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









