American Olympian, wrestler, and actor (1920–1982)
Harold Sakata
Birth name
Toshiyuki Sakata
Born
(1920-07-01)July 1, 1920 Holualoa, Hawaii, U.S.
Died
July 29, 1982(1982-07-29) (aged 62) St. Francis Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Tosh Togo Tosh Tojo Harold Sakata Mr. Sakata Toska Sakata
Billed height
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[2]
Billed weight
220 lb (100 kg)[2]
Billed from
Honolulu, Hawaii Tokyo, Japan Yokohama, Japan Osaka, Japan
Trained by
Tsutao Higami Ben Sherman
Debut
c. 1949[2]
Retired
c. 1975
Olympic medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing the United States
1948 London
Light-heavyweight
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. He won a silver medal for the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London in weightlifting, and later became a popular professional wrestler under the ring name Tosh Togo, wrestling primarily for various National Wrestling Alliance territories as a tag team with Great Togo. He also wrestled in Japan for the Japanese Wrestling Association between 1955 and 1957. On the basis of his wrestling work, he was cast in the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964) as the villain Oddjob, a role he would be closely associated with for the rest of his life.[3]
^"Bond's 'Oddjob' Dies of Cancer". Daily Telegraph. 30 July 1982. p. 3.
^ abcMontgomery, Shirly. "1950's Wrestlers: Posing And In Action". Photography of Shirley Montgomery & Venue Programs. Archived from the original on 2003-07-24.
^"InYo: Harold Sakata: Svinth". ejmas.com. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
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