Richard Kiel
American actor (1939-2014) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 74
Richard Dawson Kiel was an American actor. Standing 7 feet 1.5 inches (2.17 m) tall, he was notable for portraying Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore (1996).
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A life in dates
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond CarsFilm2002
Best Ever BondFilm1999
Inspector GadgetFilm, Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth1996
Happy GilmoreFilm, Mr. Larson1990
The Giant of Thunder MountainFilm, Writer1988
SuperboySeries1985
Mob BustersFilm1982
HystericalFilm, Captain James Howdy1981
Simon & SimonSeries1978
Force 10 from NavaroneFilm, Drazak1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew MysteriesSeries1976
GusFilm, Tall Man1974
Kolchak: The Night StalkerSeries, The Monster1972
Deadhead MilesFilm, Big Dick1971Film '72Series1968
It Takes a ThiefSeries, Willy
SkidooFilm, 1968Beany1965
Honey WestSeries, Groalgo
BrainstormFilm, 1965Asylum Inmate (uncredited)1963
House of the DamnedFilm, The Giant1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries
The Phantom PlanetFilm, 1961The Solarite1960
ThrillerSeries, Master Styx1958
The RiflemanSeries1939Born13 September 1939People around Richard
Close ties
- Lewis Gilbert Directed The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker
Albert R. Broccoli Produced The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker- Albert S. Ruddy Produced The Longest Yard and Cannonball Run II
Tim Conway Also in Cannonball Run II and Gus
Barbara Bach Also in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Dub Taylor Also in They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1981)
William Conrad Produced Two on a Guillotine (1965)
Robert Donner Also in Skidoo and Hysterical
Karl Maka Produced Aces Go Places 3 (1984)
Dean Shek Produced Aces Go Places 3 (1984)
Wong Pak Ming Produced Aces Go Places 3 (1984)
Arch Hall, Sr. Directed Eegah (1962)
Clint Eastwood Produced Pale Rider (1985)
Roger Moore Also in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker
Ennio Morricone Wrote So Fine and The Humanoid
Jerry Lewis Directed The Nutty Professor (1963)
Burt Reynolds Also in The Longest Yard and Cannonball Run II
Robert Aldrich Directed The Longest Yard (1975)
Desmond Llewelyn Also in Moonraker and The Spy Who Loved Me
Kathleen Freeman Also in The Nutty Professor (1963)
Tony Bill Produced Deadhead Miles (1973)- Geoffrey Keen Also in Moonraker and The Spy Who Loved Me
Aldo Lado Directed The Humanoid (1981)
Sonny Shroyer Also in The Longest Yard (1974)
Known for
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Tangled 2010
Pale Rider 1985
The Spy Who Loved Me 1977
Happy Gilmore 1996
Silver Streak 1976
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
84 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
About this person
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). On television, he portrayed the giant alien in the highly regarded 1962 Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man".
