caption death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date image article_title birth_name death_cause
ricardo montalban -lrb- left -rrb- and villechaize in 1977 4 september 1993 north hollywood , california , us paris , occupied france hervé villechaize 23 april 1943 ricardo montalban herve villechaize fantasy island 1977.jpg hervé villechaize
 hervé jean-pierre villechaize suicide by shooting
hervé villechaize

hervé jean-pierre villechaize -lrb- 23 april 1943 -- 4 september 1993 -rrb- was a french actor of english and filipino descent who achieved worldwide recognition for various roles including that of the evil henchman nick nack in the james bond film , `` the man with the golden gun '' -lrb- 1974 -rrb- , as well as mr. roarke 's assistant , tattoo , in the television series `` fantasy island '' -lrb- 1978 -- 1984 -rrb- .
on `` fantasy island '' , he was well known for delivering the line `` ze plane !
ze plane ! '' .
