Richard Kiel
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Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was an American actor, voice artist, and comedian, best known for his role as Jaws in the James Bond franchise; he also had cameos in many other James Bond video games. He was also known for roles in The Longest Yard (1974), Silver Streak (1976), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Pale Rider (1985), and as Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore. In television, he appeared as the Kanamit aliens in the classic The Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man" and as Dr. Miguelito Loveless' assistant, Voltaire, in first-season episodes of The Wild, Wild West (1965-1966).
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Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1961 | The Phantom Planet | The Solarite | |
1962 | Eegah | Eegah | |
1963 | 30 Minutes at Gunsight | Uncredited | |
1963 | House of the Damned | Giant | |
1963 | The Nutty Professor | Bodybuilder #1 | Uncredited |
1964 | Roustabout | Strong Man | Uncredited |
1964 | The Nasty Rabbit | Ranch Foreman | Uncredited |
1965 | Two on a Guillotine | Tall Man at Funeral | |
1965 | The Human Duplicators | Dr. Kolos | |
1965 | Brainstorm | Psychiatric Hospital Patient | Uncredited |
1965 | Lassie's Great Adventure | Chinook Pete | |
1966 | The Las Vegas Hillbillys | Moose | |
1967 | A Man Called Dagger | Otto | |
1968 | Now You See It, Now You Don't | Nori | |
1968 | Skidoo | Beany | |
1970 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Blacksmith | Uncredited |
1972 | Deadhead Miles | Unknown role | |
1974 | The Longest Yard | Samson | |
1975 | Barbary Coast | Moose Moran | |
1976 | Flash and the Firecat | Tracker | |
1976 | Gus | Large Man | |
1976 | Silver Streak | Reace | |
1977 | The Spy Who Loved Me | Jaws | |
1977 | The Incredible Hulk | The Hulk | One scene |
1978 | Force 10 from Navarone | Captain Drazak | |
1978 | They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way | Duke | |
1979 | The Humanoid | Golob | |
1979 | Moonraker | Jaws | |
1981 | So Fine | Eddie | |
1983 | Hysterical | Captain Howdy | |
1983 | Phoenix | Steel Hand | |
1984 | Aces Go Places 3 | Jaws | |
1984 | Cannonball Run II | Arnold / Mitsubishi Driver | |
1984 | Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street | Big G | |
1985 | Qing bao long hu men | Laszlo | |
1985 | Pale Rider | Club | |
1989 | The Princess and the Dwarf | Unknown role | |
1990 | Think Big | Irving | |
1991 | The Giant of Thunder Mountain | Eli Weaver | |
1996 | Happy Gilmore | Mr. Larson | |
1999 | Inspector Gadget | Jaws | |
2009 | The Awakened | Jasper | |
2010 | The Corpse of Albert Cradette | Albert Cradette | |
2010 | Tangled | Vladamir | Voice work |
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Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1960 | Klondike | Duff Brannigan | Episode: "Bare Knuckles" |
1961 | The Phantom | Big Mike | |
1961 | Thriller | Master Styx | Episode: "Well of Doom" |
1961 | The Rifleman | Carl Hazlitt | Episode: "The Decision" |
1962 | The Twilight Zone | Kanamit | Episode: "To Serve Man" |
1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Henchman for Mr. Vulcan | Episode: "The Vulcan Affair" Uncredited |
1965 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Merry | Episode: "The Hong Kong Shilling Affair" |
1965 | I Dream of Jeannie | Ali | Episode: "My Hero" |
1966 | Honey West | Groalgo | Episode: "King of the Mountain" |
1966 | My Mother the Car | Cracks | Episode: "A Riddler on the Roof" |
1966 | The Wild Wild West | Voltaire | Episodes: "The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth" 1965: "The Night That Terror Stalked the Town" 1965: "The Night of the Whirring Death" |
1966 | Gilligan's Island | Ghost | Episode: Ghost-a-Go-Go" |
1967 | The Monkees | Monster | Episode: "I Was a Teenage Monster" |
1967 | The Monroes | Casmir | Episode: "Ghosts of Paradox" |
1968 | I Spy | Tiny | Episode: "A Few Miles West of Nowhere" |
1968 | The Wild Wild West | Dimas | Episode: "The Night of the Simian Terror" |
1968 | It Takes a Thief | Willie Trion | Episode: "The Galloping Skin Game" |
1969 | Daniel Boone | Le Mouche | Episode: "Benvenuto...Who?" |
1970 | Disneyland | Luke Brown | Episode: "The Boy Who Stole the Elephant: Part 1 & 2" |
1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | The Diablero | Episode: "Bad Medicine" |
1974 | Emergency! | Carlo | Episode: "I'll Fix It" |
1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Peremalfait | Episode: "The Spanish Moss Murders" |
1975 | Switch | Unknown role | Episode: "Death Heist" |
1976 | Starsky & Hutch | Iggy | Episode: "Omaha Tiger" |
1975 – 1976 | Barbary Coast | Moose Moran | 14 episodes, 1975–1976 |
1977 | Land of the Lost | Malak | Episodes: "Survival Kit" "Flying Dutchman" |
1977 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Manager | Episode: "The Mystery of the Haunted House" |
1977 | Young Dan'l Boone | Unknown role | Episode: "The Game" |
1981 | The Fall Guy | Animal | Episode: "That's Right, We're Bad" |
1983 | Simon & Simon | Mark Horton | Episode: "The Skeleton Who Came Out of the Closet" |
1988 | Out of This World | Norman | Episode: "Go West, Young Mayor" |
1989 | Superboy | Vlkabok | Episode: "Mr. and Mrs. Superboy" |
2000 | Bloodhounds Inc. | Mortimer | Episode: "Fangs for the Memories" |
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Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | GoldenEye 007 | Jaws | Likeness only |
2000 | The World Is Not Enough (video game) | Jaws | Likeness only, Nintendo 64 version only |
2000 | 007 Racing | Jaws | Archival footage |
2004 | James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing | Jaws | Voice work |
2010 | GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game) | Jaws | Likeness only |
2012 | 007 Legends | Jaws | Likeness only |
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See also
- Rondo Hatton
- Ted Cassidy
- Lock Martin
- Carel Struycken
- The Great Khali
- John Aasen
- William Engesser
- Henry Hite
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