RIP Richard Kiel (aka Jaws) (1 Viewer)

[Tom Servo]

http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/10/richard-kiel-james-bond-jaws-dies-at-74/

Dentist is reportedly in seclusion.

 

[Raider Nation]

Gigantic dude. Loved him in The Longest Yard.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Birthday was this Saturday. Detroit representing.

RIP you awesome stainless steel toothed SOB

 

[Jobber]

RIP. Loved him in the Bond movies.

 

[Native]

RIP :-(

 

[grateful zed]

http://media.giphy.com/media/nG8y9uYD69jLq/giphy.gif

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Gigantic dude. Loved him in The Longest Yard.

Absolutely Recruiting Broken Nose (nsfw language)

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Gigantic dude. Loved him in The Longest Yard.

Absolutely Recruiting Broken Nose (nsfw language)

More...I think I broke his [freaking] neck (nsfw)

 

[Raider Nation]

Gigantic dude. Loved him in The Longest Yard.

Absolutely Recruiting Broken Nose (nsfw language)

More...I think I broke his [freaking] neck (nsfw)

He had excellent lateral quickness.

 

[Mr. Retukes]

He was great on those Jazz teams from the '80s.

 

[Das Boot]

What a great character actor.

Nostalgia, man.

RIP

 

[Christo]

Gigantic dude. Loved him in The Longest Yard.

I think I broke his ####in' neck!

 

[belljr]

That's 2 thus far Mr McGavin

 

[lakerstan]

I had the opportunity to meet him a couple of years ago. Really nice guy. Also played one of the aliens in one of my favorite Twilight zone episodes "To serve man". RIP

 

[jamny]

Me: Jaws died.

Wife: The shark?

 

[Tom Servo]

Me: Jaws died.

Wife: The shark?

 

[JaxBill]

Glad you added the AKA in parentheses.

At first I thought Tim Allen's sidekick had died.

 

[Jayrok]

That's 2 thus far Mr McGavin

oh, you can count. Good for you...

:softball:

 

[Dentist]

Rip the character that got me into Bond movies. I'm going to watch the spy who loved me and moonraker today out of respect. Him wearing those teeth was quite challenging he could only keep them in thirty minutes at a time.

 

[PIK95]

Wasn't he the naked guy running down the street in Sideways? After the guy from Wings went back for his wallet? Eh, maybe not. I loved him in The Spy Who Loved Me. Especially the Egypt van lifting part.

 

[Mr. Ected]

Always thought this was an interesting choice...

Offered the role of Darth Vader, but turned it down in favor of playing Jaws. He preferred Jaws because he felt he could bring more to the role, where Vader would have confined his performance by acting behind a mask.

 

[Tom Servo]

Rip the character that got me into Bond movies. I'm going to watch the spot who loved me and moonraker today out of respect. Him wearing those teeth was quite challenging he could only keep them in thirty minutes at a time.

Your butt is at half squat this morning?

 

[mr fancypants]

I remember briefly seeing him in Vegas 8-9 years ago sitting and signing autographs. I couldn't get over how huge his wrists were,

 

[Todem]

RIP...great character from the Bond lore. Creeped my kid out too when I showed him The Spy Who Loved Me.

 

[mquinnjr]

Me: Jaws died.

Wife: The shark?

 

[Christo]

Wasn't he the naked guy running down the street in Sideways? After the guy from Wings went back for his wallet? Eh, maybe not. I loved him in The Spy Who Loved Me. Especially the Egypt van lifting part.

M.C. Gainey

 

[Gene Sackman]

Good character in Pale Rider..

 

[dickey moe]

My uncle just emailed me this:

A little-known screen legend has passed...RICHARD KIEL.
He might go unnoticed to many of you, unless you remember JAWS from the James Bond movies. Richard Kiel played that menacing character in two of those films. I had the distinct pleasure to meet him when he volunteered to be a celebrity host at a Big Brothers golf tournament I helped organize at the Diablo Country Club in Danville CA in the late 90's. Although he was a towering 7'2", he was a gentle, sweet soul. Notice how large his hands are as we faked an arm wrestle for the photo. Rest in Peace, Richard!

Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was an American actor known for his role of the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979) as well as the video game Everything or Nothing; he also had cameos in many other James Bond video games. He was also known for roles in The Longest Yard (1974), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Pale Rider (1985), and as Mr. Larson in the 1996 comedy Happy Gilmore. In television he appeared as the Kanamit aliens in the classic The Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man" and as Dr. Miguelito Loveless' assistant, Voltaire, in first-season episodes of The Wild, Wild West (1965-1966).

Here's the photo:

http://s9.postimg.org/n2ra44v8v/RKeil.jpg

 

[dickey moe]

By the way, just noticed the T-shirt Kiel was wearing. AWESOME

 

[Christo]

 

[Statcruncher]

By the way, just noticed the T-shirt Kiel was wearing. AWESOME

Yep, made me wonder if it's a shirt he always wore and Happy Gilmore producers let him roll with it, or if Happy Gilmore was the first time he wore it and then he stuck with it.

 

[Johnny Rock]

The Spy Who Loved Me was my first 007 movie too. Loved the movie and Bond ever since. Jaws scared the crap out of me as I was pretty young at the time.

Cool to see the personal photo posted and many other people including Roger Moore saying how gentle this giant was. I bet he and Sandler had a great time.