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Richard Kiel

Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was an American actor. Standing 7 feet 1.5 inches (2.17 m) tall and referred to by his colleagues as "the Gentle Giant", he was notable for portraying Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), and 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). On television, he portrayed the giant alien in the highly regarded 1962 Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man".

Infobox

Born
Richard Dawson Kiel(1939-09-13)September 13, 1939Detroit, Michigan, US
Died
September 10, 2014(2014-09-10) (aged 74)Fresno, California, US
Resting place
Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, California, US
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1958–2012
Notable credits
Jaws in the James Bond filmsMr. Larson in Happy Gilmore
Height
7 ft 1.5 in (217 cm)
Spouses
mw- Faye Daniels (m. 1960; div. 1973) Diane Rogers (m. 1974)
Children
4

Tables

· Filmography › Features
1957
Role(s)
Ugly Marine
Notes
Uncredited
1961
Run of the Hunted
Role(s)
Toland's Assistant
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
The Solarite
1962
Role(s)
Eegah
1963
Role(s)
Bodybuilder #1
Notes
Uncredited
Lassie's Great Adventure
Role(s)
Chinook Pete
30 Minutes at Gunsight
Role(s)
Unknown
Notes
TV short
1964
Role(s)
Strong Man
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
Ranch Foreman
Notes
Uncredited
1965
Role(s)
Tall Man At Funeral
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
Dr. Kolos
Role(s)
Psychiatric Hospital Patient
Notes
Uncredited
1966
Role(s)
"Moose"
1967
Role(s)
Otto
1968
Now You See It, Now You Don't
Role(s)
Nori
Notes
TV movie
Role(s)
"Beany"
1970
Role(s)
The Blacksmith
Notes
Uncredited
1973
Role(s)
Dick "Big Dick"
1974
Role(s)
Samson
1975
Role(s)
Tracker
1976
Gus
Role(s)
Large Man
Role(s)
Reace
1977
Role(s)
Jaws
1978
Wu zi tian shi
Role(s)
"Steel Hand"
Role(s)
Captain Drazak
1979
Role(s)
Golob
Role(s)
Jaws
Notes
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
1981
Role(s)
Eddie
1983
Role(s)
Captain Howdy
Phoenix
Role(s)
Steel Hand
1984
Role(s)
"Big G"
Role(s)
Arnold / Mitsubishi Driver
1985
Role(s)
Club
Qing bao long hu men
Role(s)
Laszlo
1989
Role(s)
Irving
The Princess and the Dwarf
Role(s)
Unknown
1991
Role(s)
Eli Weaver
1996
Role(s)
Mr. Larson
1999
Role(s)
Famous Big Guy With Silver Teeth
Notes
Parody of Jaws. Part of "The Minion Recovery Group"
2009
The Awakened
Role(s)
Jasper
2010
The Corpse of Albert Cradette
Role(s)
Albert Cradette
Role(s)
Vladimir
Notes
Voice (final film role)
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1957
The D.I.
Ugly Marine
Uncredited
1961
Run of the Hunted
Toland's Assistant
Uncredited
1961
The Phantom Planet
The Solarite
1962
Eegah
Eegah
1963
House of the Damned
Giant
1963
The Nutty Professor
Bodybuilder
Uncredited
1963
Lassie's Great Adventure
Chinook Pete
1963
30 Minutes at Gunsight
Unknown
TV short
1964
Roustabout
Strong Man
Uncredited
1964
The Nasty Rabbit
Ranch Foreman
Uncredited
1965
Two on a Guillotine
Tall Man At Funeral
Uncredited
1965
The Human Duplicators
Dr. Kolos
1965
Brainstorm
Psychiatric Hospital Patient
Uncredited
1966
The Las Vegas Hillbillys
"Moose"
1967
A Man Called Dagger
Otto
1968
Now You See It, Now You Don't
Nori
TV movie
1968
Skidoo
"Beany"
1970
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
