What is Katsumi Tezuka?
{{Infobox person |name = Katsumi Tezuka |birth_date = {{birth date|1912|8|31|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Japan]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2023|8|5|1912|8|31|df=y}} |death_place = [[Japan]] |occupation = Actor |years_active = 1954&ndash;1964 }} {{nihongo|'''Katsumi Tezuka'''|手塚勝巳|Tezuka, Katsumi}} (August 31, 1912 - August 5, 2023) was a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[actor]]. He is best known for playing [[kaiju|monsters]] in several [[Toho]] science fiction and horror movies directed by [[Ishirō Honda]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kalat|first=David|title=A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series|year=2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn= 9780786430994|pages=18, 30, 35, 42, 55, 61, 67, 73}}</ref> He played [[Godzilla]], alongside [[Haruo Nakajima]], in the 1954 movie ''[[Godzilla (1954 movie)|Godzilla]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0856801}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tezuka, Katsumi}} [[Category:1912 births]] [[Category:Japanese movie actors]] [[Category:Japanese centenarians]] {{actor-stub}}