Died at 86
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Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 - September 10, 2014) was a huge, and intimidating, European-American character actor, voice artist, and producer. Best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), and as Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore. Other notable films include The Longest Yard (1974), Silver Streak (1976), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Cannonball Run II (1984), Pale Rider (1985) and Tangled (2010). Standing 7 feet 3 inches (221cm) tall and wore size 20 EEEEE shoes. He frequently played intimidating strongmen or gentle giants. Kiel was married to Diane Rogers from 1974 until his death in 2014; they had four children and nine grandchildren.
After MI5 Agent John Cossett (George Lazenby) goes missing while on a mission. His superior Jonathan Kingsley (David Niven) assigns up-and-coming agent Rod Straker (Roger Moore) to track down Cossett's whereabouts, despite Straker's fear of heights, clumsiness and not being able to shoot strait. When Straker finds Cossett's dead body in a cave near Italy, Kingsley decides to pass over John Cossett's mission to Straker instead, so Kingsley decides to train Straker in all that is needed to handle the mission, such as playing poker, getting into car chases, fighting henchmen, etc with the help of Kingsley's assistants, Kathy Martin (Jaclyn Smith) and Ellie Moore (Farrah Fawcett) . Straker then is assigned to investigate Cesare Magnesco (Orson Welles), who is suspected to be behind a global crime ring, and planning to sterilize the entire Earth, then personally repopulate the planet with beautiful women he has kidnapped and is holding in suspended animation. The only way for Straker to find more about Magnesco's plans is through his mistress, Alice Wood (Raquel Welch), who is unaware of Magnesco's ambitions.
