Richard Kiel
Acting
Born: September 13, 1939 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died: September 10, 2014 (aged 74)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Tangled
2010
Happy Gilmore
1996
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Moonraker
1979
Inspector Gadget
1999
Pale Rider
1985
The Twilight Zone
1959
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
The Nutty Professor
1963
Silver Streak
1976
Cannonball Run II
1984
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
Photos (4)
Movies (42)
Tangled
Vlad (voice)
Happy Gilmore
Mr. Larson
The Spy Who Loved Me
Jaws
Moonraker
Jaws
Pale Rider
Club
Inspector Gadget
Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
The Longest Yard
Samson
Cannonball Run II
Arnold
Force 10 from Navarone
Drazak
Silver Streak
Reace
The Nutty Professor
Man in Gym (uncredited)
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Big G
Roustabout
Strongman (uncredited)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Blacksmith (uncredited)
So Fine
Eddie
Think Big
Irving
Hysterical
Captain James Howdy
Eegah
Eegah
The Humanoid
Golob
Gus
Tall Man
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Kanamit (archive footage)
Two on a Guillotine
Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
The Phantom Planet
The Solarite
Brainstorm
Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
The Phantom
Big Mike
To Trap a Spy
Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deadhead Miles
Big Dick
The Human Duplicators
Dr. Kolos
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Eli Weaver
Skidoo
Beany
Now You See It, Now You Don't
Nori
House of the Damned
The Giant
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Duke
A Man Called Dagger
Otto
Lassie's Great Adventure
Chinook Pete
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Luke Brown
Mob Busters
1985
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
1963
The Phoenix
Grasshopper
Flash and the Firecat
Milo Pewett
The Nasty Rabbit
Ranch Foreman
TV Shows (27)
The Rifleman
1 eps
Simon & Simon
1 eps
The Wild Wild West
1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Voltaire · 2 eps
The Twilight Zone
Kanamit · 1 eps
I Dream of Jeannie
Ali · 1 eps
Emergency!
1 eps
Daniel Boone
Lemouche · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Iggy · 1 eps
Thriller
Master Styx · 1 eps
The Fall Guy
1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Guard (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Merry · 1 eps
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1 eps
Switch
Loach · 1 eps
The Monkees
Monster · 1 eps
Honey West
Groalgo · 1 eps
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Monster · 2 eps
Gilligan's Island
1 eps
It Takes a Thief
Willy · 1 eps
I Spy
Tiny · 1 eps
Superboy
1 eps
My Mother the Car
1 eps
The Monroes
1 eps
Barbary Coast
Moose Moran · 13 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
Young Dan'l Boone
1 eps
Self / Appearances (12)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with David Letterman
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Van Dyke and Company
Self · 12 eps
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Collectormania 6
Self
Inside 'Moonraker'
Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
Best Ever Bond
Self / Jaws
The World of James Bond
Self
The Secrets of 007
Self
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
Self