Acting
Tōru Ōhira
JA, EN cinema · 28 credits
Born
24 September 1929
Died
12 April 2016 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as Tooru Oohira
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
Filmography
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
as Pete (voice)
One Piece: Strong World Episode 0
as Gaimon (voice)
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
as President (voice)
Chouriki Sentai Ohranger: Olé vs Kakuranger
as Emperor Bacchus Wrath (voice)
Chouriki Sentai Ohranger: The Movie
as Emperor Baccshund (voice)
Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary
as Heka (voice)
Osomatsu-kun: Iyami Alone in the Wind
as Dekapan (voice)
Osomatsu-kun: Greetings From The Watermelon Planet-zansu!
as Dekapan (voice)
Osomatsu-kun: Go For It! Chibita's Oni War
as Dekapan (voice)
Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers!
as Narrator (voice)
Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Spectreman versus Hedron
as Chief Shigeo Kurata
Denshi Sentai Denziman: The Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy
as Zoa (voice)
Be Forever Yamato
as Skulldart (voice)
Battle Fever J: The Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Japanese Spiderman: Episode 0
as Narrator (voice)
One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book
as King Zobi (voice)
Gatchaman: The Movie
as Doctor Kozaburo Nambu
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
as Stuckey (voice)
J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai: The Movie
as Narrator
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane!
as Narrator (voice)
Spycatcher J3: SOS Close Shave
as TIGER chief (voice)
恋の羊が海いっぱい
1961
The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love
as Narrator (voice)
The Orphan Brother
as Koguma No Moku (voice)