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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1929-09-24 · Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 2016-04-12
Known for
- One Piece (1999) — Gaimon (voice)
- Japanese Spiderman (1978) — Narrator
- Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo (1978) — Stuckey (voice)
- Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (1972) — Dr. Kouzaburou Nambu (voice)
- One Piece: Strong World Episode 0 (2010) — Gaimon (voice)
- Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary (1991) — Heka (voice)
- Megabeast Investigator Juspion (1985) — Narrator
- Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (2004) — President (voice)
- Japanese Spiderman: Episode 0 (1978) — Narrator (voice)
- Kimba the White Lion (1965) — Rommel (voice)
- Super Sentai Zyuranger (1992) — Narrator (voice)
- Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974) — (voice)
- Chouriki Sentai Ohranger (1995) — Emperor Bacchus Wrath (voice)
- Dimensional Warrior Spielvan (1986) — Narrator
- One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book (1978) — King Zobi (voice)
- The Orphan Brother (1961) — Koguma No Moku (voice)