Richard Kiel
Acting
Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 - September 10, 2014) was a huge, and intimidating, European-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.
TV Shows(31)
Welcome to Sweden
2007
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Superboy
1988
Late Night with David Letterman
Self
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
The Fall Guy
1981
Young Dan'l Boone
1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Van Dyke and Company
Self
1975
Starsky & Hutch
Iggy
1975
Switch
Loach
1975
Barbary Coast
Moose Moran
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Monster
1974
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest
1974
Emergency!
1972
It Takes a Thief
Willy
1968
The Monkees
Monster
1966
The Monroes
1966
I Dream of Jeannie
Ali
1965
The Wild Wild West
1965
Honey West
Groalgo
1965
I Spy
Tiny
1965
My Mother the Car
1965
Gilligan's Island
1964
Daniel Boone
Lemouche
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Guard (uncredited)
1964
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Thriller
Master Styx
1960
The Twilight Zone
Kanamit
1959
The Rifleman
1958
Movies(48)
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Kanamit (archive footage)
2019
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
2012
Tangled
Vlad (voice)
2010
Best Ever Bond
Self / Jaws
2002
Inside 'Moonraker'
Self
2000
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
Self
2000
Inspector Gadget
Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
1999
The Secrets of 007
Self
1997
Happy Gilmore
Mr. Larson
1996
The World of James Bond
Self
1995
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Eli Weaver
1990
Think Big
Irving
1989
Pale Rider
Club
1985
Mob Busters
1985
Cannonball Run II
Arnold
1984
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Big G
1984
Hysterical
Captain James Howdy
1982
So Fine
Eddie
1981
Moonraker
Jaws
1979
The Humanoid
Golob
1979
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Duke
1978
Force 10 from Navarone
Drazak
1978
The Phoenix
Grasshopper
1978
The Spy Who Loved Me
Jaws
1977
Silver Streak
Reace
1976
Gus
Tall Man
1976
Flash and the Firecat
Milo Pewett
1975
The Longest Yard
Samson
1974
Deadhead Miles
Big Dick
1972
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Luke Brown
1970
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Blacksmith (uncredited)
1970
Skidoo
Beany
1968
Now You See It, Now You Don't
Nori
1968
A Man Called Dagger
Otto
1968
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966
Brainstorm
Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
1965
To Trap a Spy
Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
1965
The Human Duplicators
Dr. Kolos
1965
Two on a Guillotine
Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
1965
The Nasty Rabbit
Ranch Foreman
1964
Roustabout
Strongman (uncredited)
1964
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
1963
Lassie's Great Adventure
Chinook Pete
1963
The Nutty Professor
Man in Gym (uncredited)
1963
House of the Damned
The Giant
1963
Eegah
Eegah
1962
The Phantom Planet
The Solarite
1961
The Phantom
Big Mike
1961