Gilliatt Gurgle
10-12-2014, 03:41 PM
I wanted to take a moment to offer up a tardy recognition of the passing of the great Richard Kiel; Hollywood’s 7 foot – 5 inch gentle giant. Kiel passed on to the next plane September 10, 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kiel
Who could ever forget such memorable characters portrayed by Kiel such as “Jaws” in James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, “Kanamit” in the Twilight Zone episode; To Serve Man, Dr. Lovelace’ towering companion “Voltaire” in “The Wild Wild West” tv series.
Hmm, I see a few puzzled looks among the peanut gallery. Okay, then how about my two favorite characters; “Mr. Larson” in Happy Gilmore who took a 16 penny nail to the head from Gilmore’s nail gun and delivered the greatest line in cinematic history; “I will get you Shooter…be still” as he and the Gilmore mob chased Shooter down, eventually beating him to a pulp.
Take a listen (skip ahead to 2:50): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=713v5H8ERKg
What the heck, where’ve you people been? Okay, certainly you remember Kiel’s lead role as “Eegah” in “Eegah”…nothing short of brilliance.
Eegah trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwvjSz3YC50
RIP Mr. Kiel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kiel
Who could ever forget such memorable characters portrayed by Kiel such as “Jaws” in James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, “Kanamit” in the Twilight Zone episode; To Serve Man, Dr. Lovelace’ towering companion “Voltaire” in “The Wild Wild West” tv series.
Hmm, I see a few puzzled looks among the peanut gallery. Okay, then how about my two favorite characters; “Mr. Larson” in Happy Gilmore who took a 16 penny nail to the head from Gilmore’s nail gun and delivered the greatest line in cinematic history; “I will get you Shooter…be still” as he and the Gilmore mob chased Shooter down, eventually beating him to a pulp.
Take a listen (skip ahead to 2:50): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=713v5H8ERKg
What the heck, where’ve you people been? Okay, certainly you remember Kiel’s lead role as “Eegah” in “Eegah”…nothing short of brilliance.
Eegah trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwvjSz3YC50
RIP Mr. Kiel