Thursday, September 11, 2014

Farewell, Richard Kiel


Richard Kiel - a genre movie icon - has passed away at the age of 74. Most people remember Kiel for his villainous turn as Bond villain Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, But his unique presence had earned him a spot as a genre staple since the early sixties. He played alien Kanamit in the infamous "To Serve Man" episode of The Twilight Zone, henchman Voltaire on The Wild, Wild West and numerous other movies and TV shows including The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Longest Yard and Happy Gilmore, among many others.























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