Cast & creator
Richard Kiel
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, Late Night with David Letterman, The Rifleman
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.
Also known as: 李察基路, Richard Dawson Kiel
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film credits
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television credits
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1958–2019 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (84)
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The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Late Night with David Letterman
Self
1982
The Rifleman
1958
The Twilight Zone
Kanamit
1959
Emergency!
1972
Simon & Simon
1981
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
I Dream of Jeannie
Ali
1965
Starsky & Hutch
Iggy
1975
The Wild Wild West
1965The Wild Wild West
Voltaire
1965
Daniel Boone
Lemouche
1964Film '72
Self
1971
The Fall Guy
1981
Thriller
Master Styx
1960
The Monkees
Monster
1966
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Guard (uncredited)
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Merry
1964
Tangled
Vlad (voice)
2010
Switch
Loach
1975
Gilligan's Island
1964
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Monster
1974
I Spy
Tiny
1965
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Honey West
Groalgo
1965
It Takes a Thief
Willy
1968
Happy Gilmore
Mr. Larson
1996
The Spy Who Loved Me
Jaws
1977
Superboy
1988
My Mother the Car
1965
The Monroes
1966
Moonraker
Jaws
1979
Barbary Coast
Moose Moran
1975
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest
1974
Cannonball Run II
Arnold
1984
Inspector Gadget
Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
1999
Pale Rider
Club
1985
The Longest Yard
Samson
1974
Van Dyke and Company
Self
1975
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Force 10 from Navarone
Drazak
1978
The Nutty Professor
Man in Gym (uncredited)
1963
Silver Streak
Reace
1976
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Blacksmith (uncredited)
1970
Young Dan'l Boone
1977
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Big G
1984
Two on a Guillotine
Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
1965
So Fine
Eddie
1981
The World of James Bond
Self
1995
Hysterical
Captain James Howdy
1982
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Kanamit (archive footage)
2019
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Luke Brown
1970
Roustabout
Strongman (uncredited)
1964
Now You See It, Now You Don't
Nori
1968
Inside 'Moonraker'
Self
2000
To Trap a Spy
Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
1965
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Duke
1978
Eegah
Eegah
1962
The Humanoid
Golob
1979
Skidoo
Beany
1968
The Secrets of 007
Self
1997
Gus
Tall Man
1976
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
2012
Collectormania 6
Self
2004
The Phantom Planet
The Solarite
1961
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
1963
Best Ever Bond
Self / Jaws
2002
The Phantom
Big Mike
1961
House of the Damned
The Giant
1963
Think Big
Irving
1989
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Eli Weaver
1990The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Writer
1990
Lassie's Great Adventure
Chinook Pete
1963
The Human Duplicators
Dr. Kolos
1965
Deadhead Miles
Big Dick
1972
Flash and the Firecat
Milo Pewett
1975
Mob Busters
1985
Brainstorm
Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
1965
A Man Called Dagger
Otto
1968
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
Self
2000Welcome to Sweden
2007
The Nasty Rabbit
Ranch Foreman
1964
The Phoenix
Grasshopper
1978