Richard Kiel

Known for ActingBorn 1939-09-13Died 2014-09-10Detroit, Michigan, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

The Phantom

Flash and the Firecat

E! True Hollywood Story

The Twilight Zone

Barbary Coast

The Secrets of 007

Tangled

Emergency!

I Dream of Jeannie

The Fall Guy

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

The Wild Wild West

Gilligan's Island

Pale Rider

Starsky & Hutch

It Takes a Thief

Honey West

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Inside 'Moonraker'

Happy Gilmore 2

Young Dan'l Boone

Am laufenden Band

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Now You See It, Now You Don't

The Rifleman

Daniel Boone

Happy Gilmore

The World of James Bond

The Spy Who Loved Me

The Longest Yard

Simon & Simon

Silver Streak

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Switch

The Monroes

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

Superboy

The Phoenix

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

Thriller

The Monkees

A Man Called Dagger

I Spy

The Nutty Professor

Force 10 from Navarone

Moonraker