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.
Filmography (81)
Happy Gilmore 2
2025
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
Tangled
2010
Welcome to Sweden
2007
Best Ever Bond
2002
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
2000
Inside 'Moonraker'
2000
Inspector Gadget
1999
The Secrets of 007
1997
Happy Gilmore
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The World of James Bond
1995
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990
Think Big
1989
Superboy
1988
Pale Rider
1985
Mob Busters
1985
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984
Cannonball Run II
1984
Hysterical
1982
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
So Fine
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
The Fall Guy
1981
Moonraker
1979
The Humanoid
1979
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978
The Phoenix
1978
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Young Dan'l Boone
1977
Silver Streak
1976
Gus
1976
Flash and the Firecat
1975
Switch
1975
Barbary Coast
1975
Van Dyke and Company
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Starsky & Hutch
1975
The Longest Yard
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Am laufenden Band
1974
Deadhead Miles
1972
Emergency!
1972
Film '72
1971
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
Skidoo
1968
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968
A Man Called Dagger
1968
It Takes a Thief
1968
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966
The Monroes
1966
The Monkees
1966
The Human Duplicators
1965
Brainstorm
1965
Two on a Guillotine
1965
To Trap a Spy
1965
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
The Wild Wild West
1965
My Mother the Car
1965
Honey West
1965
I Spy
1965
The Nasty Rabbit
1964
Roustabout
1964
Gilligan's Island
1964
Daniel Boone
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
House of the Damned
1963
Lassie's Great Adventure
1963
The Nutty Professor
1963
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
1963
Eegah
1962
The Phantom Planet
1961
The Phantom
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Thriller
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Rifleman
1958
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