Actor Richard Kiel is perhaps best known as the villain Jaws from two James Bond movies in the 1970s. And now he can be known as the 51st person to be interviewed for Dining With Strangers. It’s like winning an Oscar!
All right, it’s nothing like winning an Oscar.
Nevertheless, Richard agreed to have dinner with me during his recent visit to Washington, DC. He was in town to appear at a Bond-themed party, and over a three-course meal at the Old Ebbitt Grill he told me about his career before and after 007, and what he does when he’s not in front of the camera, including writing an extensively-researched book about anti-slavery crusader and American politician Cassius Clay.