Haruo Nakajima, the First Actor to Play Godzilla, Dies at 88 Mr. Nakajima starred as the movie monster 12 times from 1954 to 1972, turning Japan’s postwar nuclear anxieties into an international phenomenon. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:France Rethinks Honor for Charles Maurras, Condemned as Anti-SemiteFemale Kurdish Fighter Kills Turkish Troops in Likely Suicide Bombing in SyriaFinland’s President Elected to 2nd Term, Avoiding a RunoffColombia Police Station Bombings Kill 7 OfficersIran Grants Baquer Namazi, 81, Four-Day Release From Evin PrisonOlympic Dreams of a United Korea? Many in South Say, ‘No, Thanks’