Richard Kiel
Date of birth: 1939-09-13
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 李察基路, Richard Dawson Kiel
Biography
Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 - September 10, 2014) was an European-American actor. He is 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 2 inches (2.18 m) tall and wore size 20 5E 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.
Movie Credits
Inspector Gadget
1999-07-23
John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion pl
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977-07-07
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace
Moonraker
1979-06-26
After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to i
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019-11-14
Six episodes of the original series, restored and on the big screen for the first time, and a specia
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984-01-25
A master thief is duped by lookalikes for James Bond and the Queen of England into stealing a valuab
Silver Streak
1976-12-03
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murder
Eegah
1962-04-17
Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.
Cannonball Run II
1984-06-29
When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one p
Pale Rider
1985-06-28
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to en
Skidoo
1968-12-19
Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow m
Happy Gilmore
1996-02-16
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on th
The Phantom Planet
1961-12-13
After an asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom
The Human Duplicators
1965-03-03
An alien is dispatched from a faraway galaxy to take over the Earth by "duplicating" humans and crea
Think Big
1989-09-30
Two truckers hired to transport toxic waste across the country get caught up with a teen genius who
Force 10 from Navarone
1978-08-16
World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Y
Hysterical
1982-12-22
Frederic Lansing is a writer who hopes to find inspiration while vacationing in Hellview, Oregon; ho
The Humanoid
1979-04-11
Hoping to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, the evil Graal enlists the help o
So Fine
1981-09-25
While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into a
House of the Damned
1963-03-01
An architect and his wife are staying in an empty castle in California. They are joined by an unhapp
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978-12-01
Dewey and Wallace are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as prison i
The Nasty Rabbit
1964-12-01
Russian spies secretly infect rabbits with a deadly bacteria, then let them loose in the U.S.
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968-11-11
A bumbling art expert, hired by an insurance company to protect a Rembrandt on loan from the Louvre,
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990-12-25
A mountain man is falsely accused of the murder of his parents.
A Man Called Dagger
1968-01-31
An agent finds himself pitted against a former Nazi who has a plan to become ruler of the world thro
The Phantom
1961-01-01
The Phantom, along with canine companion Devil, investigate wicked doings at the plantation of Mrs.
Lassie's Great Adventure
1963-08-01
While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in th
Tangled
2010-11-24
Feisty teenager Rapunzel, who has long and magical hair, wants to go and see sky lanterns on her eig
Gus
1976-07-07
The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from tea
Brainstorm
1965-05-05
Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.
Best Ever Bond
2002-11-22
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast
Flash and the Firecat
1975-05-31
Gang of robbers use dune buggies for their big heist.
The Nutty Professor
1963-06-04
A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suav
Mob Busters
1985-01-01
An American in Hong Kong battles mobsters.
The Phoenix
1978-01-01
With the clash of steel from his mighty magic sword and the beat of the wings of the giant Phoenix,
The Longest Yard
1974-08-21
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards
Deadhead Miles
1972-08-08
A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970-09-20
A frontier huckster, Colonel Ryder, and a young orphan, Davey, operate a travelling tent show. They
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012-10-29
Richard Hammond celebrates 50 years of Bond's amazing history with cars revealing the entertaining b
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970-06-17
Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers,
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966-05-11
A Hillbilly hits the big time in Las Vegas.
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
2000-01-01
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me"
Inside 'Moonraker'
2000-05-16
Documentary looking at the production of the James Bond movie 'Moonraker'. Narated by Patrick Macnee
The World of James Bond
1995-10-29
Elizabeth Hurley hosts a one hour documentary on the history of the James Bond film series to tie in
The Secrets of 007
1997-12-04
Behind-the-scenes look at more than three decades of the James Bond feature film series.
Two on a Guillotine
1965-01-13
The daughter of a dead magician who accidentally killed his wife, her mother, while performing a gui
Roustabout
1964-11-11
After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his
To Trap a Spy
1964-01-01
The men from U.N.C.L.E. are off to Africa to stop the assassination of a president.