OT: Bond Villain "Jaws" Passes Away

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Richard Kiel, whose towering height and distinctive baritone voice defined his nearly 50-year career in television and films, most notably as the steely toothed James Bond villain Jaws, died Wednesday afternoon in Fresno, Calif. at the age of 74,

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/09/10/richard-kiel-obit/

 

Michigan Football has at least an indirect connection to Kiel in that the Lamarr Woodley shirt

Lamarr Woodley Kills People

was inpired by the shirt worn by Mr Larson, the ex-boss of Happy Gilmore.

Jaws Kills People

 

http://nsaneyz.blogspot.com/2012/11/guns-dont-kill-people-i-kill-people.html#.VBHlWvldV8E

 

While the Lamarr Woodley shirt pictured above features Steeler colors, a Michigan version of it predated the Pittsburgh version.  (My Google-Fu failed me as I searched for the Michigan image.)

RIP, Richard Kiel.

 

uminks

September 11th, 2014 at 2:45 PM ^

was his role as Jaws in the Spy Who Loved Me in '77. He had a bigger role in the next Bond film, Moonraker '79. Also, Michigan had a very good football team in '77 and '79!

True Blue Grit

September 11th, 2014 at 2:49 PM ^

in that he started out bad-ass and eventually became kind of like a comic-relief character (see Moonraker - maybe my least favorite of the whole Bond series).  He was great in The Spy Who Loved Me.  How many times did he try to kill Bond in that movie?  Anyway, RIP Big Guy.

Blue Durham

September 11th, 2014 at 3:01 PM ^

I think he was also the guy in the Hole-in-the-wall gang that challenged Butch Cassidy for leadership in Butch Cassidy and the Sundanced Kid.

What were the rules for that fight again?

User -not THAT user

September 11th, 2014 at 3:18 PM ^

...can't believe no one mentioned that yet.

And he had one of his better roles in the original (and best) "The Longest Yard".  Played Samson, former "Mr. Florida, 1964".  Money quote "I THINK I BROKE HIS F***ING NECK."

Zoltanrules

September 11th, 2014 at 3:51 PM ^

He suffered from acrophobia, and during the cable car stunt scenes in Moonraker, a stunt double was used because Kiel refused to be filmed on the top of a cable car at over 2000 feet (607 m) high.

In 1992, Kiel suffered a severe head injury in a car accident, which affected his balance. He was subsequently forced to walk with a cane to support himself (as shown in his appearance in the movie Happy Gilmore, where he is seen leaning on a person or a cane).

rob f

September 11th, 2014 at 7:30 PM ^

to one of my favorite villians ever.  Also one of the most handsome...

James Bond Villain Richard Kiel Dies at 74 

I always thought of Roger Moore as my favorite James Bond.  After reading and watching all the tributes to Richard Kiel tonight, I'm realizing maybe it was Kiel's gigantic presence in those two Bond flicks that made the Moore Bond movies such favorites of mine.