Richard Kiel
Age: N/A | From: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: 李察基路 , Richard Dawson Kiel
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 28
TV Involvements: 8
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Twilight Zone
(1959) Kanamit
Daniel Boone
(1964) Lemouche
Switch
(1975) Loach
Thriller
(1960) Master Styx
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
(1974) The Monster
Honey West
(1965) Groalgo
Tangled
(2010) Vlad (voice)
Eegah
(1962) EegahActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Kanamit (archive footage) | |
| 2012 | Self | |
| 2010 | Vlad (voice) | |
| 2007 | N/A | |
| 2004 | Eegah (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | Self / Jaws | |
| 2000 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1999 | Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth | |
| 1997 | Self | |
| 1996 | N/A | |
| Mr. Larson | ||
| 1995 | N/A | |
| 1990 | Eli Weaver | |
| 1989 | Irving | |
| 1988 | N/A | |
| 1985 | Club | |
| N/A | ||
| 1984 | Arnold | |
| Big G | ||
| 1982 | Captain James Howdy | |
| Self | ||
| 1981 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Eddie | ||
| 1979 | Jaws | |
| Golob | ||
| 1978 | Duke | |
| Drazak | ||
| Grasshopper | ||
| 1977 | N/A | |
| Jaws | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1976 | Reace | |
| Tall Man | ||
| 1975 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Loach | ||
| Moose Moran | ||
| Milo Pewett | ||
| Self | ||
| 1974 | The Monster | |
| Samson | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1972 | Big Dick | |
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | Luke Brown | |
| Blacksmith (uncredited) | ||
| 1968 | Beany | |
| Nori | ||
| Otto | ||
| 1966 | Monster | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1965 | Ali | |
| N/A | ||
| Groalgo | ||
| Voltaire | ||
| N/A | ||
| Asylum Inmate (uncredited) | ||
| Dr. Kolos | ||
| Photographer at Funeral (uncredited) | ||
| 1964 | Ranch Foreman | |
| Strongman (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Lemouche | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1963 | Chinook Pete | |
| Man in Gym (uncredited) | ||
| The Giant | ||
| 1962 | Eegah | |
| 1961 | The Solarite | |
| Self | ||
| Big Mike | ||
| 1960 | Master Styx | |
| 1959 | Kanamit | |
| 1958 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |