Richard Kiel

Biography

Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 - September 10, 2014) was a huge, and intimidating, European-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.

Known For

The Mike Douglas Show

The Rifleman

The Twilight Zone

Simon & Simon

Emergency!

The Wild Wild West

The Wild Wild West

Daniel Boone

All Movies (48)

• The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration2019 · as Kanamit (archive footage)
• Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars2012 · as Self
• Tangled2010 · as Vlad (voice)
• Best Ever Bond2002 · as Self / Jaws
• Inside 'Moonraker'2000 · as Self
• Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'2000 · as Self
• Inspector Gadget1999 · as Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
• The Secrets of 0071997 · as Self
• Happy Gilmore1996 · as Mr. Larson
• The World of James Bond1995 · as Self
• The Giant of Thunder Mountain1990 · as Eli Weaver
• Think Big1989 · as Irving
• Pale Rider1985 · as Club
• Mob Busters1985
• Cannonball Run II1984 · as Arnold
• Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street1984 · as Big G
• Hysterical1982 · as Captain James Howdy
• So Fine1981 · as Eddie
• Moonraker1979 · as Jaws
• The Humanoid1979 · as Golob
• They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way1978 · as Duke
• Force 10 from Navarone1978 · as Drazak
• The Phoenix1978 · as Grasshopper
• The Spy Who Loved Me1977 · as Jaws
• Silver Streak1976 · as Reace
• Gus1976 · as Tall Man
• Flash and the Firecat1975 · as Milo Pewett
• The Longest Yard1974 · as Samson
• Deadhead Miles1972 · as Big Dick
• The Boy Who Stole the Elephant1970 · as Luke Brown
• On a Clear Day You Can See Forever1970 · as Blacksmith (uncredited)
• Skidoo1968 · as Beany
• Now You See It, Now You Don't1968 · as Nori
• A Man Called Dagger1968 · as Otto
• Las Vegas Hillbillys1966
• Brainstorm1965 · as Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
• To Trap a Spy1965 · as Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Human Duplicators1965 · as Dr. Kolos
• Two on a Guillotine1965 · as Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
• The Nasty Rabbit1964 · as Ranch Foreman
• Roustabout1964 · as Strongman (uncredited)
• Lassie's Greatest Adventure1963
• Lassie's Great Adventure1963 · as Chinook Pete
• The Nutty Professor1963 · as Man in Gym (uncredited)
• House of the Damned1963 · as The Giant
• Eegah1962 · as Eegah
• The Phantom Planet1961 · as The Solarite
• The Phantom1961 · as Big Mike

All TV Shows (34)

• Welcome to Sweden2007
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• Superboy1988
• Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Self
• Simon & Simon1981
• The Fall Guy1981
• Young Dan'l Boone1977
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries1977
• Van Dyke and Company1975 · as Self
• Starsky & Hutch1975 · as Iggy
• Switch1975 · as Loach
• Barbary Coast1975 · as Moose Moran
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker1974 · as The Monster
• Am laufenden Band1974 · as Self - Guest
• Emergency!1972
• Film '721971 · as Self
• It Takes a Thief1968 · as Willy
• The Monkees1966 · as Monster
• The Monroes1966
• I Dream of Jeannie1965 · as Ali
• The Wild Wild West1965
• Honey West1965 · as Groalgo
• The Wild Wild West1965 · as Voltaire
• I Spy1965 · as Tiny
• My Mother the Car1965
• Gilligan's Island1964
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Lemouche
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Guard (uncredited)
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Merry
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Thriller1960 · as Master Styx
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Kanamit
• The Rifleman1958