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Paul Bates

CTL-P-0605 · Person

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Played Oha, royal servant; reprised in the 1989 TV pilot and the 2021 sequel

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Played Oha, royal servant; reprised in the 1989 TV pilot and the 2021 sequel

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Actor; best known for playing Oha, the royal servant, in Coming to America (1988); returned as Oha in the sequel Coming 2 America.

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