Richard Kiel, the hulking 7-foot actor whose metal-toothed assassin "Jaws" terrorized Roger Moore in two James Bond movies, died this week at age 74. Here he fights the British agent on a train in 1977's "The Spy Who Loved Me" before Bond zapped his teeth with a broken lamp.
James Bond's steel-toothed nemesis —
Richard Kiel, the hulking 7-foot actor whose metal-toothed assassin "Jaws" terrorized Roger Moore in two James Bond movies, died this week at age 74. Here he fights the British agent on a train in 1977's "The Spy Who Loved Me" before Bond zapped his teeth with a broken lamp.
MGM
Although Bond thwarted him over and over, Jaws proved a stubborn nemesis. In "The Spy Who Loved Me" alone, he was buried under an Egyptian ruin, thrown off a train and dropped into a shark tank -- and survived each time.
James Bond's steel-toothed nemesis —
Although Bond thwarted him over and over, Jaws proved a stubborn nemesis. In "The Spy Who Loved Me" alone, he was buried under an Egyptian ruin, thrown off a train and dropped into a shark tank -- and survived each time.
MGM
Jaws 1, shark 0. The producers of the Bond films saw potential for campy humor in Kiel's character, who outdueled this shark by biting it.
James Bond's steel-toothed nemesis —
Jaws 1, shark 0. The producers of the Bond films saw potential for campy humor in Kiel's character, who outdueled this shark by biting it.
EON PRODUCTIONS/Entertainment Pictures/ZUMAPRESS
Jaws was so popular with moviegoers that the producers of the Bond series brought him back for 1979's space-themed "Moonraker."
James Bond's steel-toothed nemesis —
Jaws was so popular with moviegoers that the producers of the Bond series brought him back for 1979's space-themed "Moonraker."
MGM
Here Jaws bites through a cable supporting an aerial tram in "Moonraker." His subsequent battle with Bond on the tram, above Rio de Janeiro, was one of the movie's highlights.
James Bond's steel-toothed nemesis —
Here Jaws bites through a cable supporting an aerial tram in "Moonraker." His subsequent battle with Bond on the tram, above Rio de Janeiro, was one of the movie's highlights.
united artists
How much did the Bond producers like Jaws? They even gave him a pigtailed love interest in "Moonraker."
James Bond's steel-toothed nemesis —
How much did the Bond producers like Jaws? They even gave him a pigtailed love interest in "Moonraker."
MGM
Near the end of "Moonraker" Jaws switched allegiances to Bond when he learned that his employer, the villain Drax, planned to exterminate him as part of his plan to create a new "master race" in space. Lois Chiles, left, co-starred as Bond's love interest.
James Bond's steel-toothed nemesis —
Near the end of "Moonraker" Jaws switched allegiances to Bond when he learned that his employer, the villain Drax, planned to exterminate him as part of his plan to create a new "master race" in space. Lois Chiles, left, co-starred as Bond's love interest.
Peter Bischoff/Getty Images