Nationality Japan Parents Tetsujo Ueki, Isaho Ueki Children Yuko Ueki, Koichi Hiro | Role Actor Name Hitoshi Ueki | |
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Occupation Actor, comedian, singer, guitarist Died March 27, 2007, Tokyo, Japan Spouse Tomiko Ueki (m. 1950–2007) Movies and TV shows Ran, The Crazy Family, Big Joys - Small Sorrows, Ora Tokyo sa iguda, Atarashii Kaze Similar People Hajime Hana, Kei Tani, Hiroshi Inuzuka, Yukio Aoshima, Marina Watanabe | ||
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Hitoshi Ueki (植木 等, Ueki Hitoshi, December 25, 1926 – March 27, 2007) was a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and guitarist. He won six awards for acting. His film credits stretch from 1960 to 1995.
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Ueki came to fame through the comic jazz-band The Crazy Cats led by Hajime Hana. His major appearances were in the Musekinin Otoko film series, the comedy variety show Shabondama Holiday, the prime-time television series The Hangman, and the ten 2-hour television shows in the Nagoya Yomeiri Monogatari franchise. He appeared in the Akira Kurosawa epic jidaigeki film Ran, and received a nomination for the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. In 1978, he won that honor for his performance in Shukuji, directed by Tomio Kuriyama. On stage, he portrayed Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago.
Additionally, Ueki voiced the Roddy McDowall role in Planet of the Apes.
His hit song with Hana Hajime and the Crazy Cats, Sūdara-bushi, placed in the Oricon top ten, and landed him an appearance on the NHK annual music spectacular Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
Ueki received the Purple Ribbon Medal of Honour in 1993 and the 4th Class Order of the Rising Sun in 1999.
He also served as a narrator in the Japanese version of Tom and Jerry.
Currently, new technology is being used to create a Vocaloid voicebank using his voice.