happy birthday bob wall
Happy Birthday Bob Wall! He’s notable for his role as O’Hara from Enter the Dragon, turns 75 today!
From Wikipedia:
“Wall is a former karate champion. He is featured in a number of films, most notably three appearances with martial arts master Bruce Lee. Bob Wall appeared in the film Way of the Dragon with Lee, along with Chuck Norris. Among the martial arts Bob Wall has studied Okinawa-te karate under Gordon Doversola. In 1966, Wall along with karate champion Joe Lewis opened the famous Sherman Oaks Karate Studio in Sherman Oaks, California. In 1968 Lewis sold his share of the studio to Chuck Norris. He also had a supporting role in Lee’s most famous film (in the western world) as O’Hara in Enter the Dragon. He later appeared in Game of Death, Bruce Lee’s incomplete film re-cut in 1978. More recently, in 2009, Wall starred as a bodyguard in the film Blood and Bone.”
Here he is in action against Bruce Lee
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