RIchard Kiel Has Passed Away

Richard Kiel died yesterday in a California hospital, age 74. The 7'2" actor is probably best known for his role as Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. But, he had a long career and appeared in many memorable roles. He was the human-eating alien (all of them) in the Twilight Zone episode To Serve Man. He was in a couple of Kolchak episodes, although in one of them - The Spanish Moss Murders - he was buried under a layer of, well, Spanish Moss. He was in The Longest Yard, the original film with Burt Reynolds, not the horrible remake. While not a great actor, he always gave the impression of having fun acting. There's a good interview with him from a few years back over at Den Of Geek. Check it out.