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Bond Villain Richard Kiel Has Died

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Actor Richard Kiel attends The Hollywood Show held at The Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel on Saturday October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)
Photo: Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images

Richard Kiel, whose imposing presence made Bond henchman Jaws into one of the series’ most enduring villains, died Wednesday at the age of 74, reports the Associated Press. The seven-foot-two Kiel appeared in both 1977’s The Spy Who Loved Me and 1979’s Moonraker, and his popularity with audiences made Jaws the rare baddie to survive multiple brushes with the British secret agent. Outside of the Bond franchise, Kiel played a member of Burt Reynolds’s prison football team in The Longest Yard and one of the Kanamit aliens in the famous Twilight Zone episode “To Serve Man.

Bond Villain Richard Kiel Has Died