Richard Kiel
Richard Dawson Kiel was an American actor. He is 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 2 inches (2.18 m) tall and wore size 19 4E 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
Happy Gilmore
Mr. Larson
The Rifleman
The Twilight Zone
Kanamit
I Dream of Jeannie
Ali
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Monster
Simon & Simon
The Fall Guy
Emergency!
Gilligan's Island
Daniel Boone
Lemouche
Thriller
Master Styx
Switch
Loach
The Monkees
Monster
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Tangled
Vlad (voice)
Honey West
Groalgo
Starsky & Hutch
My Mother the Car
The Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West
Voltaire
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Monroes
Superboy
Moonraker
Jaws
The Spy Who Loved Me
Jaws
Eegah
Eegah
Pale Rider
Club
E! True Hollywood Story
Inspector Gadget
Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
Barbary Coast
Moose Moran
Welcome to Sweden
Cannonball Run II
Arnold
Young Dan'l Boone
Force 10 from Navarone
Drazak
The Longest Yard
Samson
The Humanoid
Golob
The Nutty Professor
Man in Gym (uncredited)
The Nasty Rabbit
Ranch Foreman
Roustabout
Strongman (uncredited)
Silver Streak
Reace
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest
Van Dyke and Company
Self
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Eegah (archive footage)
Gus
Tall Man
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Duke
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Big G
So Fine
Eddie
Think Big
Irving
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Kanamit (archive footage)
Brainstorm
Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
The Phantom Planet
The Solarite
Skidoo
Beany
Two on a Guillotine
Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Eli Weaver
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Luke Brown
Deadhead Miles
Big Dick
The Human Duplicators
Dr. Kolos
Lassie's Great Adventure
Chinook Pete
Best Ever Bond
Self / Jaws
Hysterical
Captain James Howdy
Las Vegas Hillbillys
Flash and the Firecat
Milo Pewett
The Secrets of 007
Self
Now You See It, Now You Don't
Nori
The Phoenix
Grasshopper
The World of James Bond
A Man Called Dagger
Otto
Mob Busters
House of the Damned
The Giant
The Phantom
Big Mike
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
Self
Inside 'Moonraker'
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Late Night with David Letterman
Self