Actor Richard Kiel - who played
steel-toothed villain Jaws in two James Bond films - has died in California
aged 74.
For Eastwood fans, Richard is fondly remembered for his brief, but highly amusing cameo in Pale Rider (1985).
The towering American star, who
appeared in The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977 and Moonraker in 1979, died in hospital
in Fresno on Wednesday. A spokeswoman for Saint Agnes
Medical Centre confirmed Kiel's death, but did not reveal the cause. His first break came in 1959 when
he played the alien Kanamit in Twilight Zone. He published an autobiography in
2002, called Making It Big in the Movies. His many other acting roles
included deadly assistant Voltaire in the 1960s TV series The Wild, Wild West;
playing opposite William Shatner in the 1970s TV sitcom Barbary Coast; taking
on the lead character of Eli Weaver in the movie The Giant of Thunder Mountain;
and spoofing his most famous role as "Famous big guy with silver
teeth" in the movie version of Inspector Gadget.
In recent years, he also spent
much of his time touring the world and appearing at conventions to meet Bond
fans. RIP - Richard, you'll be sadly missed.
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