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Toshiyuki Sakata (坂田 敏行, Sakata Toshiyuki, July 1, 1920 – July 29, 1982), better known as Harold Sakata, was an American Olympic weightlifter, professional wrestler, and film actor of Japanese descent.
Harold Sakata. Actor: Goldfinger. The most famous henchman of the entire James Bond series of spy thrillers, Harold Sakata will forever be remembered as the villainous "Odd Job" in the ultimate Bond film, Goldfinger (1964), with his lethal martial arts and steel-brimmed bowler hat.
- July 1, 1920
- July 29, 1982
Harold Sakata. Actor: Goldfinger. The most famous henchman of the entire James Bond series of spy thrillers, Harold Sakata will forever be remembered as the villainous "Odd Job" in the ultimate Bond film, Goldfinger (1964), with his lethal martial arts and steel-brimmed bowler hat.
- January 1, 1
- Holualoa, Hawaii, USA
- January 1, 1
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Apr 16, 2023 · Harold Sakata was an American Olympic weightlifter, professional wrestler, and film actor of Japanese descent. Born in Holualoa, Hawaii in 1920 to Japanese-American parents who worked at a Kona coffee farm, Sakata’s life was one of hard work and dedication.
Jul 31, 1982 · Harold T. Sakata, an actor best known for his sinister characterization of the killer bodyguard Oddjob in the James Bond movie ''Goldfinger,'' died Thursday. He was 62 years old.
Aug 9, 2021 · Harold Sakata achieved cinematic immortality portraying Auric Goldfinger’s personal bodyguard Oddjob, steel-rimmed bowler hat and all, in the third of the James Bond franchise films Goldfinger (1964). Born in Hawaii of Japanese descent, he moved to mainland United States at eighteen, thus missing the Pearl Harbor attack of December 1941.
Harold Sakata was an actor and weightlifter most famous for his stunning performance as Oddjob in the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964). Biography. Harold Sakata was born in Hawaii as Toshiyuki Sakata, changing his name to Harold when he moved to a more central part of America.
