Richard Kiel

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Richard Kiel

Acting September 13, 1939

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 st…

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Tangled

Tangled

7.6 2010 Movie
Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore

6.7 1996 Movie
The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me

6.8 1977 Movie
Moonraker

Moonraker

6.2 1979 Movie
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

8.5 1959 TV Show
Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget

4.5 1999 Movie
I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie

7.8 1965 TV Show
Pale Rider

Pale Rider

7.2 1985 Movie
Late Night with David Letterman

Late Night with David Letterman

6.1 1982 TV Show
The Rifleman

The Rifleman

7.1 1958 TV Show
The Nutty Professor

The Nutty Professor

6.5 1963 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2019
    The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

    Movie Kanamit (archive footage)

  2. 2012
    Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

    Movie Self

  3. 2010
    Tangled

    Movie Vlad (voice)

  4. 2007
    Welcome to Sweden

    TV show

  5. 2004
    Collectormania 6

    Movie Self

  6. 2002
    Best Ever Bond

    Movie Self / Jaws

  7. 2000
    Inside 'Moonraker'

    Movie Self

  8. 2000
    Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

    Movie Self

  9. 1999
    Inspector Gadget

    Movie Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth

  10. 1997
    The Secrets of 007

    Movie Self

  11. 1996
    E! True Hollywood Story

    TV show

  12. 1996
    Happy Gilmore

    Movie Mr. Larson

  13. 1995
    The World of James Bond

    Movie Self

  14. 1990
    The Giant of Thunder Mountain

    Movie Eli Weaver

  15. 1989
    Think Big

    Movie Irving

  16. 1988
    Superboy

    TV show

More credits
  1. 1985
    Pale Rider

    Movie Club

  2. 1985
    Mob Busters

    Movie

  3. 1984
    Cannonball Run II

    Movie Arnold

  4. 1984
    Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street

    Movie Big G

  5. 1982
    Hysterical

    Movie Captain James Howdy

  6. 1982
    Late Night with David Letterman

    TV show Self

  7. 1981
    Simon & Simon

    TV show

  8. 1981
    The Fall Guy

    TV show

  9. 1981
    So Fine

    Movie Eddie

  10. 1979
    Moonraker

    Movie Jaws

  11. 1979
    The Humanoid

    Movie Golob

  12. 1978
    They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

    Movie Duke

  13. 1978
    Force 10 from Navarone

    Movie Drazak

  14. 1978
    The Phoenix

    Movie Grasshopper

  15. 1977
    Young Dan'l Boone

    TV show

  16. 1977
    The Spy Who Loved Me

    Movie Jaws

  17. 1977
    The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

    TV show

  18. 1976
    Silver Streak

    Movie Reace

  19. 1976
    Gus

    Movie Tall Man

  20. 1975
    Van Dyke and Company

    TV show Self

  21. 1975
    Starsky & Hutch

    TV show Iggy

  22. 1975
    Switch

    TV show Loach

  23. 1975
    Barbary Coast

    TV show Moose Moran

  24. 1975
    Flash and the Firecat

    Movie Milo Pewett