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Richard Dawson Kiel was an American actor and voice artist. Standing 7 ft 2 in (218 cm) tall, he was known for his role as Jaws in the James Bond franchise, portraying the character in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979); he lampooned the role with a tongue-in-cheek cameo in Inspector Gadget (1999). Kiel's next-most recognized role is the tough but eloquent Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore (1996). 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).
Birth Name
Richard Dawson Kiel
Born
Wednesday, 13 September 1939
Died
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Everything or Nothing | Jaws | 2012 |
Tangled | Vlad / Vlad (voice) | 2010 |
Totally Tracked Down | Self | 2010 |
Piers Morgan's Life Stories | Self / Jaws | 2009 |
The Awakened | Jasper | 2009 |
Welcome to Sweden | Self | 2007 |
Best Ever Bond | Self / Jaws | 2002 |
Gylne tider | Self | 2002 |
Inside 'Moonraker' | Self | 2000 |
Inside 'the Spy Who Loved Me' | Self | 2000 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Everything or Nothing | Jaws | 2012 |
Tangled | Vlad / Vlad (voice) | 2010 |
Totally Tracked Down | Self | 2010 |
Piers Morgan's Life Stories | Self / Jaws | 2009 |
The Awakened | Jasper | 2009 |
Welcome to Sweden | Self | 2007 |
Best Ever Bond | Self / Jaws | 2002 |
Gylne tider | Self | 2002 |
Inside 'Moonraker' | Self | 2000 |
Inside 'the Spy Who Loved Me' | Self | 2000 |
Inspector Gadget | Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth | 1999 |
After They Were Famous | Himself | 1999 |
BloodHounds, Inc | Mortimer | 1999 |
The Secrets of 007: The James Bond Files | Self / Jaws | 1997 |
E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
Happy Gilmore | Mr. Larson | 1996 |
Modern Marvels | Self | 1993 |
30 Years of James Bond | Self / Jaws | 1992 |
Soccer AM | Self | 1992 |
The Giant of Thunder Mountain | Eli Weaver | 1990 |
Think Big | Irving | 1989 |
Superboy | Vlkabok | 1988 |
Out of This World | Norman | 1987 |
Pale Rider | Club | 1985 |
Qing bao long hu men | Laszlo | 1985 |
Cannonball Run II | Arnold, Mitsubishi Driver | 1984 |
Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street | Big G | 1984 |
Hysterical | Captain Howdy / Captain James Howdy | 1982 |
The 54th Annual Academy Awards | Jaws (For Your Eyes Only musical segment) | 1982 |
Simon & Simon | Mark Horton | 1981 |
The Fall Guy | Animal | 1981 |
So Fine | Eddie | 1981 |
Moonraker | Jaws | 1979 |
They Went That-a-Way and That-a-Way | Duke | 1978 |
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way | Duke | 1978 |
Force 10 from Navarone | Drazak | 1978 |
The South Bank Show | (archive footage) | 1978 |
The Phoenix | Steel Hand (Guest star) / Grasshopper | 1978 |
The Incredible Hulk | The Hulk (one scene only) | 1977 |
Young Dan'l Boone | Grimm | 1977 |
The Spy Who Loved Me | Jaws | 1977 |
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Manager - 'Haunted House' | 1977 |
Silver Streak | Reace | 1976 |
Van Dyke and Company | Self / Ventriloquist | 1976 |
Gus | Tall Man | 1976 |
Flash and the Firecat | Milo Pewett | 1976 |
Van Dyke and Company | Self | 1975 |
Match Game PM | Self - Panelist | 1975 |
Barbary Coast | Moose Moran | 1975 |
Starsky and Hutch | Iggy | 1975 |
Switch | Loach | 1975 |
Kolchak: The Night Stalker | The Diablero / The Monster | 1974 |
Land of the Lost | Malak | 1974 |
The Longest Yard | Samson | 1974 |
Am laufenden Band | Self | 1974 |
Deadhead Miles | Big Dick | 1972 |
Emergency! | Carlo | 1972 |
Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Blacksmith | 1970 |
Skidoo | Beany | 1968 |
It Takes a Thief | Willy | 1968 |
A Man Called Dagger | Otto | 1967 |
The Monkees | Monster | 1966 |
The Monroes | Casmir | 1966 |
Las Vegas Hillbillys | Moose | 1966 |
I Dream of Jeannie | Ali | 1965 |
The Wild Wild West | Voltaire / Dimas | 1965 |
Honey West | Groalgo | 1965 |
I Spy | Tiny | 1965 |
My Mother the Car | Cracks | 1965 |
Brainstorm | Asylum Inmate | 1965 |
The Human Duplicators | Dr. Kolos | 1965 |
Two on a Guillotine | Photographer at Funeral | 1965 |
The Nasty Rabbit | Ranch Foreman | 1964 |
Roustabout | Strongman | 1964 |
Daniel Boone | Lemouche | 1964 |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Guard / Merry | 1964 |
To Trap a Spy | Thug in Vulcan's Factory | 1964 |
Gilligan's Island | The Ghost / Russian Agent | 1963 |
The Danny Kaye Show | Self - Weston Brother | 1963 |
Lassie's Great Adventure | Chinook Pete | 1963 |
House of the Damned | The Giant | 1963 |
Eegah | Eegah | 1962 |
The Phantom Planet | The Solarite | 1961 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Actor | 1961 |
King of Diamonds | Doorman | 1961 |
Klondike | Duff Brannigan | 1960 |
Thriller | Master Styx | 1960 |
The Twilight Zone | Kanamit | 1959 |
Laramie | Rake | 1959 |
The Rifleman | Carl Hazlitt | 1958 |
The D.I. | Ugly Marine | 1957 |
The Magical World of Disney | Luke Brown / Tall Man | 1954 |
Lassie | Chinook Pete / Dinny | 1954 |
Producer Filmography
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