People
Richard Kiel
Biography:
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.
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration as Kanamit (archive footage) | 2019-11-14 |
| Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars as Self | 2012-10-29 |
| Tangled as Vlad (voice) | 2010-11-24 |
| Best Ever Bond as Self / Jaws | 2002-11-22 |
| Inside 'Moonraker' as Self | 2000-05-16 |
| Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' as Self | 2000-01-01 |
| Inspector Gadget as Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth | 1999-07-23 |
| The Secrets of 007 as Self | 1997-12-04 |
| Happy Gilmore as Mr. Larson | 1996-02-16 |
| The World of James Bond as Self | 1995-10-29 |
| The Giant of Thunder Mountain as Eli Weaver | 1990-12-25 |
| Think Big as Irving | 1989-09-30 |
| Pale Rider as Club | 1985-06-28 |
| Mob Busters | 1985-01-01 |
| Cannonball Run II as Arnold | 1984-06-29 |
| Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street as Big G | 1984-01-25 |
| Hysterical as Captain James Howdy | 1982-12-22 |
| So Fine as Eddie | 1981-09-25 |
| Moonraker as Jaws | 1979-06-26 |
| The Humanoid as Golob | 1979-04-11 |
| They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way as Duke | 1978-12-01 |
| Force 10 from Navarone as Drazak | 1978-08-16 |
| The Phoenix as Grasshopper | 1978-01-01 |
| The Spy Who Loved Me as Jaws | 1977-07-07 |
| Silver Streak as Reace | 1976-12-03 |
| Gus as Tall Man | 1976-07-07 |
| Flash and the Firecat as Milo Pewett | 1975-05-31 |
| The Longest Yard as Samson | 1974-08-21 |
| Deadhead Miles as Big Dick | 1972-08-08 |
| The Boy Who Stole the Elephant as Luke Brown | 1970-09-20 |
| On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Blacksmith (uncredited) | 1970-06-17 |
| Skidoo as Beany | 1968-12-19 |
| Now You See It, Now You Don't as Nori | 1968-11-11 |
| A Man Called Dagger as Otto | 1968-01-31 |
| Las Vegas Hillbillys | 1966-05-11 |
| Brainstorm as Asylum Inmate (uncredited) | 1965-05-05 |
| To Trap a Spy as Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1965-03-19 |
| The Human Duplicators as Dr. Kolos | 1965-03-03 |
| Two on a Guillotine as Photographer at Funeral (uncredited) | 1965-01-13 |
| The Nasty Rabbit as Ranch Foreman | 1964-12-01 |
| Roustabout as Strongman (uncredited) | 1964-11-11 |
| Lassie's Greatest Adventure | 1963-12-15 |
| Lassie's Great Adventure as Chinook Pete | 1963-08-01 |
| The Nutty Professor as Man in Gym (uncredited) | 1963-06-04 |
| House of the Damned as The Giant | 1963-03-01 |
| Eegah as Eegah | 1962-04-17 |
| The Phantom Planet as The Solarite | 1961-12-13 |
| The Phantom as Big Mike | 1961-01-01 |



