Ken Uehara

{{short description|Japanese actor}}

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{{Infobox person

| image = Ken Uehara in The Sound of the Mountain.jpg

| name = Ken Uehara

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1909|11|7}}

| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1991|11|23|1909|11|7}}

| death_place = Tokyo, Japan

| othername = Kiyoaki Ikehata

| occupation = Actor

| spouse = {{ubl|Yōko Kozakura|Masami Obayashi}}

| yearsactive = 1935-1990

}}

{{Nihongo|Ken Uehara|上原謙|Uehara Ken|7 November 1909 – 23 November 1991}}{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B8%8A%E5%8E%9F%20%E8%AC%99-1639559 |title=上原謙 |website=Kotobank |language=ja |access-date=4 July 2023}} was a Japanese actor who appeared in approximately 200 films between 1935 and 1990.{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B8%8A%E5%8E%9F%20%E8%AC%99-1639559 |title=上原謙 |website=Japanese Movie Database |language=ja |access-date=4 July 2023}}

A graduate of Rikkyo University, Uehara joined the Shochiku film studio in 1935. After the war, he became a freelance actor, before signing with the Toho film studio. Directors Uehara worked with include Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Shimazu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Yasujirō Ozu, and Kenji Mizoguchi. In 1953, he received the Mainichi Film Award for his performances in Wife and Husband and Wife.{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/mfa/history/008.html |title=毎日映画コンクール 第8回（1953年） |website=Mainichi |language=ja |access-date=6 July 2023}} He is the father of singer and actor Yūzō Kayama, and the grandfather of actress Emi Ikehata.{{cite web|url=https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/articles/?id=D0009070844_00000 |title=上原謙 |website=NHK |language=ja |access-date=4 July 2023}}