50 years of Bond badness

The villain is “a genre in itself.” A look back

Javier Bardem knew he was going up against a whole lot of iconic screen villainy when he was chosen to play cyberterrorist Raoul Silva in Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond film: “A Bond villain is a genre in itself.” Bardem and fellow series fans bond with USA TODAY’s Bryan Alexander over the franchise’s most memorable baddies.

Jaws

‘The Spy Who Love Me’ (1977) and ‘Moonraker‘ (1979) The metal-mouthed henchman (played by Richard Kiel) was a pain in the neck for Roger Moore— he even bit through a cable-car wire. And Jaws left a mark on young Bardem when he saw Moonraker, his first Bond film: “I actually found (Jaws) very warm and very nice. You can tell in his eyes.”

Termination: Not clear. Jaws was last seen escaping a disintegrating spaceship in Moonraker.

Tee Hee

‘Live and Let Die’ (1973) The chuckling henchman (Julius Harris) showed that feeding alligators had its downfalls —he had the metal arm to prove it. Says Skyfall director Sam Mendes: “He just had the metal clamp. And he just scared the life out of me.”

Termination: Bond (Roger Moore) tossed Tee Hee from amoving train.

FRANCOIS DUHAMEL, MGM PICTURES/COLUMBIA PICTURES ... to wild blond as cyberterrorist Raoul Silva. Is it a wig or a dye job? Bardem isn’t telling.

MGM Richard Kiel and his shiny teeth ripped into RogerMoore’s Bond.