Richard Kiel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 13, 1939
- Died
- September 10, 2014 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
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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Filmography
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Kanamit (archive footage)
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Movie · as Self
Tangled
Movie · as Vlad (voice)
Welcome to Sweden
TV · 6 eps
Collectormania 6
Movie · as Self
Best Ever Bond
Movie · as Self / Jaws
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
Movie · as Self
Inside 'Moonraker'
Movie · as Self
Inspector Gadget
Movie · as Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
The Secrets of 007
Movie · as Self
Happy Gilmore
Movie · as Mr. Larson
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
The World of James Bond
Movie · as Self
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Movie · as Eli Weaver
Think Big
Movie · as Irving
Superboy
TV · 1 ep
Pale Rider
Movie · as Club
Mob Busters
Movie
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Movie · as Big G
Cannonball Run II
Movie · as Arnold
Hysterical
Movie · as Captain James Howdy
Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self · 1 ep
So Fine
Movie · as Eddie
Simon & Simon
TV · 1 ep
The Fall Guy
TV · 1 ep
Moonraker
Movie · as Jaws
The Humanoid
Movie · as Golob
Force 10 from Navarone
Movie · as Drazak
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Movie · as Duke
The Phoenix
Movie · as Grasshopper
The Spy Who Loved Me
Movie · as Jaws
The Incredible Hulk
Movie · as Hulk (uncredited)
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV · 1 ep
Young Dan'l Boone
TV · 1 ep
Silver Streak
Movie · as Reace
Gus
Movie · as Tall Man
Flash and the Firecat
Movie · as Milo Pewett
Switch
TV · as Loach · 1 ep
Barbary Coast
TV · as Moose Moran · 13 eps
Van Dyke and Company
TV · as Self · 12 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Iggy · 1 ep
The Longest Yard
Movie · as Samson
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV · as The Monster · 2 eps
Am laufenden Band
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Deadhead Miles
Movie · as Big Dick
Emergency!
TV · as Carlo · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Movie · as Luke Brown
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Movie · as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Skidoo
Movie · as Beany
Now You See It, Now You Don't
Movie · as Nori
A Man Called Dagger
Movie · as Otto
It Takes a Thief
TV · as Willy · 1 ep
Las Vegas Hillbillys
Movie
The Monroes
TV · 1 ep
The Monkees
TV · as Monster · 1 ep
The Human Duplicators
Movie · as Dr. Kolos
Brainstorm
Movie · as Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
Two on a Guillotine
Movie · as Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
To Trap a Spy
Movie · as Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Dream of Jeannie
TV · as Ali · 1 ep
The Wild Wild West
TV · as Voltaire · 1 ep
My Mother the Car
TV · 1 ep
Honey West
TV · as Groalgo · 1 ep
I Spy
TV · as Tiny · 1 ep
The Nasty Rabbit
Movie · as Ranch Foreman
Roustabout
Movie · as Strongman (uncredited)
Gilligan's Island
TV · 1 ep
Daniel Boone
TV · as Lemouche · 1 ep
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Guard (uncredited), Merry · 1 ep
House of the Damned
Movie · as The Giant
Lassie's Great Adventure
Movie · as Chinook Pete
The Nutty Professor
Movie · as Man in Gym (uncredited)
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
Movie
Eegah
Movie · as Eegah
The Phantom Planet
Movie · as The Solarite
The Phantom
Movie · as Big Mike
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Thriller
TV · as Master Styx · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Kanamit · 1 ep
The Rifleman
TV · 1 ep