Richard Kiel
Acting · Born 1939-09-13 · age 74 at death · Detroit, Michigan, USA
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.
Titles
Tangled
Happy Gilmore
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
Inspector Gadget
Pale Rider
The Twilight Zone
I Dream of Jeannie
The Nutty Professor
Silver Streak
Force 10 from Navarone
Cannonball Run II
The Longest Yard
Gilligan's Island
Starsky & Hutch
The Fall Guy
Simon & Simon
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Wild Wild West
E! True Hollywood Story
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Phantom Planet
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Eegah
Roustabout
The Monkees
The Rifleman
Emergency!
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Gus
The Humanoid
Two on a Guillotine
Daniel Boone
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
I Spy
Brainstorm
Think Big
Superboy
Skidoo
So Fine
It Takes a Thief
The Human Duplicators
House of the Damned
Thriller
Hysterical
Honey West
To Trap a Spy
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Switch
My Mother the Car
Deadhead Miles
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
The Nasty Rabbit
Lassie's Great Adventure
Mob Busters
Las Vegas Hillbillys
The Monroes
Barbary Coast
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
A Man Called Dagger