The Blacksmith
Uncredited
1973
Deadhead Miles
Dick "Big Dick"
1974
The Longest Yard
Samson
1975
Flash and the Firecat
Tracker
1976
Gus
Large Man
1976
Silver Streak
Reace
1977
The Spy Who Loved Me
Jaws
1978
Wu zi tian shi
"Steel Hand"
1978
Force 10 from Navarone
Captain Drazak
1978
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Duke
1979
The Humanoid
Golob
1979
Moonraker
Jaws
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
1981
So Fine
Eddie
1983
Hysterical
Captain Howdy
1983
Phoenix
Steel Hand
1984
Aces Go Places 3
"Big G"
1984
Cannonball Run II
Arnold / Mitsubishi Driver
1985
Pale Rider
Club
1985
Qing bao long hu men
Laszlo
1989
Think Big
Irving
1989
The Princess and the Dwarf
Unknown
1991
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Eli Weaver
1996
Happy Gilmore
Mr. Larson
1999
Inspector Gadget
Famous Big Guy With Silver Teeth
Parody of Jaws. Part of "The Minion Recovery Group"
2009
The Awakened
Jasper
2010
The Corpse of Albert Cradette
Albert Cradette
2010
Tangled
Vladimir
Voice (final film role)
· Filmography › Television
1958
Role(s)
Bit Part Bully
1960
Role(s)
Duff Brannigan
Notes
Episode: "Bare Knuckles"
1961
Role(s)
Rake, Tolan's Helper
Notes
Episode: "Run of the Hunted"; uncredited
Role(s)
Mike "Big Mike"
Role(s)
Master Styx
Notes
Episode: "Well of Doom"
Role(s)
Corey Hazlitt's Cousin Carl
Notes
Episode: "The Decision"
1962
Role(s)
Kanamit alien
Notes
Episode: "To Serve Man"
1963
The Paul Bunyan Show
Role(s)
Paul Bunyan
1964
Role(s)
Henchman for Mr. Vulcan
Notes
Episode: "The Vulcan Affair"; uncredited
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Role(s)
Merry
Notes
Episode: "The Hong Kong Shilling Affair"
Role(s)
Ali
Notes
Episode: "My Hero"
1965–1966
Role(s)
The Wild Wild West
Notes
Voltaire
1966
Role(s)
Groalgo
Notes
Episode: "King of the Mountain"
Role(s)
Cracks
Notes
Episode: "A Riddler on the Roof"
Role(s)
Ghost
Notes
Episode: "Ghost-a-Go-Go"
1967
Role(s)
Monster
Notes
Episode: "I Was a Teenage Monster"
Role(s)
Casmir
Notes
Episode: "Ghosts of Paradox"
1968
Role(s)
Tiny
Notes
Episode: "A Few Miles West of Nowhere"
Role(s)
Dimas
Notes
Episode: "The Night of the Simian Terror"
Role(s)
Willie Trion
Notes
Episode: "The Galloping Skin Game"
1969
Role(s)
Le Mouche
Notes
Episode: "Benvenuto...Who?"
1970
Role(s)
Luke Brown
Notes
Episode: "The Boy Who Stole the Elephant: Part 1 & 2"
1974
Role(s)
The Diablero
Notes
Episode: "Bad Medicine"
Role(s)
Carlo
Notes
Episode: "I'll Fix It"
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Role(s)
The "Père Malfait"
Notes
Episode: "The Spanish Moss Murders"
1975
Role(s)
Loach
Notes
Episode: "Death Heist"
1976
Role(s)
Iggy
Notes
Episode: "Omaha Tiger"
1975–1976
Role(s)
Barbary Coast
Notes
"Moose" Moran
Role(s)
Malak
Notes
Episodes: "Survival Kit", "Flying Dutchman"
1977
Role(s)
The Manager
Notes
Episode: "The Mystery of the Haunted House"
Role(s)
Unknown
Notes
Episode: "The Game"
Role(s)
Hulk
Notes
Pilot; uncredited
1980
Role(s)
Himself, Panelist
Notes
Five episodes
1981
Role(s)
Animal
Notes
Episode: "That's Right, We're Bad"
1983
Role(s)
Mark Horton
Notes
Episode: "The Skeleton Who Came Out of the Closet"
1988
Role(s)
Norman
Notes
Episode: "Go West, Young Mayor"
1989
Role(s)
Vlkabok
Notes
Episode: "Mr. and Mrs. Superboy"
2000
Role(s)
Mortimer
Notes
Episode: "Fangs for the Memories"
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1958
