His smile of a different kind made him world-famous: When” Jaws “he made James Bond not only once, but in two films life difficult. Now the actor Richard Kiel died at the age of 74 years.
Richard Kiel embodied perhaps the most influential of all Bond villains. The “Jaws” was so well received that the authors did not, as usual, at the end of his performance in “The Spy Who Loved Me” just let him die, but it in “Moonraker – Top Secret” one more time from the most famous were chasing agent of Her Majesty. Now keel is at the age of 74 in Saint Agnes Hospital died in Fresno, California, such as a hospital spokeswoman told
The Detroit native actor had actually taken a very different career path. Before a television producer to 2, 18-foot keel discovered he was a math teacher. After several appearances in television productions he played in 1976 for the first time “the big guy with the not very attractive set of teeth”. At that time, the Bond producers were aware of him and only a year later he made his first appearance as Bond antagonist.
The world famous bite the actor demanded a lot from the beginning. Bond actor Roger Moore recalled that he could witness only serious, if Kiel had to tear the metal teeth on the set every now and then from the mouth because it triggered a gag reflex with him.
But the pains were worth it, the figure is considered to be anti-hero par excellence. Kiel was originally called “Incredible Hulk” and “Darth Vader” in conversation. But the “biter” was his signature role. In 1999 he stood for the last time with the scary teeth for “Inspector Gadget” in front of the camera. He regularly appeared on meetings of Bond fans and signed autographs.
Last Performance in a Children’s Film
Since a car accident in 1991 Kiel had problems with walking and needed a walker for longer distances he was confined to a wheelchair. According to the British “Guardian” is keel had broken his leg a week ago. Whether this is related to his death, but is still unclear.
“He was over 35 years a very loyal friend and client, a fantastic husband and father and not only a great actor but also a great man “said Steve Stevens, keel Agent, the” Guardian “. On Saturday Richard Kiel would have been 75 years old.
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His last appearance on the big screen had Kiel incidentally. in a children’s film In “Tangled -” he borrowed in 2010 one of the animated figures his voice – of course the villain
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