R.I.P. Richard Kiel; The Actor Who Played Jaws and Happy Gilmore’s Boss Dies at 74
Richard Kiel, best known for playing the James Bond villain Jaws, died Wednesday. The cause of death for the 74-year-old actor has not been released. The 7-foot-2-inch Kiel was known around the world in the 1970s as Jaws in the Roger Moore Bond classics The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.
“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,” Moore tweeted.
Kiel also appeared in a handful of B-movies and TV shows; but he also had a small role in Happy Gilmore which a lot of us remember him in.
“Richard Kiel was one of the nicest, funniest guys I’ve ever met. I’ll never forget hanging out with him & how good he was to everyone,” Sandler tweeted.
Kiel’s family posted this message on Facebook:
“It is with very...
“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,” Moore tweeted.
Kiel also appeared in a handful of B-movies and TV shows; but he also had a small role in Happy Gilmore which a lot of us remember him in.
“Richard Kiel was one of the nicest, funniest guys I’ve ever met. I’ll never forget hanging out with him & how good he was to everyone,” Sandler tweeted.
Kiel’s family posted this message on Facebook:
“It is with very...
- 11/9/2014
- por Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
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