Tōru Ōhira
Actor
- Born
- September 24, 1929 · Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- April 12, 2016 (age 86)
Toru Ohira is a longstanding Japanese actor & voice actor. He's well known for many of his Japanese dub performances, voicing characters such as Darth Vader & Boss Nass from Star Wars, Homer Simpson from The Simpsons, Fred Flintstone from the Flintstones, Pete & Julius from various Mickey Mouse works, the Joker in Batman (1989), Clark Kent/Superman in Adventures of Superman (1938), Jor-El in Superman (1978), Waternoose from Monsters, Inc., the Mayor of Halloween Town from The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the First Ancestor from Mulan. He's also appeared in many Tokusatsu works, being the narrator for multiple Super Sentei & Metal Hero series, and Chief Kurata in Spectreman.
Known for
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
December 16, 1978
One Piece: Strong World Episode 0
April 24, 2010
Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary
August 9, 1991
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
March 6, 2004
Japanese Spiderman: Episode 0
July 22, 1978
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
August 3, 1974
One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book
August 27, 1978
The Orphan Brother
July 19, 1961
Be Forever Yamato
August 1, 1980
Chouriki Sentai Ohranger: Olé vs Kakuranger
March 8, 1996
Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy
December 20, 1980
Battle Fever J: The Movie
July 21, 1979
Acting28
- 2014Kingdom Hearts Re:coded as Pete (voice)
- 2010One Piece: Strong World Episode 0 as Gaimon (voice)
- 2006The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet as Matthew (voice)
- 2004Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey as President (voice)
- 1996Chouriki Sentai Ohranger: Olé vs Kakuranger as Emperor Bacchus Wrath (voice)
- 1995Chouriki Sentai Ohranger: The Movie as Emperor Baccshund (voice)
- 1991Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary as Heka (voice)
- 1990Osomatsu-kun: Iyami Alone in the Wind as Dekapan (voice)
- 1989Osomatsu-kun: Greetings From The Watermelon Planet-zansu!