Thomas Noguchi
Acting Born Jan 4, 1927 Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan 8 credits
Biography
Thomas Tsunetomi Noguchi (born January 4, 1927) is the former Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles. Popularly known as the "coroner to the stars", Noguchi determined the cause of death in many high-profile cases in Hollywood during the 1960s and 1970s. He performed autopsies on Marilyn Monroe, Albert Dekker, Robert F. Kennedy, Sharon Tate, Inger Stevens, Janis Joplin, Gia Scala, David Janssen, Divine, William Holden, and John Belushi.
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Frequent co-stars
Career timeline
Coroner to the Stars
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Israel and the Assassinations of The Kennedy brothers
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK?
The Killing of America
Faces of Death
The Dick Cavett Show
Full filmography
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Faces of Death (1978) as Self - Chief Medical Examiner Coroner
- Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020) as Self - Los Angeles County Coroner (archive footage)
- The Killing of America (1981) as Self
- Coroner to the Stars (2025) as Self
- Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery (2018) as Self - Chief Medical Examiner, Los Angeles County (archive footage)
- L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK? (2007) as Self (archive footage)
- Israel and the Assassinations of The Kennedy brothers (2019) as Self (archive footage)