Richard Kiel
Acting

Richard Kiel

Born 13 September 1939 · Detroit, Michigan, USA · Died 10 September 2014

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.

Known for

Tangled
Happy Gilmore
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
Inspector Gadget
Pale Rider
The Twilight Zone
I Dream of Jeannie
Silver Streak
Cannonball Run II
Force 10 from Navarone
The Longest Yard
Tangled
Inspector Gadget
Happy Gilmore
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Think Big
Pale Rider
Mob Busters
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Cannonball Run II
Hysterical
So Fine
Moonraker
The Humanoid
Force 10 from Navarone
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
The Phoenix
The Spy Who Loved Me
Silver Streak
Gus
Flash and the Firecat
The Longest Yard
Deadhead Miles
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Skidoo
Now You See It, Now You Don't
A Man Called Dagger
Las Vegas Hillbillys
The Human Duplicators
The Nasty Rabbit
House of the Damned
Lassie's Great Adventure
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
Eegah
The Phantom Planet
The Phantom
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