Richard Kiel
Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 - September 10, 2014) was a huge, and intimidating, European-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.
81 acting credits
Acting · 81
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Rifleman
1958
Emergency!
1972
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Wild Wild West
1965
Daniel Boone
1964
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
Starsky & Hutch
1975
The Fall Guy
1981
Thriller
1960
Tangled
2010
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Switch
1975
Gilligan's Island
1964
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
The Monkees
1966
Film '72
1971
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Honey West
1965
It Takes a Thief
1968
I Spy
1965
Happy Gilmore 2
2025
Superboy
1988
The Monroes
1966
Moonraker
1979
Happy Gilmore
1996
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Eegah
1962
Inspector Gadget
1999
Barbary Coast
1975
Pale Rider
1985
The Longest Yard
1974
The Nutty Professor
1963
My Mother the Car
1965
Cannonball Run II
1984
Van Dyke and Company
1975
Am laufenden Band
1974
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Young Dan'l Boone
1977
Silver Streak
1976
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984
Roustabout
1964
Gus
1976
Skidoo
1968
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
The Humanoid
1979
The World of James Bond
1995
Hysterical
1982
Best Ever Bond
2002
Think Big
1989
Mob Busters
1985
The Phantom Planet
1961
The Secrets of 007
1997
Brainstorm
1965
So Fine
1981
To Trap a Spy
1965
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966
Deadhead Miles
1972
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
Two on a Guillotine
1965
The Phantom
1961
The Human Duplicators
1965
A Man Called Dagger
1968
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970
The Phoenix
1978
Flash and the Firecat
1975
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990
House of the Damned
1963
Lassie's Great Adventure
1963
Inside 'Moonraker'
2000
Welcome to Sweden
2007
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
2000
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968
The Nasty Rabbit
1964
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
1963