Richard Kiel
Born in Detroit, Michigan, USA — Sep 13 1939• Died Sep 10 2014
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Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 - September 10, 2014) was a 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. Ki…
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Emergency!
The Twilight Zone
Kanamit
Starsky & Hutch
Iggy
The Rifleman
Simon & Simon
The Wild Wild West
Daniel Boone
Lemouche
I Dream of Jeannie
Ali
The Monkees
Monster
The Fall Guy
Switch
Loach
Thriller
Master Styx
Gilligan's Island
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Guard (uncredited)
Tangled
Vlad (voice)
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Honey West
Groalgo
It Takes a Thief
Willy
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Monster
I Spy
Tiny
Superboy
Moonraker
Jaws
The Monroes
Happy Gilmore
Mr. Larson
The Spy Who Loved Me
Jaws
Barbary Coast
Moose Moran
My Mother the Car
Pale Rider
Club
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest
The Longest Yard
Samson
Young Dan'l Boone
Cannonball Run II
Arnold
Inspector Gadget
Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
E! True Hollywood Story
Van Dyke and Company
Self
Force 10 from Navarone
Drazak
Eegah
Eegah
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Big G
Roustabout
Strongman (uncredited)
Silver Streak
Reace
The Nutty Professor
Man in Gym (uncredited)
The World of James Bond
Self
So Fine
Eddie
Gus
Tall Man
Skidoo
Beany
Best Ever Bond
Self / Jaws
Inside 'Moonraker'
Self
Think Big
Irving
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Hysterical
Captain James Howdy
The Secrets of 007
Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
Two on a Guillotine
Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
Mob Busters
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Duke
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Kanamit (archive footage)
Brainstorm
Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
The Human Duplicators
Dr. Kolos
To Trap a Spy
Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Humanoid
Golob
Deadhead Miles
Big Dick
The Phantom Planet
The Solarite
The Phantom
Big Mike
Lassie's Great Adventure
Chinook Pete
A Man Called Dagger
Otto
The Phoenix
Grasshopper
Flash and the Firecat
Milo Pewett
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Eli Weaver
The Nasty Rabbit
Ranch Foreman
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
Self
Welcome to Sweden
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Luke Brown
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
House of the Damned
The Giant
Las Vegas Hillbillys
Now You See It, Now You Don't
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