RIP Richard Kiel

Played in The (original) Longest Yard, Happy Gilmore and was "Jaws" in three James Bond movies.

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

Even if you didn't know his name, you knew his face (and his height, 7-foot-2):



He was 74. RIP.

 

Actually didn't know he was 7'2, thought about 6'8. Great scene in Moonraker when he bites the cable.

 

Broken leg?
I call bullshit.
I think he broke his fuckin' neck.
RIP.

 

R.I.P. Eegah.

 

"Is this your ball? I believe it struck my foot."

RIP.

 

I had no idea, and I think it is all kinds of awesome, that in 2007, Richard Kiel coauthored a historical novel about the life of Cassius Clay - not the boxer who changed his name, but the Kentucky abolitionist after whom the boxer was named (http://www.amazon.com/Kentucky-Lion-True-Story-Cassius/dp/0979494818/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top).

That may top Skunk Baxter's work as a missile defense consultant when it comes to strange and interesting celebrity side jobs.

 

Kiel had five good minutes in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

"Guns or knives Butch?"

 

That was Ted Cassidy, AKA "Lurch" from "The Addams Family."

 

Yeah well, he sucked in "My Giant!"




Seriously, Moonraker was the Worst of the Bond movies. The. Worst.

 

Crap

 

And he was great in "Car 54 Where Are You?"




















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