Takeshi Watabe

**Takeshi Watabe** (渡部 猛 *Watabe Takeshi*, March 21, 1936 – December 13, 2010) was a Japanese voice actor and 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*.[1] He also wrote an instructional book about voice acting, *Seiyū Naritai*. Watabe was being treated for lung cancer when he died of pneumonia at the age of 74.[1]

He is the Japanese dub of Umbreon Thumpercut Bradford in Sarah Lee Jones and the Goblin King

## Dubbing Roles

### Live-action

* *Airport '77* (1987 TV Asahi edition) -
* *Alien* (1981 Laserdisc edition) - Parker (Yaphet Kotto)
* *Anaconda* - Paul Serone (Jon Voight)
* *Any Given Sunday* (2002 NTV edition) - Monroe (Jim Brown)
* *Back to the Future* (1990 Fuji TV edition) - Marvin Berry (Harry Waters Jr.)
* *Ben-Hur* (1990 NTV edition) - Quintus Arrius (Jack Hawkins)
* *Bend of the River* (1972 Fuji TV edition) - Red (Jack Lambert)
* *Bird on a Wire* (1993 TV Asahi edition) - Albert "Diggs" Diggins (Bill Duke)
* *Breakdown* - Warren"Red" Barr (J. T. Walsh) [5]
* *Casino Royale* (1972 NTV edition) - Smernov (Kurt Kasznar)
* *Casper: A Spirited Beginning* - Kibosh (James Earl Jones)
* *Commando* (1987 TBS edition) - Cooke (Bill Duke)
* *The Dark Crystal* (Blu-Ray edition) - skekZok (Jerry Nelson)
* *Dawn of the Dead* (1982 TV Tokyo edition) - Dr. Millard Rausch (Richard France)
* *Deliverance* (1979 TV Asahi edition) - Mountain Man (Bill McKinney)
* *The Elephant Man* (1982 TBS edition) - Jim (Michael Elphick)
* *The Exterminator* (1981 Fuji TV edition) - Gino Pontivini (Dick Boccelli)
* *Exit Wounds* (DVD edition) - Frank Daniels (Bruce McGill)
* *Force 10 from Navarone* (1986 TV Asahi edition) - Captain Dražak (Richard Kiel)
* *The Four Feathers* (2006 TV Tokyo edition) - Colonel Sutch (James Cosmo)
* *The French Connection* (1974 Fuji TV edition) - Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi)
* *The Getaway* (1982 TV Asahi edition) - The Accountant (John Bryson)
* *Glory* (1994 NTV edition) - Sergeant Major John Rawlins (Morgan Freeman)
* *Gunfight at the O.K. Corral* (1977 NTV and 1985 TV Asahi editions) - Ike Clanton (Lyle Bettger)
* *The Great Escape* (1971 Fuji TV edition) - Haynes "Diversions" (Lawrence Montaigne)
* *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1972 NET edition) - Tom Robinson (Brock Peters)
* *Kiss of the Dragon* (2003 TV Tokyo edition) - Lupo (Max Ryan)
* *Independence Day* (1999 TV Asahi edition) - Marty Gilbert (Harvey Fierstein)
* *Mad Max 2* (1984 Fuji TV edition) - Wez (Vernon Wells)
* *Major Dundee* (1972 TBS edition) - Samuel Potts (James Coburn)
* *Midnight Run* (VHS edition) - Alonzo Mosely (Yaphet Kotto)
* Midnight Run (1992 TV Asahi edition) - Tony (Richard Foronjy)
* *Midway* (1983 TV Asahi edition) - Captain Vinton Maddox (James Coburn)
* *Papillon* (1979 Fuji TV edition) - Julot (Don Gordon)
* *Play Dirty* (1973 NET edition) - Boudesh (Scott Miller)
* *Predator* (1989 Fuji TV edition) - Major General Homer Philips (R.G. Armstrong)
* *Psycho* (1983 TBS edition) - Milton Arbogast (Martin Balsam)
* *Rainbow Drive* (1992 TV Tokyo edition) - Hans Roehrig (James Laurenson)
* *Soylent Green* (1978 Fuji TV edition) - Chief Hatcher (Brock Peters)
* *Stuart Little* - Officer Sherman (Jon Polito)
* *A Thousand Acres* - Harold Clark (Pat Hingle)

### Animation

* *Aladdin*
* *Animaniacs* (Thaddeus Plotz)
* *The Aristocats* (French Milkman)
* *Beauty and the Beast* (Monsieur D'Arque)
* *The Black Cauldron*
* *Dinosaur* (Yar)
* *DuckTales* (El Capitan)
* *The Jungle Book* (ElephantG)
* *The Jungle Book II* (ElephantG)
* *The Land Before Time* Narrator
* *The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze* (Narrator)
* *The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water* (Narrator)
* *Hercules*
* *Mulan* (Ghost Human)
* *Mulan II* (Ghost Human)
* *Robin Hood* (King Richard)
* *Tarzan* (Tweelson)
* *Tarzan 2* (Tweelson)
* *Tarzan and Jane* (Tweelson)
* *Titan A.E.* (Tek)