Updated 11th September 2014 05:37 clock

as the” known biter “in James Bond films has become American actor Richard Kiel is dead. He was last in the hospital Saint Agnes in Fresno, California been treated and is now dead, said hospital spokeswoman Kelley Sanchez on Wednesday.

The status of a legend gained the two-meter keel with his role as “Jaws”, a monosyllabic henchman with a strong bite. “Jaws” came 1977 and Moonraker The Spy Who Loved Me in the James Bond classics – Top Secret of 1979. In two strips he fought against lead actor Roger Moore, which he of Moonraker switches sides at the end. “He was a loyal friend and client for more than 35 years. He was not only a huge actor but also a great man”, his agent Steve Stevens said about him.

His first film appearance was in Kiel Eegah in 1962 in the film encounter teenager on a cave man who runs amok. In the meantime, he worked as a bouncer, grave-place retailers and math teachers in evening schools. Later, he landed roles in several horror series. The final breakthrough came as a “biter”.

Despite appearances in several other films and TV shows, as in the action flick The hardest mile or the sports comedy Happy Gilmore , Kiel was the public perception as “Biter” does not escape. He took his parade-roll again even in a movie one that has nothing to do with the Bond series. In 1999 he played the character for Inspector Gadget . After he was injured in an accident and could only go badly, he slowly stopped with acting.

“To this day I go out with sunglasses and hat, because the people I would shout from the other end of the street “Hey, biter!” “he said, until the beginning of the newspaper Daily Mail . Kiel would have been on Saturday 75 years old