Richard Kiel
Actor
Born September 13, 1939 in 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
Kanamit (archive footage)
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
Tangled
Vlad (voice)
Inside 'Moonraker'
Self
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
Self
Inspector Gadget
Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
The Secrets of 007
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
Happy Gilmore
Mr. Larson
The World of James Bond
Self
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Eli Weaver
Think Big
Irving
Superboy
Pale Rider
Club
Mob Busters
Cannonball Run II
Arnold
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Big G
Hysterical
Captain James Howdy
Late Night with David Letterman
Self
Simon & Simon
The Fall Guy
So Fine
Eddie
Moonraker
Jaws
The Humanoid
Golob
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Duke
Force 10 from Navarone
Drazak
The Phoenix
Grasshopper
Young Dan'l Boone
The Spy Who Loved Me
Jaws
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Silver Streak
Reace
Gus
Tall Man
Van Dyke and Company
Self
Starsky & Hutch
Iggy
Switch
Loach
Barbary Coast
Moose Moran
Flash and the Firecat
Milo Pewett
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Monster
The Longest Yard
Samson
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest
Deadhead Miles
Big Dick
Emergency!
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Luke Brown
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Skidoo
Beany
Now You See It, Now You Don't
Nori
A Man Called Dagger
Otto
It Takes a Thief
Willy
The Monkees
Monster
The Monroes
Las Vegas Hillbillys
I Dream of Jeannie
Ali
The Wild Wild West
Honey West
Groalgo
I Spy
Tiny
My Mother the Car
Brainstorm
Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
To Trap a Spy
Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Human Duplicators
Dr. Kolos
Two on a Guillotine
Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
The Nasty Rabbit
Ranch Foreman
Roustabout
Strongman (uncredited)
Gilligan's Island
Daniel Boone
Lemouche
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Guard (uncredited)
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
Lassie's Great Adventure
Chinook Pete
The Nutty Professor
Man in Gym (uncredited)
House of the Damned
The Giant
Eegah
Eegah
The Phantom Planet
The Solarite
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Phantom
Big Mike
Thriller
Master Styx
The Twilight Zone
Kanamit
The Rifleman