Richard Kiel
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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
Credits
Tangled (2010)
as Vlad (voice)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
as Jaws
Moonraker (1979)
as Jaws
Happy Gilmore (1996)
as Mr. Larson
Pale Rider (1985)
as Club
Hysterical (1982)
as Captain James Howdy
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street (1984)
as Big G
Inspector Gadget (1999)
as Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
So Fine (1981)
as Eddie
Cannonball Run II (1984)
as Arnold
The Longest Yard (1974)
as Samson
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
as Drazak
The Nutty Professor (1963)
as Man in Gym (uncredited)
Silver Streak (1976)
as Reace
Las Vegas Hillbillys (1966)
Actor
The Phantom (1961)
as Big Mike
Inside 'Moonraker' (2000)
as Self
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Gus (1976)
as Tall Man
The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1990)
as Eli Weaver
Collectormania 6 (2004)
as Self
House of the Damned (1963)
as The Giant
Roustabout (1964)
as Strongman (uncredited)
The Human Duplicators (1965)
as Dr. Kolos
Lassie's Great Adventure (1963)
as Chinook Pete
The Humanoid (1979)
as Golob
Lassie's Greatest Adventure (1963)
Actor
Best Ever Bond (2002)
as Self / Jaws
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2012)
as Self
Brainstorm (1965)
as Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
Two on a Guillotine (1965)
as Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
The Secrets of 007 (1997)
as Self
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration (2019)
as Kanamit (archive footage)
The Phantom Planet (1961)
as The Solarite
To Trap a Spy (1965)
as Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
Skidoo (1968)
as Beany
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978)
as Duke
Think Big (1989)
as Irving
Eegah (1962)
as Eegah
The World of James Bond (1995)
as Self
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (2000)
as Self
Mob Busters (1985)
Actor
Flash and the Firecat (1975)
as Milo Pewett
Now You See It, Now You Don't (1968)
as Nori
Deadhead Miles (1972)
as Big Dick
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant (1970)
as Luke Brown
The Phoenix (1978)
as Grasshopper
A Man Called Dagger (1968)
as Otto
The Nasty Rabbit (1964)
as Ranch Foreman