Richard Kiel
Born: 1939-09-13
• Detroit, Michigan, USA
Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 - September 10, 2014) was a European-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 20 5E 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.
Filmography
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Tangled
No Image
Best Ever Bond
Inside 'Moonraker'
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
Inspector Gadget
The Secrets of 007
Happy Gilmore
The World of James Bond
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Think Big
Pale Rider
Mob Busters
Cannonball Run II
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Hysterical
So Fine
Moonraker
The Humanoid
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Force 10 from Navarone
The Phoenix
The Spy Who Loved Me
Silver Streak
Gus
Flash and the Firecat
The Longest Yard
Deadhead Miles
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Skidoo
Now You See It, Now You Don't
A Man Called Dagger
Las Vegas Hillbillys
Brainstorm
To Trap a Spy
The Human Duplicators
Two on a Guillotine
The Nasty Rabbit
Roustabout
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
Lassie's Great Adventure
The Nutty Professor
House of the Damned
Eegah
The Phantom Planet
The Phantom