Bond....James Bond

[guru]

Been watching the James Bond marathon this week on AMC and noticed a former US Olympic track & field gold medalist had a rather large supporting role in one of the films.

Who was it, what movie?

Hints: This person's only movie appearance, won medal prior to 2000.

[pv22']

i have no idea. but if i could be any JB guy id be roger morre(sp?) he gets more ,um well, you know what im getting at..............

[noone]

This can't be the guy you're looking for, but "Oddjob" in Goldfinger was played by Harold Sakata, who won an Olympic medal in 1948. However it was a) a silver medal, b) in weightlifting and c) for Japan.

[Per Andersen]

Rafer Johnson ,"Licence to Kill" with Timothy Dalton as Bond.

[guru]

Rafer Johnson ,"Licence to Kill" with Timothy Dalton as Bond.

Correct! Well done Per

[Pego]

This can't be the guy you're looking for, but "Oddjob" in Goldfinger was played by Harold Sakata, who won an Olympic medal in 1948. However it was a) a silver medal, b) in weightlifting and c) for Japan.

c) USA

Sakata was a born US citizen, from Hawaii.

[Guest]

Here seems as good a place as any to say that Rafer Johnson was one handsome fellow. If I was, y'know - but I'm not, not there's anything wrong in...

Y'know ops:

[noone]

I was wrong - Sakata competed for the US, sorry.
However the original poster was also wrong: License to Kill was far from Johnson's only movie role. See this web site:
http://www.nndb.com/people/863/000023794/

[the spotter]

I was wrong - Sakata competed for the US, sorry.
However the original poster was also wrong: License to Kill was far from Johnson's only movie role. See this web site:
http://www.nndb.com/people/863/000023794/

Just a few hours after this latest post (14th, 2:30pm PT), one of the Bonds was spotted by yours truly in the SFO Red Carpet Club (on cell phone, drinking whiskey/soda, with an entourage of five) ...

[bambam]

"This can't be the guy you're looking for, but "Oddjob" in Goldfinger was played by Harold Sakata, who won an Olympic medal in 1948. However it was a) a silver medal, b) in weightlifting and c) for Japan."

It was Sakata but he competed for the United States in weightlifting. He was from Hawaii.

A great James Bond trivia question. Who finished 13th in the 1949 Mr. Universe Pageant.

Yes, it was Sean Connery. Read about it in the 60s in Strength & Health magazine and then once heard him talk his bodybuilding when he was on the Tonight show.