Richard Kiel
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 β 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 inche...
Known For
Filmography
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Kanamit (archive footage)
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
as Self
Tangled
2010
as Vlad (voice)
Welcome to Sweden
2007
Collectormania 6
2004
as Self
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self / Jaws
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
2000
as Self
Inside 'Moonraker'
2000
as Self
Inspector Gadget
1999
as Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
The Secrets of 007
1997
as Self
Happy Gilmore
1996
as Mr. Larson
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The World of James Bond
1995
as Self
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990
as Eli Weaver
Think Big
1989
as Irving
Superboy
1988
Pale Rider
1985
as Club
Mob Busters
1985
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984
as Big G
Cannonball Run II
1984
as Arnold
Hysterical
1982
as Captain James Howdy
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self
So Fine
1981
as Eddie
Simon & Simon
1981
The Fall Guy
1981
Moonraker
1979
as Jaws
The Humanoid
1979
as Golob
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
as Drazak
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978
as Duke
The Phoenix
1978
as Grasshopper
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
as Jaws
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Young Dan'l Boone
1977
Silver Streak
1976
as Reace
Gus
1976
as Tall Man
Flash and the Firecat
1975
as Milo Pewett
Switch
1975
as Loach
Barbary Coast
1975
as Moose Moran
Van Dyke and Company
1975
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Iggy
The Longest Yard
1974
as Samson
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as The Monster
Am laufenden Band
1974
as Self - Guest
Deadhead Miles
1972
as Big Dick
Emergency!
1972
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970
as Luke Brown
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Skidoo
1968
as Beany
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968
as Nori
A Man Called Dagger
1968
as Otto
It Takes a Thief
1968
as Willy
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966
The Monroes
1966
The Monkees
1966
as Monster
The Human Duplicators
1965
as Dr. Kolos
Brainstorm
1965
as Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
Two on a Guillotine
1965
as Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
To Trap a Spy
1965
as Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Ali
The Wild Wild West
1965
My Mother the Car
1965
Honey West
1965
as Groalgo
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Voltaire
I Spy
1965
as Tiny
The Nasty Rabbit
1964
as Ranch Foreman
Roustabout
1964
as Strongman (uncredited)
Gilligan's Island
1964
Daniel Boone
1964
as Lemouche
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Guard (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Merry
House of the Damned
1963
as The Giant
Lassie's Great Adventure
1963
as Chinook Pete
The Nutty Professor
1963
as Man in Gym (uncredited)
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
1963
Eegah
1962
as Eegah
The Phantom Planet
1961
as The Solarite
The Phantom
1961
as Big Mike
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Thriller
1960
as Master Styx
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Kanamit
The Rifleman
1958