
Richard Kiel
Department: Acting
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

Inspector Gadget
1999

The Spy Who Loved Me
1977

Moonraker
1979

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019

Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984

Silver Streak
1976

Eegah
1962

Cannonball Run II
1984

Pale Rider
1985

Skidoo
1968

Happy Gilmore
1996

The Phantom Planet
1961

The Human Duplicators
1965

Think Big
1989

Force 10 from Navarone
1978

Hysterical
1982

The Humanoid
1979

So Fine
1981

House of the Damned
1963

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978

The Nasty Rabbit
1964

Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968

The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990

A Man Called Dagger
1968

The Phantom
1961

Lassie's Great Adventure
1963

Tangled
2010

Gus
1976

Brainstorm
1965

Best Ever Bond
2002

Flash and the Firecat
1975

The Nutty Professor
1963

Mob Busters
1985

The Phoenix
1978

The Longest Yard
1974

Deadhead Miles
1972

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970

Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966

Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
2000

Inside 'Moonraker'
2000

The World of James Bond
1995

The Secrets of 007
1997

Two on a Guillotine
1965

Roustabout
1964

To Trap a Spy
1965

Lassie's Greatest Adventure
1963

I Dream of Jeannie
1965

Simon & Simon
1981

Gilligan's Island
1964

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977

Emergency!
1972

Superboy
1988

Late Night with David Letterman
1982

The Twilight Zone
1959

The Fall Guy
1981

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974

The Monroes
1966

The Monkees
1966

The Wild Wild West
1965

Daniel Boone
1964

Switch
1975

Young Dan'l Boone
1977

My Mother the Car
1965

Thriller
1960

The Rifleman
1958

Barbary Coast
1975

Honey West
1965

Van Dyke and Company
1975

Am laufenden Band
1974

Welcome to Sweden
2007

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

The Wild Wild West
1965

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964

Starsky & Hutch
1975

It Takes a Thief
1968

I Spy
1965