Takeshi Watabe


Takeshi Watabe was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born in Kōchi Prefecture. He usually played villains and performed the voices for many anime characters and tokusatsu villains. He is most famous for voicing Kaminari in Doraemon. He took over the ongoing roles of Shingo Kanemoto after his death. Other major roles included Inspector Takao Arizuka in the You're Under Arrest franchise, Naoyuki Kamikurata in Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution, Colonel John Kowen in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, and Director Yachio Tokugawa in Strawberry Eggs. He also wrote an instructional book about voice acting, Seiyū Naritai. On December 13, 2010, Watabe was being treated for lung cancer and then died of pneumonia at the age of 74.

Filmography

Tokusatsu

He was sometimes paired up with Kaoru Shinoda.

Overseas dubbing

Live-action

Airport '77 -Alien - Parker Anaconda - Paul Serone Any Given Sunday - Monroe Back to the Future - Marvin Berry Ben-Hur - Quintus Arrius Bend of the River - Red Bird on a Wire - Albert "Diggs" Diggins Breakdown - Warren"Red" Barr Casino Royale - Smernov Casper: A Spirited Beginning - Kibosh Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure - Chukha-TrokCommando - Cooke The Empire Strikes Back - Rebel Derek “Hobbie” Klivian The Dark Crystal - skekZok Dawn of the Dead - Dr. Millard Rausch Deliverance - Mountain Man The Elephant Man - Jim The Exterminator - Gino Pontivini Exit Wounds - Frank Daniels Force 10 from Navarone - Captain Dražak The Four Feathers - Colonel Sutch The French Connection - Pierre Nicoli The Getaway - The Accountant Glory - Sergeant Major John Rawlins Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - Ike Clanton The Great Escape - Haynes "Diversions" To Kill a Mockingbird - Tom Robinson Kiss of the Dragon - Lupo Independence Day - Marty Gilbert Mad Max 2 - Wez Major Dundee - Samuel Potts Midnight Run - Alonzo Mosely

Animation

AladdinAnimaniacs The Aristocats Beauty and the Beast The Black CauldronDinosaur DuckTales The Jungle Book The Jungle Book II The Land Before Time Narrator The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water HerculesMulan Mulan II Robin Hood Tarzan Tarzan 2 Tarzan and Jane

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