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