One of the more enduring mysteries is that of Kim Kendo. We can find him as early as 1960.
I have a couple of promo photos, one of which was used in Paul Lincoln programmes (the kimono is the same in both), the other is signed:
What's as equally as interesting, and I thought MAIN MASK especially would get a kick out of this, is his 1966 run with Dale Martin. Whilst I have yet to find Kim Kendo & Kendo Nagasaki on the same show, I have found at least two bills with Kim Kendo tagging with either member of the Hells Angels, Barnes & Street:
It gives his home billing as Chelsea. So a local London guy? Was his martial art background legitimate? Who could we talk to, in order to learn more about him?
Yes Hack, and consider: we had no idea what Kendo Nagasaki was nor how to pronounce it. I remember my brother and I in fits at the sight of him taking his skirt off - it was 1968 after all!
I thought I knew the Who's Who by heart, I'll have to open mine very delicately to find Mike Bandele as I have no recollection of him being included at all.