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Katsumi Tezuka (手塚 勝巳, Tezuka Katsumi) was a Japanese actor. He is best known for playing monsters in several Toho science fiction and horror films directed by Ishirō Honda.[2]

Katsumi Tezuka
手塚 勝巳
Tezuka (center) on the set of Godzilla Raids Again, 1955
Born	Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1939[1]–1967
Known for	Godzilla, Anguirus, Varan

Career

Tezuka was born in Tokyo, Japan. His first credited role in a motion picture was in the 1940 film Haruyo Izuko. He played a number of monster roles as an assistant to Haruo Nakajima.[3][4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref(s)
1939	Song of the White Orchid [Part One]	Member Miura	[1]
1939	Song of the White Orchid [Part Two]	Member Miura	[1]
1940	Hideko no Oendancho	Member of the Atlas	[1]
1940	Haruyo Izuko	Ito Yokoyama	[1]
1953	Eagle of the Pacific	MTF Air Staff	[1]
1954	Godzilla	Godzilla / Hagiwara's editor	[5]
1955	The Immortal Pitcher	Umpire	[1]
1955	Godzilla Raids Again	Anguirus	[1]
1956	Rodan	Hotel manager / Meganulon (legs)	[1]
1957	The Mysterians	Moguera / villager / Mysterian	[1]
1958	The H-Man	Fishing boat captain	[1]
1958	Varan the Unbelievable	Varan	[1]
1959	The Three Treasures		[1]
1959	Battle in Outer Space	Defense Force vice admiral / Natarl	[1]
1960	Storm Over the Pacific	Bride's assistance	[1]
1961	The Story of Osaka Castle	Shuma Ono	[6]
1961	Mothra	Mothra larva (neck) / photographer	[1][7]
1962	Gorath	Maguma	[1][8]
1962	King Kong vs. Godzilla	Godzilla (iceberg scene only)	[1]
1963	Attack Squadron!	Director Shue Matsubayashi	[1]
1963	Matango	Police officer / medical center doctor	[1]
1963	Atragon	JSDF officer / Mu henchman	[1]
1964	Mothra vs. Godzilla	Godzilla (assistant) / soldier	[8]
1964	Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster	Godzilla	[1]
1965	Retreat From Kiska	Captain of Akigumo	[1]
1965	Beast Alley	Fukami	[1]
1966	Kureji Dayo Kisoutengai	Ruling party member	[1]
1967	Discover Japan with the 5 Gents	Company executive B	[1]
1967	Five Gents Prefer Geisha	Tourism business person B	[1]

References

Sources

• Haruo Nakajima (2010). Monster Life Original Godzilla Actor Haruo Nakajima. Yosensha. ISBN 9784862485892.
• Ryfle, Steve; Godziszewski, Ed (2009). Mothra Audio Commentary (DVD). Sony.

External links

• Katsumi Tezuka at IMDb
• 手塚勝巳 (Katsumi Tezuka) at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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