Richard Kiel
Acting
- Born:
- 1939-09-13
- Died:
- 2014-09-10
- Place of birth:
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Tangled
Welcome to Sweden
Collectormania 6
Best Ever Bond
Inside 'Moonraker'
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
Inspector Gadget
The Secrets of 007
E! True Hollywood Story
Happy Gilmore
The World of James Bond
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Think Big
Superboy
Pale Rider
Mob Busters
Cannonball Run II
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Hysterical
Late Night with David Letterman
Simon & Simon
The Fall Guy
So Fine
Moonraker
The Humanoid
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Force 10 from Navarone
The Phoenix
Young Dan'l Boone
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Silver Streak
Gus
Van Dyke and Company
Starsky & Hutch
Switch
Barbary Coast
Flash and the Firecat
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Longest Yard
Am laufenden Band
Deadhead Miles
Emergency!
Film '72
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Skidoo
Now You See It, Now You Don't
A Man Called Dagger
It Takes a Thief
The Monkees
The Monroes
Las Vegas Hillbillys
I Dream of Jeannie
The Wild Wild West
Honey West
I Spy
My Mother the Car
Brainstorm
To Trap a Spy
The Human Duplicators
Two on a Guillotine
The Nasty Rabbit
Roustabout
Gilligan's Island
Daniel Boone
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
Lassie's Great Adventure
The Nutty Professor
House of the Damned
Eegah
The Phantom Planet
The Mike Douglas Show
The Phantom
Thriller
The Twilight Zone
The Rifleman