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Lee Kolima (born Charles Howard Zalopany, February 20, 1920 in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, died November 23, 1995), was a professional wrestler and a film actor.
Born to George Zalopany and Anna Silva, Charles married Cleo Zalopany on January 24, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. [1]
He wrestled in the 1950s under the names Kubla Khan, Lee Kolima and Hilo Lee Kolima. [2]
Kolima began his film and television career in 1965 with a role in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and made his film debut the following year in an uncredited role in John Ford's 7 Women (1966).
With the popularity of Oddjob in the spy genre of the mid-1960s, Kolima played an intimidating enemy secret agent in such television shows as I Spy , Get Smart , The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. , The Wild Wild West and The Spy Who Came in from the Cool episode of The Monkees . He appeared alongside Harold Sakata himself in Dimension 5 (1966).
He appeared on the cover of Tom Waits's Swordfishtrombones alongside Angelo Rossitto.
His final film appearance was in Cannonball Run II (1984).
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