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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 13, 1939
Died
September 10, 2014
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also Known As
- 李察基路
- Richard Dawson Kiel
Richard Kiel
1.3 Popularity
Biography
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. Kiel was married to Diane Rogers from 1974 until his death in 2014; they had four children and nine grandchildren.
Known For
10.0
Kanamit (archive footage)
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
6.2
Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
7.6
Vlad (voice)
Tangled
2010
🎬
0.0
Welcome to Sweden
2007
🎬
5.0
Self / Jaws
Best Ever Bond
2002
6.8
Self
Inside 'Moonraker'
2000
7.4
Self
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
2000
4.5
Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
Inspector Gadget
1999
7.9
Self
The Secrets of 007
1997
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Credits
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Kanamit (archive footage)
2019
10.0
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
as Self
2012
6.2
Tangled
as Vlad (voice)
2010
7.6
🎬
Welcome to Sweden
2007
0.0
🎬
Best Ever Bond
as Self / Jaws
2002
5.0
Inside 'Moonraker'
as Self
2000
6.8
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
as Self
2000
7.4
Inspector Gadget
as Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
1999
4.5
The Secrets of 007
as Self
1997
7.9
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Happy Gilmore
as Mr. Larson
1996
6.7
The World of James Bond
as Self
1995
6.0
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
as Eli Weaver
1990
6.0
Think Big
as Irving
1989
6.1
Superboy
1988
6.2
Pale Rider
as Club
1985
7.2
Mob Busters
1985
4.0
Cannonball Run II
as Arnold
1984
5.4
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
as Big G
1984
5.6
Hysterical
as Captain James Howdy
1982
4.3
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self
1982
5.9
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
The Fall Guy
1981
7.5
So Fine
as Eddie
1981
4.6
Moonraker
as Jaws
1979
6.2
The Humanoid
as Golob
1979
3.5
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
as Duke
1978
4.0
Force 10 from Navarone
as Drazak
1978
6.2
The Phoenix
as Grasshopper
1978
6.0
Young Dan'l Boone
1977
5.0
The Spy Who Loved Me
as Jaws
1977
6.8
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
7.1
Silver Streak
as Reace
1976
6.7
Gus
as Tall Man
1976
6.0
Van Dyke and Company
as Self
1975
5.0
Starsky & Hutch
as Iggy
1975
7.3
Switch
as Loach
1975
6.7
Barbary Coast
as Moose Moran
1975
7.5
Flash and the Firecat
as Milo Pewett
1975
7.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as The Monster
1974
7.6
The Longest Yard
as Samson
1974
6.7
Am laufenden Band
as Self - Guest
1974
6.5
Deadhead Miles
as Big Dick
1972
5.5
Emergency!
1972
7.8
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
as Luke Brown
1970
4.0
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
1970
6.7
Skidoo
as Beany
1968
4.7
Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Nori
1968
0.0
A Man Called Dagger
as Otto
1968
6.0
It Takes a Thief
as Willy
1968
7.2
The Monkees
as Monster
1966
6.5
The Monroes
1966
5.7
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966
2.7
I Dream of Jeannie
as Ali
1965
7.8
The Wild Wild West
1965
7.6
The Wild Wild West
as Voltaire
1965
7.6
Honey West
as Groalgo
1965
7.0
I Spy
as Tiny
1965
6.5
My Mother the Car
1965
4.3
Brainstorm
as Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
1965
6.0
The Human Duplicators
as Dr. Kolos
1965
3.3
Two on a Guillotine
as Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
1965
6.1
The Nasty Rabbit
as Ranch Foreman
1964
1.8
Roustabout
as Strongman (uncredited)
1964
6.0
Gilligan's Island
1964
7.4
Daniel Boone
as Lemouche
1964
7.0
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Guard (uncredited)
1964
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Merry
1964
7.1
To Trap a Spy
as Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
5.7
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
1963
0.0
Lassie's Great Adventure
as Chinook Pete
1963
4.5
The Nutty Professor
as Man in Gym (uncredited)
1963
6.5
House of the Damned
as The Giant
1963
4.7
Eegah
as Eegah
1962
2.7
The Phantom Planet
as The Solarite
1961
3.9
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Phantom
as Big Mike
1961
0.0
Thriller
as Master Styx
1960
6.6
The Twilight Zone
as Kanamit
1959
8.5
The Rifleman
1958
7.1