Richard Kiel

actor • writer • producer

Richard Dawson Kiel was an American actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979) as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore. He was 7 feet 1.5 inches (2.18 m) tall in his prime...

Born: September 13, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Died: September 10, 2014 (age 74)

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Known For

7.2

The Spy Who Loved Me

Movies & TV Credits

78 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration Movie	8.2	Actor	Kanamit (archive footage)	2019
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars Movie	7.8	Actor	Self	2012
Tangled Movie	7.9	Actor	Vlad (voice)	2010
Welcome to Sweden TV Show	6.7	Actor	—(6 Episodes)	2007
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made Movie	4.9	Actor	Eegah (archive footage)	2004
Best Ever Bond Movie	6.3	Actor	Self / Jaws	2002
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' Movie	7.3	Actor	Self	2000
Inside 'Moonraker' Movie	7.1	Actor	Self	2000
Inspector Gadget Movie	4.0	Actor	Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth	1999
The Secrets of 007: The James Bond Files Movie	6.3	Actor	Self	1997
Happy Gilmore Movie	7.2	Actor	Mr. Larson	1996
E! True Hollywood Story TV Show	6.7	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1996
The World of James Bond Movie	6.4	Actor	—	1995
The Giant of Thunder Mountain Movie	5.8	Actor	Eli Weaver	1990
The Giant of Thunder Mountain Movie	5.8	Writing	Writer	1990
Think Big Movie	4.4	Actor	Irving	1989
Superboy TV Show	5.8	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1988
Mob Busters Movie	5.1	Actor	—	1985
Pale Rider Movie	7.5	Actor	Club	1985
Cannonball Run II Movie	5.3	Actor	Arnold	1984
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street Movie	6.0	Actor	Big G	1984
Hysterical Movie	5.0	Actor	Captain James Howdy	1982
Late Night with David Letterman TV Show	7.3	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1982
So Fine Movie	4.9	Actor	Eddie	1981
Simon & Simon TV Show	6.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1981
The Fall Guy TV Show	7.3	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1981
Moonraker Movie	6.1	Actor	Jaws	1979
The Humanoid Movie	3.8	Actor	Golob	1979
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way Movie	4.8	Actor	Duke	1978
Force 10 from Navarone Movie	6.3	Actor	Drazak	1978
The Phoenix Movie	—	Actor	Grasshopper	1978
The Spy Who Loved Me Movie	7.2	Actor	Jaws	1977
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries TV Show	7.1	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1977
Young Dan'l Boone TV Show	6.1	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1977
Silver Streak Movie	7.0	Actor	Reace	1976
Gus Movie	5.9	Actor	Tall Man	1976
Van Dyke and Company TV Show	—	Actor	Self(12 Episodes)	1976
Flash and the Firecat Movie	—	Actor	Milo Pewett	1975
Barbary Coast TV Show	6.5	Actor	Moose Moran(13 Episodes)	1975
Switch TV Show	6.9	Actor	Loach(1 Episode)	1975
Starsky and Hutch TV Show	7.2	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1975
Les rendez-vous du dimanche TV Show	—	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1975
The Longest Yard Movie	7.0	Actor	Samson	1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV Show	8.2	Actor	The Monster(2 Episodes)	1974
Am laufenden Band TV Show	—	Actor	Self - Guest(1 Episode)	1974
Deadhead Miles Movie	5.4	Actor	Big Dick	1972
Emergency! TV Show	7.8	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1972
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Movie	6.6	Actor	Blacksmith (uncredited)	1970
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant Movie	6.5	Actor	Luke Brown	1970
Skidoo Movie	4.9	Actor	Beany	1968
A Man Called Dagger Movie	4.5	Actor	Otto	1968
Now You See It, Now You Don't Movie	7.5	Actor	Nori	1968
Las Vegas Hillbillys Movie	4.1	Actor	—	1966
The Monroes TV Show	7.4	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1966
The Human Duplicators Movie	3.1	Actor	Dr. Kolos	1965
Brainstorm Movie	6.4	Actor	Asylum Inmate (uncredited)	1965
Two on a Guillotine Movie	6.0	Actor	Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)	1965
I Dream of Jeannie TV Show	7.6	Actor	Ali(1 Episode)	1965
The Monkees TV Show	7.3	Actor	Monster(1 Episode)	1965
The Wild Wild West TV Show	7.9	Actor	—(2 Episodes)	1965
My Mother the Car TV Show	4.5	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1965
Honey West TV Show	7.3	Actor	Groalgo(1 Episode)	1965
The Wild Wild West TV Show	7.9	Actor	Voltaire(1 Episode)	1965
The Nasty Rabbit Movie	2.4	Actor	Ranch Foreman	1964
Roustabout Movie	6.2	Actor	Strongman (uncredited)	1964
Gilligan's Island TV Show	7.3	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1964
Daniel Boone TV Show	7.1	Actor	Lemouche(1 Episode)	1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV Show	7.5	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1964
Lassie's Great Adventure Movie	5.8	Actor	Chinook Pete	1963
The Nutty Professor Movie	6.7	Actor	Man in Gym (uncredited)	1963
House of the Damned Movie	5.0	Actor	The Giant	1963
Eegah Movie	2.5	Actor	Eegah	1962
The Phantom Planet Movie	4.1	Actor	The Solarite	1961
The Mike Douglas Show TV Show	6.9	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1961
The Phantom Movie	7.2	Actor	Big Mike	1961
Thriller TV Show	8.0	Actor	Master Styx(1 Episode)	1960
The Twilight Zone TV Show	8.8	Actor	Kanamit(1 Episode)	1959
The Rifleman TV Show	8.1	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1958

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Richard Kiel

Known For

Happy Gilmore

Moonraker

Tangled

The Spy Who Loved Me

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