I remembered he was also in Nightmare on Elm Street 6, when the series was just sputtering out but Yaphet had that look to him. He had that voice you can easily remember, a presence who didn't need to yell but when he did, you knew someone really fukked up.
If you had a life which made you a Bond Villain, and staring in probably one of the Top 10 if not Top 25 movies of all time that has influenced Cinema, then I would call that a good career.
RIP Yaphet