Views: Visits 25 Licence To Kill actor, Frank McRae, has died at the age of 80 after suffering a heart attack, it has been announced. The American actor, who also starred in Last Action Hero, died in California on April 29, his devastated daughter-in-law has confirmed. Frank had previously trained as a professional football player, starring in the NFL before finding a different kind of fame with his movies. He first caught the spotlight with his turn as Reed Youngblood, a grinning prisoner who helped Warren Oates’ character to escape in 1973’s Dillenger. Standing at six-and-a-half feet tall, Frank quickly made a name for himself playing burly tough guys, including Sharkey in the James Bond film Licence To Kill opposite Timothy Dalton.