Frequent supporting player in Toho films beginning in the 50s. Ogata’s stern features lent him to background roles as military officers and personnel in several of Toho’s sci-fi films. One of his more prominent roles (i.e., it had dialogue) are as a policeman in the opening scene of The Human Vapor (1960). He also played Goro, one of the first victims in Rodan (1956).
The Hidden Fortress
Yojimbo
Atragon
Beast Man Snow Man
The Mysterians
Varan
Rodan
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Gorath
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Destroy All Monsters
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Space Amoeba
Mothra
The H-Man
Chûshingura
Battle in Outer Space
The Secret of the Telegian
The Human Vapor
