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Richard Kiel

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 poster
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019 • Kanamit (archive footage)
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars poster
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012 • Self
Tangled poster
Tangled
2010 • Vlad (voice)
No Image
Best Ever Bond
2002 • Self / Jaws
Inside 'Moonraker' poster
Inside 'Moonraker'
2000 • Self
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' poster
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
2000 • Self
Inspector Gadget poster
Inspector Gadget
1999 • Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
The Secrets of 007 poster
The Secrets of 007
1997 • Self
Happy Gilmore poster
Happy Gilmore
1996 • Mr. Larson
The World of James Bond poster
The World of James Bond
1995 • Self
The Giant of Thunder Mountain poster
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990 • Eli Weaver
Think Big poster
Think Big
1989 • Irving
Pale Rider poster
Pale Rider
1985 • Club
Mob Busters poster
Mob Busters
1985
Cannonball Run II poster
Cannonball Run II
1984 • Arnold
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street poster
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984 • Big G
Hysterical poster
Hysterical
1982 • Captain James Howdy
So Fine poster
So Fine
1981 • Eddie
Moonraker poster
Moonraker
1979 • Jaws
The Humanoid poster
The Humanoid
1979 • Golob
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way poster
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978 • Duke
Force 10 from Navarone poster
Force 10 from Navarone
1978 • Drazak
The Phoenix poster
The Phoenix
1978 • Grasshopper
The Spy Who Loved Me poster
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977 • Jaws
Silver Streak poster
Silver Streak
1976 • Reace
Gus poster
Gus
1976 • Tall Man
Flash and the Firecat poster
Flash and the Firecat
1975 • Milo Pewett
The Longest Yard poster
The Longest Yard
1974 • Samson
Deadhead Miles poster
Deadhead Miles
1972 • Big Dick
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant poster
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970 • Luke Brown
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever poster
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970 • Blacksmith (uncredited)
Skidoo poster
Skidoo
1968 • Beany
Now You See It, Now You Don't poster
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968 • Nori
A Man Called Dagger poster
A Man Called Dagger
1968 • Otto
Las Vegas Hillbillys poster
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966
Brainstorm poster
Brainstorm
1965 • Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
To Trap a Spy poster
To Trap a Spy
1965 • Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Human Duplicators poster
The Human Duplicators
1965 • Dr. Kolos
Two on a Guillotine poster
Two on a Guillotine
1965 • Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
The Nasty Rabbit poster
The Nasty Rabbit
1964 • Ranch Foreman
Roustabout poster
Roustabout
1964 • Strongman (uncredited)
Lassie's Greatest Adventure poster
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
1963
Lassie's Great Adventure poster
Lassie's Great Adventure
1963 • Chinook Pete
The Nutty Professor poster
The Nutty Professor
1963 • Man in Gym (uncredited)
House of the Damned poster
House of the Damned
1963 • The Giant
Eegah poster
Eegah
1962 • Eegah
The Phantom Planet poster
The Phantom Planet
1961 • The Solarite
The Phantom poster
The Phantom
1961 • Big Mike