Richard Kiel
September 13, 1939 (85 years old) in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Richard Dawson Kiel was an 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 19 4E 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.
Known For
Credits
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 1996 · Happy Gilmore as Mr. Larson
- 1995 · The World of James Bond as
- 1990 · The Giant of Thunder Mountain as Eli Weaver
- 1989 · Think Big as Irving
- 1988 · Superboy as
- 1985 · Pale Rider as Club
- 1985 · Mob Busters as
- 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 as
- 1981 · The Fall Guy as
- 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 as
- 1977 · The Spy Who Loved Me as Jaws
- 1977 · The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as
- 1976 · Silver Streak as Reace
- 1976 · Gus as Tall Man
- 1975 · Van Dyke and Company as Self
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as
- 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! as
- 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
- 1966 · The Monkees as Monster
- 1966 · The Monroes as
- 1966 · Las Vegas Hillbillys as
- 1965 · I Dream of Jeannie as Ali
- 1965 · The Wild Wild West as
- 1965 · The Wild Wild West as Voltaire
- 1965 · Honey West as Groalgo
- 1965 · My Mother the Car as
- 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 as
- 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
- 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 as