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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-09-13 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Richard Kiel

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.

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Known For

Acting

2019

2012

2010

Tangled as Vlad (voice)

2007

2004

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made as Eegah (archive footage)

2002

Best Ever Bond as Self / Jaws

2000

1999

Inspector Gadget as Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth

1997

1996

Happy Gilmore as Mr. Larson

1995

1990

1989

Think Big as Irving

1988

1985

Pale Rider as Club

1984

1982

Hysterical as Captain James Howdy

1981

So Fine as Eddie

1979

Moonraker as Jaws
The Humanoid as Golob

1978

The Phoenix as Grasshopper

1977

1976

Silver Streak as Reace
Gus as Tall Man

1975

Flash and the Firecat as Milo Pewett
Switch as Loach
Barbary Coast as Moose Moran

1974

Am laufenden Band as Self - Guest

1972

Deadhead Miles as Big Dick

1970

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Blacksmith (uncredited)

1968

Skidoo as Beany

1966

The Monkees as Monster

1965

Brainstorm as Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
Two on a Guillotine as Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
Honey West as Groalgo

1964

The Nasty Rabbit as Ranch Foreman
Daniel Boone as Lemouche

1963

House of the Damned as The Giant
Lassie's Great Adventure as Chinook Pete
The Nutty Professor as Man in Gym (uncredited)

1962

Eegah as Eegah

1961

The Phantom Planet as The Solarite
The Phantom as Big Mike

1960

Thriller as Master Styx

1959

1958

Writing