Richard Kiel
3.2Acting

Richard Kiel

Sep 13, 1939 - 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.

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Cast

Media
Movie1999Inspector GadgetFamous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
Movie1977The Spy Who Loved MeJaws
Movie1979MoonrakerJaws
Movie2019The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary CelebrationKanamit (archive footage)
Movie1984Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond StreetBig G
Movie1976Silver StreakReace
Movie1962EegahEegah
Movie1984Cannonball Run IIArnold
Movie1985Pale RiderClub
Movie1968SkidooBeany
Movie1996Happy GilmoreMr. Larson
Movie1961The Phantom PlanetThe Solarite
Movie1965The Human DuplicatorsDr. Kolos
Movie1989Think BigIrving
Movie1978Force 10 from NavaroneDrazak
Movie1982HystericalCaptain James Howdy
Movie1979The HumanoidGolob
Movie1981So FineEddie
Movie1963House of the DamnedThe Giant
Movie1978They Went That-A-Way & That-A-WayDuke
Movie1964The Nasty RabbitRanch Foreman
Movie1968Now You See It, Now You Don'tNori
Movie1990The Giant of Thunder MountainEli Weaver
Movie1968A Man Called DaggerOtto
Movie1961The PhantomBig Mike
Movie1963Lassie's Great AdventureChinook Pete
Movie2010TangledVlad (voice)
Movie1976GusTall Man
Movie1965BrainstormAsylum Inmate (uncredited)
Movie2002Best Ever BondSelf / Jaws
Movie2004The 50 Worst Movies Ever MadeEegah (archive footage)
Movie1975Flash and the FirecatMilo Pewett
Movie1963The Nutty ProfessorMan in Gym (uncredited)
Movie1985Mob Busters
Movie1978The PhoenixGrasshopper
Movie1974The Longest YardSamson
Movie1972Deadhead MilesBig Dick
Movie1970The Boy Who Stole the ElephantLuke Brown
Movie2012Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond CarsSelf
Movie1970On a Clear Day You Can See ForeverBlacksmith (uncredited)
Movie1966Las Vegas Hillbillys
Movie2000Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'Self
Movie2000Inside 'Moonraker'Self
Movie1995The World of James Bond
Movie1997The Secrets of 007Self
Movie1965Two on a GuillotinePhotographer at Funeral (uncredited)
Movie1964RoustaboutStrongman (uncredited)
TV Show1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1
TV Show1975Starsky & Hutch1
TV Show1965I Dream of JeannieAli1
TV Show1981Simon & Simon1
TV Show1964Gilligan's Island1
TV Show1996E! True Hollywood Story1
TV Show1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries1
TV Show1972Emergency!1
TV Show1988Superboy1
TV Show1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf1
TV Show1959The Twilight ZoneKanamit1
TV Show1981The Fall Guy1
TV Show1974Kolchak: The Night StalkerThe Monster2
TV Show1966The Monroes1
TV Show1966The MonkeesMonster1
TV Show1965The Wild Wild West2
TV Show1964Daniel BooneLemouche1
TV Show1975SwitchLoach1
TV Show1977Young Dan'l Boone1
TV Show1965My Mother the Car1
TV Show1960ThrillerMaster Styx1
TV Show1958The Rifleman1
TV Show1975Barbary CoastMoose Moran13
TV Show1965Honey WestGroalgo1
TV Show1975Van Dyke and CompanySelf12
TV Show1974Am laufenden BandSelf - Guest1
TV Show2007Welcome to Sweden6
TV Show1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf1
TV Show1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf1
TV Show1965The Wild Wild WestVoltaire1

Crew

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Movie1990The Giant of Thunder MountainWriterWriting