Richard Kiel
Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was a huge, and intimidating, American character actor, voice artist, and producer. Best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), and as Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore. Other notable films include The Longest Yard (1974), Silver Streak (1976), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Cannonball Run II (1984), Pale Rider (1985) and Tangled (2010). Standing 7 feet 3 inches (221cm) tall and wore size 20 EEEEE shoes. He frequently played intimidating strongmen or gentle giants. Kiel was married to Diane Rogers from 1974 until his death in 2014; they had four children and nine grandchildren.
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Movies (50)
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019 · Kanamit (archive footage)
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012 · Self
Enredados
2010 · Vlad (voice)
Collectormania 6
2004 · Self
Best Ever Bond
2002 · Self / Jaws
Inside 'Moonraker'
2000 · Self
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
2000 · Self
Inspector Gadget
1999 · Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
The Secrets of 007
1997 · Self
Happy Gilmore
1996 · Mr. Larson
The World of James Bond
1995 · Self
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990 · Eli Weaver, Writer
Think Big
1989 · Irving
Pale Rider
1985 · Club
Mob Busters
1985
Cannonball Run II
1984 · Arnold
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984 · Big G
Hysterical
1982 · Captain James Howdy
So Fine
1981 · Eddie
Moonraker
1979 · Jaws
The Humanoid
1979 · Golob
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978 · Duke
Force 10 from Navarone
1978 · Drazak
The Phoenix
1978 · Grasshopper
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Hulk (uncredited)
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977 · Jaws
Silver Streak
1976 · Reace
Gus
1976 · Tall Man
Flash and the Firecat
1975 · Milo Pewett
The Longest Yard
1974 · Samson
Deadhead Miles
1972 · Big Dick
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970 · Luke Brown
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970 · Blacksmith (uncredited)
Skidoo
1968 · Beany
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968 · Nori
A Man Called Dagger
1968 · Otto
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966
Brainstorm
1965 · Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
To Trap a Spy
1965 · Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Human Duplicators
1965 · Dr. Kolos
Two on a Guillotine
1965 · Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
The Nasty Rabbit
1964 · Ranch Foreman
Roustabout
1964 · Strongman (uncredited)
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
1963
Lassie's Great Adventure
1963 · Chinook Pete
The Nutty Professor
1963 · Man in Gym (uncredited)
House of the Damned
1963 · The Giant
Eegah
1962 · Eegah
The Phantom Planet
1961 · The Solarite
The Phantom
1961 · Big Mike
TV shows (32)
Welcome to Sweden
2007
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Superboy
1988
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · Self
Simon & Simon
1981
The Fall Guy
1981
Young Dan'l Boone
1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Van Dyke and Company
1975 · Self
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Iggy
Switch
1975 · Loach
Barbary Coast
1975 · Moose Moran
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · The Monster
Am laufenden Band
1974 · Self - Guest
Emergency!
1972 · Carlo
Film '72
1971 · Self
It Takes a Thief
1968 · Willy
The Monkees
1966 · Monster
The Monroes
1966
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Ali
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Voltaire
Honey West
1965 · Groalgo
I Spy
1965 · Tiny
My Mother the Car
1965
Gilligan's Island
1964
Daniel Boone
1964 · Lemouche
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Guard (uncredited), Merry
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Thriller
1960 · Master Styx
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Kanamit
The Rifleman
1958