Tadao Takashima

(27 July 1930 – 26 June 2019) was a Japanese actor and jazz musician. He appeared in more than 100 films, including the Toho productions King Kong vs. Godzilla, Atragon, and Frankenstein vs. Baragon. He also performed in stage musicals such as My Fair Lady and appeared in several television shows.

Career Takashima began participating in a jazz band while a student at Kwansei Gakuin University. He left the university before graduating when he joined the Shintoho studio, debuting as an actor in 1952. Takashima also appeared in Son of Godzilla and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II.

He gained popularity as a romantic lead who could also sing, which led to roles in stage musicals, including the role of Professor Henry Higgins in a 1963 production of My Fair Lady. He also appeared on several television programs, including the quiz show Quiz! Do-re-mi-fa-don! and the cooking show Gochisosama.

Personal life In 1963, Takashima married Hanayo Sumi, a former member of Takarazuka Revue. His first-born son was murdered in 1964 at the age of five months by the family maid. He had two other sons, Masahiro Takashima and Masanobu Takashima, both of whom are actors.

Takashima died of natural causes in his home in Tokyo on 26 June 2019 at age 88. 1963 Hai hai sannin musume 1963 Nippon jitsuwa jidai 1963 Ichi ka bachi ka 1963 Atragon Susumu Hatanaka 1964 Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: Sannin yoreba 1964 You Can Succeed, Too Nakai 1964 Meiji taitei goichidaiki 1964 Danchi: Nanatsu no taizai 2nd & 7 Sin-Masao Hanai 1965 Frankenstein vs. Baragon Dr. Yuzo Kawaji 1965 Baka to Hasami 1966 Ja ja umanarashi 1966 Jinchoge Minegishi 1966 Neko no kyujitsu 1967 Take-chan shacho: Seishun wa ryu no mono da! 1967 Take-chan shacho: Seishun de tsukkare! 1967 Son of Godzilla Dr. Kusumi 1968 Kamo to negi Maruki 1968 Andersen monogatari 1969 Mito Kômon man'yûki Kakunojô Atsumi 1971 Rikugun rakugohei 1988 Kanashi iro yanen Sumio 1993 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II Chief Hosono 1994 Onna-zakari Heigoroh Asaoka