Richard Kiel, the interpreter of the fearsome shark, giant with steel teeth in two episodes of the James Bond franchise, died Wednesday at the age of 74. Its impressive size (2.18 meters) made him instantly recognizable.
The American actor Richard Kiel died Wednesday at the age of 74. He was famous for his portrayal of Shark (Shark VO), the giant with steel jaws appeared in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and then in Moonraker (1979). Its colossal size of 2.18 meters was confined to the roles of giants, but his innocent face sometimes allowed him to play nice as wicked.
especially television debut
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Richard Dawson Kiel began his career in roles of giants or giants like his cameo appearance in the gym facing a Jerry Lewis skinny and ill at ease in Dr. Jerry and Mr Love (1963), and in a few films of prehistoric adventures (Eegah) or alien (Creatures of Kolos). At the time, it was mainly his appearances in the series who do spot the big screen via Twilight and especially the role of giant orders Miguelito Loveless of the dwarf in the first season of the mysteries of the west.
Shark’s character and glory …
His career really took off, and the general public finally recognizes through two James Bond movies, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979) both directed by Lewis Gilbert. There interpreted Shark, the man with the steel jaws against the 007 played by Roger Moore. The film will have a worldwide reputation as the majority of films in the franchise, and the world now knows the face (and the beaters that serve as hands). However, this character is not his favorite, and Kiel preferred to remember his interpretation of captaine Drazak in Hurricane just Navarone, shot between the two Bond.
S ‘ fun foremost
In the 80s and 90s, Kiel plays her waist with humor, and appeared in films as diverse as Terminagolf with Adam Sandler (bear) or Pale Rider Clint Eastwood (in which he suffered a stroke of pickaxe handle viciously placed). Above all, he is involved in a project close to his heart, family movie he produced, co-wrote and starred in: The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1991). At the end of the decade, he agreed to reprise his role in Shark Inspector Gadget with Matthew Broderick.
Recently, Richard Kiel had doubled in the warrior Vlad Rapunzel (2010). He died Wednesday at age 74, leaving James Bond fans a little orphans. Because if 007 agents are replaceable, there was only one shark.
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