Tributes have poured in for the actor
Richard Kiel, best known for his role as the steel-toothed villain
Jaws in two 1970s
James Bond films, who died yesterday aged 74. The statuesque 7ft 2in actor portrayed the mercenary assassin
Jaws in the 1977 movie
The Spy Who Loved Me and the 1979 thriller
Moonraker both opposite
Sir Roger Moore as
Agent 007.
Kiel died yesterday afternoon at a hospital in Fresno, California, according to a report on Wednesday by
TMZ. A cause of death has not yet been reported.
Sir Roger Moore, 86, took to Twitter to express his grief at the sad news, posting:
'I am totally distraught to learn of my dear friend Richard Kiel's passing. 'We were on a radio programme together just a week ago. Distraught.' He later added:
'Can't take it in'.
His character
Jaws ranks among the top James Bond villains alongside
Goldfinger, Ernst Stavro Blofeld and
Rosa Klebb. Jaws was known for his enormous size and strength plus those sharp steel teeth that he could use to bite through cables and to chomp on the neck of his victims.
Earlier this year, Kiel told the
Daily Mail:
'To this day, I go out in sunglasses and a hat because people will shout "Hey, Jaws!" at me from across the street. 'The only way I can explain it is that he's like the Road Runner, which Coyote keeps trying to blow up, but he keeps going.'
Credit: DailyMail UK
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