hong Kong Cholly Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938) as Wing Foo North of Shanghai (1939) as Chinese doctor King of Chinatown (1939) as Robert 'Bob' Li Panama Patrol (1939) as Suri Island of Lost Men (1939) as Sam Ring (uncredited) Disputed Passage (1939)