Richard Kiel
Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 - September 10, 2014) was a European-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 20 5E 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 Twilight Zone
Kanamit
The Rifleman
Emergency!
I Dream of Jeannie
Ali
Tangled
Vlad (voice)
Starsky & Hutch
Iggy
The Fall Guy
Simon & Simon
Daniel Boone
Lemouche
The Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West
Voltaire
The Monkees
Monster
Happy Gilmore
Mr. Larson
Pale Rider
Club
Thriller
Master Styx
Switch
Loach
Gilligan's Island
Honey West
Groalgo
Silver Streak
Reace
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Guard (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Merry
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Moonraker
Jaws
Eegah
Eegah
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
I Spy
Tiny
The Phantom Planet
The Solarite
The Spy Who Loved Me
Jaws
Roustabout
Strongman (uncredited)
Inspector Gadget
Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
The World of James Bond
Self
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Monster
Deadhead Miles
Big Dick
The Monroes
Best Ever Bond
Self / Jaws
It Takes a Thief
Willy
Superboy
The Longest Yard
Samson
My Mother the Car
Barbary Coast
Moose Moran
The Secrets of 007
Self
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Luke Brown
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest
Brainstorm
Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
Mob Busters
The Nutty Professor
Man in Gym (uncredited)
Cannonball Run II
Arnold
The Phoenix
Grasshopper
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Kanamit (archive footage)
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
Van Dyke and Company
Self
Think Big
Irving
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Big G
E! True Hollywood Story
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Eli Weaver
Force 10 from Navarone
Drazak
Gus
Tall Man
So Fine
Eddie
Two on a Guillotine
Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
Skidoo
Beany
Now You See It, Now You Don't
Nori
The Nasty Rabbit
Ranch Foreman
To Trap a Spy
Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Man Called Dagger
Otto
Hysterical
Captain James Howdy
The Humanoid
Golob
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
Self
Young Dan'l Boone
Inside 'Moonraker'
Self
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Duke
Flash and the Firecat
Milo Pewett
The Human Duplicators
Dr. Kolos
Welcome to Sweden
The Phantom
Big Mike
Las Vegas Hillbillys
Lassie's Great Adventure
Chinook Pete
House of the Damned
The Giant
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Late Night with David Letterman
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self