Richard Kiel
Richard Dawson Kiel was an 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 19 4E 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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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7.185
Starsky & Hutch
7.243
I Dream of Jeannie
7.8
Simon & Simon
6.685
Gilligan's Island
7.415
E! True Hollywood Story
8.103
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
7.1
Emergency!
7.815
Superboy
6.4
Late Night with David Letterman
5.8
The Twilight Zone
8.5
The Fall Guy
7.568
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
7.576
The Monroes
5.7
The Monkees
6.52
The Wild Wild West
7.5
Daniel Boone
6.867
Switch
6.7
Young Dan'l Boone
5
My Mother the Car
4.3
Thriller
6.417
The Rifleman
7.021
Barbary Coast
5
Honey West
7
Van Dyke and Company
5
Am laufenden Band
6.5
Welcome to Sweden
0
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
6
The Wild Wild West
7.5
Movies
Inspector Gadget
4.49
The Spy Who Loved Me
6.818
Moonraker
6.176
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
10
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
5.6
Silver Streak
6.7
Eegah
2.786
Cannonball Run II
5.4
Pale Rider
7.2
Skidoo
4.8
Happy Gilmore
6.66
The Phantom Planet
3.938
The Human Duplicators
3.3
Think Big
6.109
Force 10 from Navarone
6.22
Hysterical
4.6
The Humanoid
3.531
So Fine
4.773
House of the Damned
4.7
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
4
The Nasty Rabbit
1.8
Now You See It, Now You Don't
0
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
5.611
A Man Called Dagger
6
The Phantom
0
Lassie's Great Adventure
4.5
Tangled
7.61
Gus
6
Brainstorm
6.228
Best Ever Bond
5
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
4.621
Flash and the Firecat
7
The Nutty Professor
6.5
Mob Busters
4
The Phoenix
6
The Longest Yard
6.7
Deadhead Miles
5.5
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
4
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
6.2
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
6.8
Las Vegas Hillbillys
2.7
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
7.4
Inside 'Moonraker'
6.8
The World of James Bond
6
The Secrets of 007
7.9
Two on a Guillotine
6.069
Roustabout
6