Richard Kiel

Richard Kiel

1939-09-13 Detroit, Michigan, USA 48 Credits

Biography

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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The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

2019

as Kanamit (archive footage)

10.0
Acting

Six episodes of the original series, restored and on the big screen for the first time, and a special retrospective documentary encompass this Fathom ...

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

2012

as Self

6.2
Acting

Richard Hammond celebrates 50 years of Bond's amazing history with cars revealing the entertaining behind-the-scenes stories of the most iconic cars.

Tangled

Tangled

2010

as Vlad (voice)

7.6
Acting

Feisty teenager Rapunzel, who has long and magical hair, wants to go and see sky lanterns on her eighteenth birthday, but she's bound to a tower by he...

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

2004

as Eegah (archive footage)

4.6
Acting

There are some movies that are so bad they're good. And there are some movies that are so bad- that they're just bad...

Best Ever Bond

2002

as Self / Jaws

5.0
Acting

Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.

Inside 'Moonraker'

Inside 'Moonraker'

2000

as Self

6.8
Acting

Documentary looking at the production of the James Bond movie 'Moonraker'. Narated by Patrick Macnee.

Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

2000

as Self

7.4
Acting

A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me"

Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget

1999

as Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth

4.5
Acting

John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a labo...

The Secrets of 007

The Secrets of 007

1997

as Self

7.9
Acting

Behind-the-scenes look at more than three decades of the James Bond feature film series.

Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore

1996

as Mr. Larson

6.6
Acting

Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — ...

The World of James Bond

The World of James Bond

1995

6.0
Acting

Elizabeth Hurley hosts a one hour documentary on the history of the James Bond film series to tie in with the seventeenth Bond film, GoldenEye.

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

1990

as Eli Weaver

5.2
Acting

A mountain man is falsely accused of the murder of his parents.

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

1990

Writer

5.2
Writing

A mountain man is falsely accused of the murder of his parents.

Think Big

Think Big

1989

as Irving

6.1
Acting

Two truckers hired to transport toxic waste across the country get caught up with a teen genius who stows away on their truck.

Pale Rider

Pale Rider

1985

as Club

7.2
Acting

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

Mob Busters

Mob Busters

1985

4.0
Acting

An American in Hong Kong battles mobsters.

Cannonball Run II

Cannonball Run II

1984

as Arnold

5.4
Acting

When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with wheel...

Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street

Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street

1984

as Big G

5.6
Acting

A master thief is duped by lookalikes for James Bond and the Queen of England into stealing a valuable gem from a heavily guarded location then must h...

Hysterical

Hysterical

1982

as Captain James Howdy

4.6
Acting

Frederic Lansing is a writer who hopes to find inspiration while vacationing in Hellview, Oregon; however, the lighthouse in which he's staying is hau...

So Fine

So Fine

1981

as Eddie

4.8
Acting

While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success -...

Moonraker

Moonraker

1979

as Jaws

6.2
Acting

After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the co...

The Humanoid

The Humanoid

1979

as Golob

3.5
Acting

Hoping to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, the evil Graal enlists the help of the insane Dr. Kraspin, who has invented a chemi...

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

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

1978

as Duke

4.0
Acting

Dewey and Wallace are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as prison inmates to find out where a gang of thieves have hi...

Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone

1978

as Drazak

6.2
Acting

World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.

The Phoenix

The Phoenix

1978

as Grasshopper

6.0
Acting

With the clash of steel from his mighty magic sword and the beat of the wings of the giant Phoenix, Ty sets forth on his quest to regain his Magic Bro...

The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977

as Jaws

6.8
Acting

Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as Jame...

Silver Streak

Silver Streak

1976

as Reace

6.7
Acting

A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no ...

Gus

Gus

1976

as Tall Man

6.0
Acting

The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard fie...

Flash and the Firecat

Flash and the Firecat

1975

as Milo Pewett

7.0
Acting

Gang of robbers use dune buggies for their big heist.

The Longest Yard

The Longest Yard

1974

as Samson

6.7
Acting

A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw...

Deadhead Miles

Deadhead Miles

1972

as Big Dick

5.5
Acting

A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non seq...

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

1970

as Luke Brown

4.0
Acting

A frontier huckster, Colonel Ryder, and a young orphan, Davey, operate a travelling tent show. They are loaned an elephant by an old friend, Molly, wh...

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

1970

as Blacksmith (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warre...

Skidoo

Skidoo

1968

as Beany

4.8
Acting

Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, Go...

Now You See It, Now You Don't

Now You See It, Now You Don't

1968

as Nori

Acting

A bumbling art expert, hired by an insurance company to protect a Rembrandt on loan from the Louvre, schemes to steal it.

A Man Called Dagger

A Man Called Dagger

1968

as Otto

6.0
Acting

An agent finds himself pitted against a former Nazi who has a plan to become ruler of the world through mind control.

Las Vegas Hillbillys

Las Vegas Hillbillys

1966

2.7
Acting

A Hillbilly hits the big time in Las Vegas.

Brainstorm

Brainstorm

1965

as Asylum Inmate (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.

The Human Duplicators

The Human Duplicators

1965

as Dr. Kolos

3.3
Acting

An alien is dispatched from a faraway galaxy to take over the Earth by "duplicating" humans and creating a race of zombies.

Two on a Guillotine

Two on a Guillotine

1965

as Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

The daughter of a dead magician who accidentally killed his wife, her mother, while performing a guillotine trick must spend the night in his house in...

The Nasty Rabbit

The Nasty Rabbit

1964

as Ranch Foreman

1.8
Acting

Russian spies secretly infect rabbits with a deadly bacteria, then let them loose in the U.S.

Roustabout

Roustabout

1964

as Strongman (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to fricti...

Lassie's Great Adventure

Lassie's Great Adventure

1963

as Chinook Pete

4.5
Acting

While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in the balloon which takes them into the wilderness. Th...

The Nutty Professor

The Nutty Professor

1963

as Man in Gym (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game wor...

House of the Damned

House of the Damned

1963

as The Giant

4.7
Acting

An architect and his wife are staying in an empty castle in California. They are joined by an unhappily married lawyer and his wife. Things start gett...

Eegah

Eegah

1962

as Eegah

2.8
Acting

Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.

The Phantom Planet

The Phantom Planet

1961

as The Solarite

3.9
Acting

After an asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.

The Phantom

The Phantom

1961

as Big Mike

Acting

The Phantom, along with canine companion Devil, investigate wicked doings at the plantation of Mrs. Harris. An unsold TV pilot based on the popular s...