Biography
Richard Kiel
Acting
Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 - September 10, 2014) was a huge, and intimidating, European-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 (2…
Career works
81
Movies
49
Series
32
Career average
6.3/10
Birth date
09/13/1939
Place of birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Date of death
09/10/2014
Filmography highlights
Movies
Happy Gilmore 2
2025 · 6.5
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019 · 10.0
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012 · 6.2
Tangled
2010 · 7.6
Inside 'Moonraker'
2000 · 6.8
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
2000 · 7.3
Inspector Gadget
1999 · 4.5
The Secrets of 007
1997 · 7.9
Happy Gilmore
1996 · 6.7
The World of James Bond
1995 · 6.7
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990 · 6.4
Think Big
1989 · 6.1
Pale Rider
1985 · 7.2
Mob Busters
1985 · 5.2
Cannonball Run II
1984 · 5.4
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · 8.2
Superboy
1988 · 6.4
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · 6.1
Simon & Simon
1981 · 6.7
The Fall Guy
1981 · 7.6
Young Dan'l Boone
1977 · 7.0
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977 · 7.1
Van Dyke and Company
1975 · 6.0
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · 7.3
Switch
1975 · 6.7
Barbary Coast
1975 · 8.3
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · 6.0
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · 7.6
Am laufenden Band
1974 · 7.0
Emergency!
1972 · 7.9