Acting
Masumi Okada
Also Known As: ファンファン, Fanfan, Otto Sevaldsen
Birth Date
September 22, 1935
Death Date
May 29, 2006
(passed away at 70)
Place of Birth
Nice, France
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Biography
Masumi Okada (岡田眞澄, Okada Masumi, September 22, 1935 – May 29, 2006) was a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer. Also known by his nickname, "Fanfan", he was born in Nice, France, to a Japanese father, Minoru Okada, who was an artist, and a Danish mother, Ingeborg Sevaldsen, who was the sister of Eline Eriksen, the model for the "Mermaid of Copenhagen" and wife of the statue's sculptor, Edvard Eriksen. Masumi Okada was the younger of two sons; his older brother, Taibi "Erick" Okada, was also an actor and presenter—known professionally as E. H. Eric, he was the emcee for the Beatles' 1966 concert in Tokyo.
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The Files of the Young Kindaichi
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1995 • 1 episode
Shōgun
Brother Michael
1980 • 5 episodes
Trick
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2000 • 31 episodes
Divorce Lawyer
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2004 • 2 episodes
The Hunted
Lt. Wadakura
1995
A Sleeping Forest
1998 • 12 episodes
The Key
1983
Life of a Flower
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1963 • 39 episodes
San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku
1996 • 4 episodes
水曜ドラマスペシャル
1984 • 1 episode
Crazed Fruit
Frank
1956
Latitude Zero
Dr. Jules Masson
1969
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
Getting Any?
Russian Actor
1995
Can't Hurry for Love
1998 • 12 episodes
Izo
Chief of the Palace
2004
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
Jose Mendosa
1981
Three Sisters Investigate
1998 • 10 episodes
Kaito Ruby
Mr. Yamanouchi
1988
Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu
1996 • 11 episodes