Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was a huge, and intimidating, American character actor, voice artist, and producer. 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 3 inches (221cm) tall and wore size 20 EEEEE 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.

Filmography

• 2019The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration — Kanamit (archive footage)
• 2010Tangled — Vlad (voice)
• Welcome to Sweden
• 1999Inspector Gadget — Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Happy Gilmore — Mr. Larson
• 1990The Giant of Thunder Mountain — Eli Weaver, Writer
• 1989Think Big — Irving
• Superboy
• 1985Mob Busters
• 1985Pale Rider — Club
• 1984Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street — Big G
• 1984Cannonball Run II — Arnold
• 1982Hysterical — Captain James Howdy
• Simon & Simon
• 1981So Fine — Eddie
• The Fall Guy
• 1979Moonraker — Jaws
• 1979The Humanoid — Golob
• 1978Force 10 from Navarone — Drazak
• 1978The Phoenix — Grasshopper
• 1978They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way — Duke
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
• 1977The Spy Who Loved Me — Jaws
• Young Dan'l Boone
• 1976Gus — Tall Man
• 1976Silver Streak — Reace
• Barbary Coast — Moose Moran
• 1975Flash and the Firecat — Milo Pewett
• Starsky & Hutch — Iggy
• Switch — Loach
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker — The Monster
• 1974The Longest Yard — Samson
• 1972Deadhead Miles — Big Dick
• Emergency!
• 1970On a Clear Day You Can See Forever — Blacksmith (uncredited)
• 1970The Boy Who Stole the Elephant — Luke Brown
• 1968A Man Called Dagger — Otto
• It Takes a Thief — Willy
• 1968Now You See It, Now You Don't — Nori
• 1968Skidoo — Beany
• 1966Las Vegas Hillbillys
• The Monkees — Monster
• The Monroes
• 1965Brainstorm — Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
• Honey West — Groalgo
• I Dream of Jeannie — Ali
• I Spy — Tiny
• My Mother the Car
• 1965The Human Duplicators — Dr. Kolos
• The Wild Wild West — Voltaire
• 1965To Trap a Spy — Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1965Two on a Guillotine — Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
• Daniel Boone — Lemouche
• Gilligan's Island
• 1964Roustabout — Strongman (uncredited)
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Guard (uncredited), Merry
• 1964The Nasty Rabbit — Ranch Foreman
• 1963House of the Damned — The Giant
• 1963Lassie's Great Adventure — Chinook Pete
• 1963Lassie's Greatest Adventure
• 1963The Nutty Professor — Man in Gym (uncredited)
• 1962Eegah — Eegah
• 1961The Phantom — Big Mike
• 1961The Phantom Planet — The Solarite
• Thriller — Master Styx
• The Twilight Zone — Kanamit
• The Rifleman

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 2012Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars — Self
• 2004Collectormania 6 — Self
• 2002Best Ever Bond — Self / Jaws
• 2000Inside 'Moonraker' — Self
• 2000Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' — Self
• 1997The Secrets of 007 — Self
• 1995The World of James Bond — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Van Dyke and Company — Self
• Am laufenden Band — Self - Guest
• Film '72 — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self