Richard Kiel
Known for: Acting
Born: September 13, 1939
Died: September 10, 2014
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
49 movies · 32 TV shows, newest first
10.0
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
6.2
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
7.6
Tangled
2010NR
Welcome to Sweden
2007
NR
Collectormania 6
2004
5.7
Best Ever Bond
2002
6.7
Inside 'Moonraker'
2000
7.3
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
2000
4.5
Inspector Gadget
1999
7.9
The Secrets of 007
1997
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
6.7
Happy Gilmore
1996
6.7
The World of James Bond
1995
6.4
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990
6.1
Think Big
1989
6.4
Superboy
1988
7.2
Pale Rider
1985
5.2
Mob Busters
1985
5.4
Cannonball Run II
1984
5.7
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984
4.5
Hysterical
1982
6.1
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
7.6
The Fall Guy
1981
4.7
So Fine
1981
6.2
Moonraker
1979
3.7
The Humanoid
1979
4.4
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978
6.2
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
6.5
The Phoenix
1978
7.0
Young Dan'l Boone
1977
6.8
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
7.1
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
6.7
Silver Streak
1976
5.9
Gus
1976
6.0
Van Dyke and Company
1975
7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
6.6
Switch
1975
8.3
Barbary Coast
1975
8.5
Flash and the Firecat
1975
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
7.7
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
6.7
The Longest Yard
1974
7.0
Am laufenden Band
1974
6.2
Deadhead Miles
1972
8.0
Emergency!
19725.1
Film '72
1971
4.0
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970
6.7
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
4.7
Skidoo
1968
7.0
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968
6.5
A Man Called Dagger
1968
7.2
It Takes a Thief
1968
6.5
The Monkees
1966
6.8
The Monroes
1966
4.0
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
7.5
The Wild Wild West
1965
7.2
Honey West
1965
6.5
I Spy
1965
4.8
My Mother the Car
1965
6.1
Brainstorm
1965
5.9
To Trap a Spy
1965
3.7
The Human Duplicators
1965
6.1
Two on a Guillotine
1965
2.7
The Nasty Rabbit
1964
6.0
Roustabout
1964
7.4
Gilligan's Island
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
NR
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
1963
5.5
Lassie's Great Adventure
1963
6.5
The Nutty Professor
1963
4.8
House of the Damned
1963
2.8
Eegah
1962
4.0
The Phantom Planet
1961
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
9.0
The Phantom
1961
6.7
Thriller
1960
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
7.1
The Rifleman
1958