Tadashi Nakamura (voice actor)

Tadashi Nakamura (中村 正, Nakamura Tadashi, December 24, 1929 – November 11, 2019[1]) was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He was attached to the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.

Tadashi Nakamura
中村 正
Born	(1929-12-24)December 24, 1929 Aichi Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Died	November 11, 2019(2019-11-11) (aged 89) Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor voice actor narrator
Years active	1952—2018
Agent	Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society

Filmography

Television animation

• Osomatsu-kun (1966) (Mogura)
• Star of the Giants (1968) (Tetsuharu Kawakami)
• Marine Boy (1969) (Faamu)
• Lupin III Part III (1984) (Aran Bonparuto (ep. 2))
• Animated Classics of Japanese Literature: Botchan (1986) (Redshirt)
• Ironfist Chinmi (1988) (Narrator)
• Like the Clouds, Like the Wind (1990) (Narrator)
• Magical Princess Minky Momo (1991) (Narrator)
• Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure (1995) (Lord Arthur)
• Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (1998) (Quincy Rosenkreutz)
• Oh My Goddess! (1998) (Narrator)
• Reign: The Conqueror (1999) (Parmenion)
• Tetsujin 28-go (2004) (Dr. Bigfire)
• Space Brothers (2012) (Ozzy Smith)
• Life Counselling TV Animation "Jinsei" (2014) (Narrator)

OVA

• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989) (Franz von Mariendorf)
• Giant Robo (1992) (Shokatsuryo Komei)

Theatrical animation

• Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld (1984) (Dr. Mangetsu)
• Grave of the Fireflies (1988) (Police officer)
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) (Old Security Guard)
• Summer Wars (2009) (Mansaku Jinnouchi)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels (2011) (Professor)
• Wolf Children (2012) (Hosokawa)
• The Boy and the Beast (2015)
• Mirai (2018) (Bullet train)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Leslie Nielsen
  • Counterpoint (1976 Fuji TV edition) (Victor Rice)
  • The Poseidon Adventure (1976 TBS edition) (Captain Harrison)
  • Airplane! (Dr. Rumack)
  • The Creature Wasn't Nice (Captain Jamieson)
  • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (Lt. Frank Drebin)
  • Repossessed (Father Jebedaiah Mayii)
  • The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (Lt. Frank Drebin)
  • Surf Ninjas (Colonel Chi)
  • Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (Lt. Frank Drebin)
  • S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago (Lucio Cinico)
  • Dracula: Dead and Loving It (Count Dracula)
  • Wrongfully Accused (Ryan Harrison)
  • Kevin of the North (Clive Thornton)
  • Slap Shot 3: The Junior League (Mayor of Charlestown)
• David Niven
  • Around the World in 80 Days (Phileas Fogg)
  • Separate Tables (Major David Angus Pollock)
  • The Guns of Navarone (1972 TV Asahi and 1982 Fuji TV editions) (Cpl. John Anthony Miller)
  • 55 Days at Peking (Sir Arthur Robertson)
  • The Pink Panther (1973 TV Asahi and 1976 NTV editions) (Sir Charles Lytton)
  • Bedtime Story (Lawrence Jamison)
  • Lady L (Lord Lendale)
  • Where the Spies Are (Doctor Jason Love)
  • Casino Royale (1976 TV Asahi edition) (Sir James Bond 007)
  • Murder by Death (1981 TBS edition) (Dick Charleston)
  • Candleshoe (Priory)
  • Death on the Nile (Colonel Johnny Race)
  • Escape to Athena (1982 TBS edition) (Professor Blake)
  • Curse of the Pink Panther (Sir Charles Litton)
• Rex Harrison
  • My Fair Lady (Professor Henry Higgins)
  • The Yellow Rolls-Royce (Charles)
  • Doctor Dolittle (Doctor John Dolittle)
  • The Honey Pot (Cecil Sheridan Fox)
  • Crossed Swords (The Duke of Norfolk)
• Bing Crosby
  • Going My Way (Father Chuck O'Malley)
  • The Bells of St. Mary's (Father Chuck O'Malley)
  • White Christmas (Bob Wallace)
  • High Time (Harvey Howard)
  • The Road to Hong Kong (Harry Turner)
• 12 Angry Men (1969 TV Asahi edition) (Juror #5 (Jack Klugman))
• Aces: Iron Eagle III (Palmer (Christopher Cazenove))
• Armageddon (2002 Fuji TV edition) (The President (Stanley Anderson))
• Batman Begins (2007 NTV edition) (Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Caine))
• Bewitched (Narrator)
• Bewitched (2005) (Nigel Bigelow (Michael Caine))[2]
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Dr. Iannis (John Hurt))[3]
• Charlie's Angels (Charles "Charlie" Townsend)
• Charlie's Angels (film) (Charles "Charlie" Townsend)
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Charles "Charlie" Townsend)
• Cutthroat Island (Ainslee (Patrick Malahide))
• How to Steal a Million (Simon Dermott (Peter O'Toole))[4]
• L.A. Confidential (2001 Fuji TV edition) (Capt. Dudley Smith (James Cromwell))[5]
• The Matrix Reloaded (2006 Fuji TV edition) (The Architect (Helmut Bakaitis))
• The Matrix Revolutions (2007 Fuji TV edition) (The Architect (Helmut Bakaitis))
• Night at the Museum (Cecil "C.J." Fredericks (Dick Van Dyke))[6]
• Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (Cecil "C.J." Fredericks (Dick Van Dyke))
• RoboCop (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Dick Jones (Ronny Cox))
• The Rock (James Womack (John Spencer))
• Total Recall (1992 TV Asahi edition) (Vilos Cohaagen (Ronny Cox)))
• Unforgiven (English Bob (Richard Harris))
• Xanadu (Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly))[7]

Animation

• Disney's House of Mouse (Narrator)
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians（Towser）

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result
2016	10th Seiyu Awards	Merit Awards	Won

References

1. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-22/voice-actor-tadashi-nakamura-passes-away/.153577
2. "奥さまは魔女". Star Channel. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
3. "コレリ大尉のマンドリン". Wowow. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
4. "おしゃれ泥棒". Fox Japan. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
5. "L.A.コンフィデンシャル". Fox Japan. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
6. "ナイト　ミュージアム". Star Channel. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
7. "ザナドゥ / オリビア・ニュートン・ジョン". Yahoo Auctions. Retrieved January 4, 2019.

External links

• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Tadashi Nakamura at Anime News Network's encyclopedia