- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 24, 1929
- Place of Birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- April 12, 2016
Tōru Ōhira
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.
Filmography
movieKingdom Hearts Re:coded
2014 · Pete (voice)
movieOne Piece: Strong World Episode 0
2010 · Gaimon (voice)
movieThe Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
2006 · Matthew (voice)
tvAkubi Girl
2006
movieDoraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
2004 · President (voice)
tvOne Piece
1999 · Gaimon (voice)
movieChouriki Sentai Ohranger: Olé vs Kakuranger
1996 · Emperor Bacchus Wrath (voice)
movieChouriki Sentai Ohranger: The Movie
1995 · Emperor Baccshund (voice)
tvChouriki Sentai Ohranger
1995 · Emperor Bacchus Wrath (voice)
tvSuper Sentai Zyuranger
1992 · Narrator (voice)
movieLupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary
1991 · Heka (voice)
movieOsomatsu-kun: Iyami Alone in the Wind
1990 · Dekapan (voice)
tvThe Laughing Salesman
1989
movieOsomatsu-kun: Greetings From The Watermelon Planet-zansu!
1989 · Dekapan (voice)
movieOsomatsu-kun: Go For It! Chibita's Oni War
1988 · Dekapan (voice)
tvOsomatsu-kun
1988 · Dekapan
tvOraa Guzura Dado
1987 · グズラ
tvDimensional Warrior Spielvan
1986 · Narrator
tvMegabeast Investigator Juspion
1985 · Narrator
movieSpace Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers!
1984 · Narrator (voice)
movieSpace Sheriff Shaider: The Movie
1984 · Narrator (voice)
tvSpace Sheriff Shaider
1984 · Narrator
movieSpectreman versus Hedron
1984 · Chief Shigeo Kurata
tvKagaku Sentai Dynaman
1983 · Narrator
tvFuture Police Urashiman
1983 · Inspector Gondo Toru
tvDai Sentai Goggle-V
1982 · Narrator
tvTaiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan
1981 · Narrator
movieCyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy
1980 · Zoa (voice)
movieBe Forever Yamato
1980 · Skulldart (voice)
movieDenshi Sentai Denziman: The Movie
1980 · Narrator (voice)
tvDenshi Sentai Denziman
1980 · Narrator
movieBattle Fever J: The Movie
1979 · Narrator (voice)
tvBattle Fever J
1979 · Narrator
movieLupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
1978 · Stuckey (voice)
movieOne Million-Year Trip: Bander Book
1978 · King Zobi (voice)
movieJapanese Spiderman: Episode 0
1978 · Narrator (voice)
movieGatchaman: The Movie
1978 · Doctor Kozaburo Nambu
tvJapanese Spiderman
1978 · Narrator
tvHomerun Kanta
1977 · 野球十兵衛
movieJ.A.K.Q. Dengekitai: The Movie
1977 · Narrator
tvJ.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
1977 · Narrator (voice)
tvPaul's Miraculous Adventure
1976 · Belt Satan (voice)
movieHimitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane!
1976 · Narrator (voice)
tvHimitsu Sentai Gorenger
1975 · Narrator
movieLupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
1974 · (voice)
tvTamagon the Counselor
1972 · タマゴン
tvScience Ninja Team Gatchaman
1972 · Dr. Kouzaburou Nambu (voice)
tvHyppo and Thomas
1971 · Kaba (voice)
tvGeneral Inakappe
1970 · 大柿矢五郎
tvThe Genie Family
1969 · Hakushon Daimaō (Voice)
movieGood Evening Dear Husband: A Duel
1968 · Narrator
tvOraa Guzura Dado
1967 · Guzura
movieSpycatcher J3: SOS Close Shave
1966 · TIGER chief (voice)
tvKimba the White Lion
1965 · Rommel (voice)
movieThe Orphan Brother
1961 · Koguma No Moku (voice)
The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love
movieThe Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love
1961 · Narrator (voice)