Richard Kiel
Acting
1939-09-13 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
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.
Filmography
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019 · Movie
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012 · Movie
Tangled
2010 · Movie
Welcome to Sweden
2007 · Series
Collectormania 6
2004 · Movie
Best Ever Bond
2002 · Movie
Inside 'Moonraker'
2000 · Movie
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
2000 · Movie
Inspector Gadget
1999 · Movie
The Secrets of 007
1997 · Movie
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Series
Happy Gilmore
1996 · Movie
The World of James Bond
1995 · Movie
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990 · Movie
Think Big
1989 · Movie
Superboy
1988 · Series
Pale Rider
1985 · Movie
Mob Busters
1985 · Movie
Cannonball Run II
1984 · Movie
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984 · Movie
Hysterical
1982 · Movie
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · Series
Simon & Simon
1981 · Series
The Fall Guy
1981 · Series
So Fine
1981 · Movie
Moonraker
1979 · Movie
The Humanoid
1979 · Movie
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978 · Movie
Force 10 from Navarone
1978 · Movie
The Phoenix
1978 · Movie
Young Dan'l Boone
1977 · Series
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977 · Movie
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977 · Series
Silver Streak
1976 · Movie
Gus
1976 · Movie
Van Dyke and Company
1975 · Series
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Series
Switch
1975 · Series
Barbary Coast
1975 · Series
Flash and the Firecat
1975 · Movie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Series
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Series
The Longest Yard
1974 · Movie
Am laufenden Band
1974 · Series
Deadhead Miles
1972 · Movie
Emergency!
1972 · Series
Film '72
1971 · Series
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970 · Movie
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970 · Movie
Skidoo
1968 · Movie
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968 · Movie
A Man Called Dagger
1968 · Movie
It Takes a Thief
1968 · Series
The Monkees
1966 · Series
The Monroes
1966 · Series
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966 · Movie
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Series
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Series
Honey West
1965 · Series
I Spy
1965 · Series
My Mother the Car
1965 · Series
Brainstorm
1965 · Movie
To Trap a Spy
1965 · Movie
The Human Duplicators
1965 · Movie
Two on a Guillotine
1965 · Movie
The Nasty Rabbit
1964 · Movie
Roustabout
1964 · Movie
Gilligan's Island
1964 · Series
Daniel Boone
1964 · Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
1963 · Movie
Lassie's Great Adventure
1963 · Movie
The Nutty Professor
1963 · Movie
House of the Damned
1963 · Movie
Eegah
1962 · Movie
The Phantom Planet
1961 · Movie
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
The Phantom
1961 · Movie
Thriller
1960 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
The Rifleman
1958 · Series