Richard Kiel

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1939-09-13

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Richard Kiel

Biography

Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 - September 10, 2014) was a European-American actor. He is 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 2 inches (2.18 m) tall and wore size 20 5E 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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Acting History

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