Harold Sakata
American sportsman and actor (1920-1982)
- Born
- 1 July 1920, Holualoa
- Died
- 29 July 1982
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- actor, weightlifter, professional wrestler, film actor, television actor
- Films here
- 2
Toshiyuki Sakata (坂田 敏行, Sakata Toshiyuki; July 1, 1920 – July 29, 1982), known as Harold Sakata, was an American Olympic weightlifter, professional wrestler, and film actor. He won a silver medal 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.
Sakata also wrestled in Japan for the Japanese Wrestling Association between 1955 and 1957, and was an early mentor and sometimes-tag-partner to Rikidōzan. 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.
Filmography (martial arts films)
| Year | Film | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Death Dimension | Cast |
| 1982 | Bruce Strikes Back | Cast |
Frequent collaborators
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q499508 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.