Tadashi Nakamura (voice actor)

Tadashi Nakamura (中村 正, Nakamura Tadashi; December 24, 1929 – November 11, 2019) 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
Occupations	Actor voice actor narrator
Years active	1952—2018
Agent	Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society
Known for	Oshiete! 3 Shimai as the narrator (2010-2012)

Nakamura died from blood poisoning resulting of inflammation of the gallbladder at the age 89 at 9:10 A.M on November 11, 2019.^[1]

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)
• Shimajirō Hesoka (2010-2012) (Oshiete! 3 Shimai) (Narrator)
• 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! (1983 TBS edition) (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 33+1⁄3: 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 Lytton)
• 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)^[4]
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Charles "Charlie" Townsend)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Professor Digory Kirke (Jim Broadbent))^[5]
• The Cider House Rules (Dr. Wilbur Larch (Michael Caine))^[6]
• Cutthroat Island (Ainslee (Patrick Malahide))^[7]
• Dr. Strangelove (1971 TV Asahi edition) (President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers))^[8]
• Dog Day Afternoon (1979 Fuji TV edition) (FBI Agent Sheldon (James Broderick))
• Heartbreakers (William B. Tensy (Gene Hackman))^[9]
• Hot Shots! (RADM Thomas "Tug" Benson (Lloyd Bridges))^[10]
• Hot Shots! Part Deux (President Thomas "Tug" Benson (Lloyd Bridges))^[11]
• How to Steal a Million (Simon Dermott (Peter O'Toole))^[12]
• L.A. Confidential (2001 Fuji TV edition) (Capt. Dudley Smith (James Cromwell))^[13]
• Lawrence of Arabia (2000 TV Tokyo edition) (Turkish Bey (José Ferrer))
• 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))^[14]
• Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (Cecil "C.J." Fredericks (Dick Van Dyke))^[15]
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1993 DVD edition) (Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott))^[16]
• RoboCop (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Dick Jones (Ronny Cox))
• The Rock (James Womack (John Spencer))
• Rush Hour 3 (Varden Reynard (Max von Sydow))^[17]
• Total Recall (1992 TV Asahi edition) (Vilos Cohaagen (Ronny Cox)))
• The Towering Inferno (1979 Fuji TV, 1984 NTV and 1989 TBS editions) (Harlee Claiborne (Fred Astaire))^[18]
• Unforgiven (English Bob (Richard Harris))
• Xanadu (Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly))^[19]

Animation

• House of Mouse (Narrator)
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Old Towser)

Awards

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