Yaphet Kotto, Bond villain and ‘Alien’ star, dead at 81

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Actress Sigourney Weaver paid tribute to her Alien co-star Yaphet Kotto today, recalling the late actor’s intensity when the two were making the iconic 1979 sci-fi thriller.

Haley Bosselman editorFollowing the death of actor Yaphet Kotto earlier this week, Sigourney Weaver honored the actor with a memory from their days working on the set of “Alien.”“Every day Yaphet Kotto blew me away on the set of ‘Alien,’” Weaver wrote. “He just went for it in every scene, making the stakes higher and higher and giving each scene a terrifying reality.

Yaphet Kotto, the compelling character actor who portrayed police lieutenant Al Giardello onHomicide: Life on the Street, a space traveler inAlienand a supervillainin Live and Let Die, has died. He was 81.

Yaphet Kotto was an actor whose notable roles include engineer Parker in the sci-fi classic “Alien” and Lieutenant Al Giardello in TV’s “Homicide: Life on the Street.”Kotto’s early films include “4 for Texas” (1963) and “The Thomas Crown Affair” (1968) before he was cast as the villainous Dr. Kanaga and his alter-ego, Mr.

Tributes are being paid to actor Yaphet Kotto, the actor best known for his turn as a James Bond villain in Live And Let Die, who has died aged 81. Kotto was the Bond franchise's first black antagonist, playing Dr Kananga and his alter-ego Mr Big in the 1973 film opposite the late Sir Roger Moore as 007.

Yaphet Kotto, best known for roles in "Alien" and the James Bond film "Live and Let Die" has died at age 81.  The actor’s wife, Tessie Sinahon, issued a statement on Facebook Monday night announcing news of his passing. She did comment on a cause of death.  "I'm saddened and still in shocked of the passing of my husband Yaphet of 24 years.

Yaphet Kotto, the American actor known for being the first major Black James Bond villain, has died at the age of 81.

Ellise Shafer administratorYaphet Kotto, an actor known for his performances in “Alien,” the James Bond film “Live and Let Die” and the television series “Homicide: Life on the Street,” has died, his agent Ryan Goldhar confirmed to Variety. He was 81.Kotto’s wife, Tessie Sinahon, first posted about Kotto’s death on Facebook Monday night.“I’m saddened and still in shocked of the passing of my husband Yaphet of 24 years.

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may be gone, but his favorite pistol lives on.The late actor’s Walther P5 from his final James Bond flick highlights a treasure trove of Hollywood blockbuster movie memorabilia up for auction next month.Along with the $100,000 heater from Connery’s final 007 star turn in the 1983 flick “Never Say Never Again,” the Bond memorabilia includes the Walther P99 used by Pierce Brosnan in “Tomorrow Never Dies” (1997), and a .38 Smith and Wesson carried by Brosnan in “Die Another Day.”The cast resin