[KS] Fwd: Question

[J.Scott Burgeson]

That's an extremely problematic question because
Philip Ahn made a name for himself mostly playing
non-Korean characters (Japanese, Chinese, etc.).
Meanwhile, one of the earliest and most famous Korean
characters to appear in Hollywood consistently (not as
a bit part) was the manservant Kato in the old Green
Hornet series (1940). Kato was played by Keye Luke, a
Chinese-American actor, and when the serial was later
redone for TV in the '60s the role was played by Bruce
Lee, also Chinese-American, although by that time
Kato's "Koreanness" had become more generalized as
"Asiatic." Anyway, an important distinction should be
made between "ethnic Koreans" and "'Korean characters"
when approaching the below topic...
   --Scott Bug
   



--- michael Robinson <robime at indiana.edu> wrote:
> probably Philip Ahn, eldest son of Ahn Ch'angho as
> an Asian heavy in a 
> replayed 1940s B film on TV.




--- joy kim <joykim at usc.edu> wrote:
> I am working on a research paper about
> Koreans/Korean Americans on
> television.  I was wondering if the library has
> information about the first
> Korean/Korean American to appear on U.S. television.
>  I would really
> appreciate if you could provide me with some advice
> or information.


		
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