
Person
Thomas Noguchi
Acting · Born 1927-01-04 · Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
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.
Known for

The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest

Faces of Death
Self - Chief Medical Examiner Coroner

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Self - Los Angeles County Coroner (archive footage)

L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK?
Self (archive footage)

Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
Self - Chief Medical Examiner, Los Angeles County (archive footage)

The Killing of America
Self

Coroner to the Stars
Self

Israel and the Assassinations of The Kennedy brothers
Self (archive footage)

The Photographer
Thanks
Filmography
- 2025Coroner to the StarsSelf
- 2020Natalie Wood: What Remains BehindSelf - Los Angeles County Coroner (archive footage)
- 2019Israel and the Assassinations of The Kennedy brothersSelf (archive footage)
- 2018Natalie Wood: An American Murder MysterySelf - Chief Medical Examiner, Los Angeles County (archive footage)
- 2007L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK?Self (archive footage)
- 1981The Killing of AmericaSelf
- 1978Faces of DeathSelf - Chief Medical Examiner Coroner
- 1974The PhotographerThanks
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
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