Richard Kiel

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 but now due to injury and age, he is slightly under 7 feet tall. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Kiel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Late Night with David Letterman

1982 • as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self

The Twilight Zone

1959 • as Kanamit

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975 • as Self

The Fall Guy

1981

Gilligan's Island

1964

Filmography

2019

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

as Kanamit (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 11/14/2019

2012

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/29/2012

2010

Tangled

as Vlad (voice)

Movie - Released: 11/24/2010

2007

Welcome to Sweden

TV - Released: 3/9/2007

2004

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

as Eegah (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 7/13/2004

2002

Movie

Best Ever Bond

as Self / Jaws

Movie - Released: 11/22/2002

2000

Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/1/2000

Inside 'Moonraker'

as Self

Movie - Released: 5/16/2000

1999

Inspector Gadget

as Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth

Movie - Released: 7/23/1999

1997

The Secrets of 007

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/4/1997

1996

Happy Gilmore

as Mr. Larson

Movie - Released: 2/16/1996

E! True Hollywood Story

TV - Released: 8/21/1996

1995

The World of James Bond

Movie - Released: 10/29/1995

1990

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

as Eli Weaver

Movie - Released: 12/25/1990

1989

Think Big

as Irving

Movie - Released: 9/30/1989

1988

Superboy

TV - Released: 10/8/1988

1985

Pale Rider

as Club

Movie - Released: 6/28/1985

Mob Busters

Movie - Released: 1/1/1985

1984

Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street

as Big G

Movie - Released: 1/25/1984

Cannonball Run II

as Arnold

Movie - Released: 6/29/1984

1982

Hysterical

as Captain James Howdy

Movie - Released: 12/22/1982

Late Night with David Letterman

as Self

TV - Released: 2/1/1982

1981

So Fine

as Eddie

Movie - Released: 9/25/1981

Simon & Simon

TV - Released: 11/24/1981

The Fall Guy

TV - Released: 11/4/1981

1979

Moonraker

as Jaws

Movie - Released: 6/26/1979

The Humanoid

as Golob

Movie - Released: 4/11/1979

1978

Force 10 from Navarone

as Drazak

Movie - Released: 8/16/1978

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

as Duke

Movie - Released: 12/1/1978

The Phoenix

as Grasshopper

Movie - Released: 1/1/1978

1977

The Spy Who Loved Me

as Jaws

Movie - Released: 7/7/1977

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

TV - Released: 1/30/1977

Young Dan'l Boone

TV - Released: 9/12/1977

1976

Silver Streak

as Reace

Movie - Released: 12/3/1976

Gus

as Tall Man

Movie - Released: 7/7/1976

1975

Flash and the Firecat

as Milo Pewett

Movie - Released: 5/31/1975

Starsky & Hutch

TV - Released: 9/10/1975

Switch

as Loach

TV - Released: 9/9/1975

Barbary Coast

as Moose Moran

TV - Released: 9/8/1975

Van Dyke and Company

as Self

TV - Released: 10/30/1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

TV - Released: 1/12/1975

1974

The Longest Yard

as Samson

Movie - Released: 8/21/1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as The Monster

TV - Released: 9/13/1974

Am laufenden Band

as Self - Guest

TV - Released: 4/27/1974

1972

Deadhead Miles

as Big Dick

Movie - Released: 8/8/1972

Emergency!

TV - Released: 1/22/1972

1970

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

as Luke Brown

Movie - Released: 9/20/1970

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

as Blacksmith (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 6/17/1970

1968

Skidoo

as Beany

Movie - Released: 12/19/1968

Now You See It, Now You Don't

as Nori

Movie - Released: 11/11/1968

A Man Called Dagger

as Otto

Movie - Released: 1/31/1968

1966

Las Vegas Hillbillys

Movie - Released: 5/11/1966

The Monroes

TV - Released: 9/7/1966

The Monkees

as Monster

TV - Released: 9/12/1966

1965

The Human Duplicators

as Dr. Kolos

Movie - Released: 3/3/1965

Brainstorm

as Asylum Inmate (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 5/5/1965

Two on a Guillotine

as Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 1/13/1965

I Dream of Jeannie

as Ali

TV - Released: 9/18/1965

The Wild Wild West

TV - Released: 9/17/1965

My Mother the Car

TV - Released: 9/14/1965

Honey West

as Groalgo

TV - Released: 9/17/1965

1964

The Nasty Rabbit

as Ranch Foreman

Movie - Released: 12/1/1964

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

TV - Released: 9/22/1964

Gilligan's Island

TV - Released: 9/26/1964

Daniel Boone

as Lemouche

TV - Released: 9/24/1964

1963

House of the Damned

as The Giant

Movie - Released: 3/1/1963

Lassie's Great Adventure

as Chinook Pete

Movie - Released: 8/1/1963

The Nutty Professor

as Man in Gym (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 6/4/1963

1962

Eegah

as Eegah

Movie - Released: 4/17/1962

1961

The Phantom Planet

as The Solarite

Movie - Released: 12/13/1961

The Phantom

as Big Mike

Movie - Released: 1/1/1961

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1960

Thriller

as Master Styx

TV - Released: 9/13/1960

1959

The Twilight Zone

as Kanamit

TV - Released: 10/2/1959

1958

The Rifleman

TV - Released: 9/30/1958