Career
His film credits stretch from 1960 to 1995. Ueki came to fame through the comic jazz-band The Crazy Cats led by Hajime Hana. His major appearances were in the Musekinin Otoko film series, the comedy variety show Shabondama Holiday, the prime-time television series The Hangman, and the ten 2-hour television shows in the Nagoya Yomeiri Monogatari franchise.
On stage, he portrayed Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago.
Additionally, Ueki voiced the Roddy McDowall role in Planet of the Apes. His hit song with Hana Hajime and the Crazy Cats, Sūdara-bushi, placed in the Oricon top ten, and landed him an appearance on the Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai annual music spectacular Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
He also served as a narrator in the Japanese version of Tom and Jerry. Currently, new technology is being used to create a Vocaloid voicebank using his voice.