The Rifleman
Bit Part Bully
1960
Klondike
Duff Brannigan
Episode: "Bare Knuckles"
1961
Laramie
Rake, Tolan's Helper
Episode: "Run of the Hunted"; uncredited
1961
The Phantom
Mike "Big Mike"
1961
Thriller
Master Styx
Episode: "Well of Doom"
1961
The Rifleman
Corey Hazlitt's Cousin Carl
Episode: "The Decision"
1962
The Twilight Zone
Kanamit alien
Episode: "To Serve Man"
1963
The Paul Bunyan Show
Paul Bunyan
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Henchman for Mr. Vulcan
Episode: "The Vulcan Affair"; uncredited
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Merry
Episode: "The Hong Kong Shilling Affair"
1965
I Dream of Jeannie
Ali
Episode: "My Hero"
1965–1966
The Wild Wild West
Voltaire
Episodes: 1965: "The Night That Terror Stalked the Town", "The Night of the Whirring Death"1966: "The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth"
1966
Honey West
Groalgo
Episode: "King of the Mountain"
1966
My Mother the Car
Cracks
Episode: "A Riddler on the Roof"
1966
Gilligan's Island
Ghost
Episode: "Ghost-a-Go-Go"
1967
The Monkees
Monster
Episode: "I Was a Teenage Monster"
1967
The Monroes
Casmir
Episode: "Ghosts of Paradox"
1968
I Spy
Tiny
Episode: "A Few Miles West of Nowhere"
1968
The Wild Wild West
Dimas
Episode: "The Night of the Simian Terror"
1968
It Takes a Thief
Willie Trion
Episode: "The Galloping Skin Game"
1969
Daniel Boone
Le Mouche
Episode: "Benvenuto...Who?"
1970
Disneyland
Luke Brown
Episode: "The Boy Who Stole the Elephant: Part 1 & 2"
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Diablero
Episode: "Bad Medicine"
1974
Emergency!
Carlo
Episode: "I'll Fix It"
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The "Père Malfait"
Episode: "The Spanish Moss Murders"
1975
Switch
Loach
Episode: "Death Heist"
1976
Starsky & Hutch
Iggy
Episode: "Omaha Tiger"
1975–1976
Barbary Coast
"Moose" Moran
14 episodes, 1975–1976
1976
Land of the Lost
Malak
Episodes: "Survival Kit", "Flying Dutchman"
1977
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
The Manager
Episode: "The Mystery of the Haunted House"
1977
Young Dan'l Boone
Unknown
Episode: "The Game"
1977
The Incredible Hulk
Hulk
Pilot; uncredited
1980
Match Game PM
Himself, Panelist
Five episodes
1981
The Fall Guy
Animal
Episode: "That's Right, We're Bad"
1983
Simon & Simon
Mark Horton
Episode: "The Skeleton Who Came Out of the Closet"
1988
Out of This World
Norman
Episode: "Go West, Young Mayor"
1989
Superboy
Vlkabok
Episode: "Mr. and Mrs. Superboy"
2000
Bloodhounds Inc.
Mortimer
Episode: "Fangs for the Memories"
· Filmography › Video games
1997
Role(s)
Jaws
Notes
Uncredited use of likeness
1998
Role(s)
Jaws
2000
Role(s)
Jaws
Notes
Uncredited use of likeness
Role(s)
Jaws
Notes
Archival footage
2004
Role(s)
Jaws
Notes
Credited use of likeness
2010
Role(s)
Jaws
Notes
Uncredited use of likeness
2012
Role(s)
Jaws
Notes
Uncredited use of likeness
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1997
GoldenEye 007
Jaws
Uncredited use of likeness
1998
James Bond 007
Jaws
2000
007: The World Is Not Enough
Jaws
Uncredited use of likeness
2000
007 Racing
Jaws
Archival footage
2004
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
Jaws
Credited use of likeness
2010
GoldenEye 007
Jaws
Uncredited use of likeness
2012
007 Legends
Jaws
Uncredited use of likeness
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