Richard Kiel

Richard Kiel (74)

1939-09-13 - 2014-09-10 | Detroit, Michigan, USA

Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 - September 10, 2014) was an European-American actor. He is 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 2 inches (2.18 m) tall and wore size 20 5E 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.

On Movies

  • Tangled
  • Inspector Gadget
  • Happy Gilmore
  • The Giant of Thunder Mountain
  • Think Big
  • Pale Rider
  • Mob Busters
  • Cannonball Run II
  • Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
  • Hysterical
  • So Fine
  • Moonraker
  • The Humanoid
  • They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
  • Force 10 from Navarone
  • 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
  • On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
  • Skidoo
  • Now You See It, Now You Don't
  • A Man Called Dagger
  • Las Vegas Hillbillys
  • Brainstorm
  • The Human Duplicators
  • Two on a Guillotine
  • The Nasty Rabbit
  • Roustabout
  • To Trap a Spy
  • Lassie's Great Adventure
  • The Nutty Professor
  • House of the Damned
  • Eegah
  • The Phantom Planet
  • The Phantom

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