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.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Kanamit (archive footage)
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
2012
as Self
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
2010
as Vlad (voice)
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
2004
as Eegah (archive footage)
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
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'
2000
as Self
Documentary looking at the production of the James Bond movie 'Moonraker'. Narated by Patrick Macnee.
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
2000
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me"
Inspector Gadget
1999
as Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
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
1997
as Self
Behind-the-scenes look at more than three decades of the James Bond feature film series.
Happy Gilmore
1996
as Mr. Larson
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
1995
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
1990
as Eli Weaver
A mountain man is falsely accused of the murder of his parents.
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990
Writer
A mountain man is falsely accused of the murder of his parents.
Think Big
1989
as Irving
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
1985
as Club
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
Mob Busters
1985
An American in Hong Kong battles mobsters.
Cannonball Run II
1984
as Arnold
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
1984
as Big G
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
1982
as Captain James Howdy
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
1981
as Eddie
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
1979
as Jaws
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
1979
as Golob
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
1978
as Duke
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
1978
as Drazak
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
1978
as Grasshopper
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
1977
as Jaws
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
1976
as Reace
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
1976
as Tall Man
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
1975
as Milo Pewett
Gang of robbers use dune buggies for their big heist.
The Longest Yard
1974
as Samson
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
1972
as Big Dick
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
1970
as Luke Brown
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
1970
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
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
1968
as Beany
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
1968
as Nori
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
1968
as Otto
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
1966
A Hillbilly hits the big time in Las Vegas.
Brainstorm
1965
as Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.
The Human Duplicators
1965
as Dr. Kolos
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
1965
as Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
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
1964
as Ranch Foreman
Russian spies secretly infect rabbits with a deadly bacteria, then let them loose in the U.S.
Roustabout
1964
as Strongman (uncredited)
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
1963
as Chinook Pete
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
1963
as Man in Gym (uncredited)
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
1963
as The Giant
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
1962
as Eegah
Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.
The Phantom Planet
1961
as The Solarite
After an asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.
The Phantom
1961
as Big Mike
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...