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