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Richard Kiel
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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 an…
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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.
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Richard Kiel's Filmography
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The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Kanamit (archive footage)
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
as Self
Tangled
as Vlad (voice)
Collectormania 6
as Self
Best Ever Bond
as Self / Jaws
Inside 'Moonraker'
as Self
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
as Self
Inspector Gadget
as Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
The Secrets of 007
as Self
Happy Gilmore
as Mr. Larson
The World of James Bond
as Self
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
as Eli Weaver
Think Big
as Irving
Pale Rider
as Club
Mob Busters
Cannonball Run II
as Arnold
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
as Big G
Hysterical
as Captain James Howdy
So Fine
as Eddie
Moonraker
as Jaws
The Humanoid
as Golob
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
as Duke
Force 10 from Navarone
as Drazak
The Phoenix
as Grasshopper
The Spy Who Loved Me
as Jaws
Silver Streak
as Reace
Gus
as Tall Man
Flash and the Firecat
as Milo Pewett
The Longest Yard
as Samson
Deadhead Miles
as Big Dick
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
as Luke Brown
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Skidoo
as Beany
Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Nori
A Man Called Dagger
as Otto
Las Vegas Hillbillys
Brainstorm
as Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
To Trap a Spy
as Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Human Duplicators
as Dr. Kolos
Two on a Guillotine
as Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
The Nasty Rabbit
as Ranch Foreman
Roustabout
as Strongman (uncredited)
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
Lassie's Great Adventure
as Chinook Pete
The Nutty Professor
as Man in Gym (uncredited)
House of the Damned
as The Giant
Eegah
as Eegah
The Phantom Planet
as The Solarite
The Phantom
as Big Mike