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
Tangled
(2010)
Vlad (voice)
Happy Gilmore
(1996)
Mr. Larson
The Spy Who Loved Me
(1977)
Jaws
Moonraker
(1979)
Jaws
Pale Rider
(1985)
Club
The Nutty Professor
(1963)
Man in Gym (uncredited)
Inspector Gadget
(1999)
Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
Force 10 from Navarone
(1978)
Drazak
Silver Streak
(1976)
Reace
The Longest Yard
(1974)
Samson
Cannonball Run II
(1984)
Arnold
The Humanoid
(1979)
Golob
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
(1984)
Big G
The Phantom Planet
(1961)
The Solarite
Skidoo
(1968)
Beany
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
(1970)
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Phantom Planet
(1961)
The Solarite
The Phantom
(1961)
Big Mike
Eegah
(1962)
Eegah
House of the Damned
(1963)
The Giant
Lassie's Great Adventure
(1963)
Chinook Pete
The Nutty Professor
(1963)
Man in Gym (uncredited)
The Nasty Rabbit
(1964)
Ranch Foreman
The Human Duplicators
(1965)
Dr. Kolos
Brainstorm
(1965)
Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
Las Vegas Hillbillys
(1966)
Skidoo
(1968)
Beany
A Man Called Dagger
(1968)
Otto
Now You See It, Now You Don't
(1968)
Nori
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
(1970)
Luke Brown
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
(1970)
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Deadhead Miles
(1972)
Big Dick
The Longest Yard
(1974)
Samson
Flash and the Firecat
(1975)
Milo Pewett
Silver Streak
(1976)
Reace
Gus
(1976)
Tall Man
The Spy Who Loved Me
(1977)
Jaws
Force 10 from Navarone
(1978)
Drazak
The Phoenix
(1978)
Grasshopper
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
(1978)
Duke
Moonraker
(1979)
Jaws
The Humanoid
(1979)
Golob
So Fine
(1981)
Eddie
Hysterical
(1982)
Captain James Howdy
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
(1984)
Big G
Cannonball Run II
(1984)
Arnold
Pale Rider
(1985)
Club
Mob Busters
(1985)
Think Big
(1989)
Irving
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
(1990)
Eli Weaver
The World of James Bond
(1995)
Happy Gilmore
(1996)
Mr. Larson
The Secrets of 007
(1997)
Self
Inspector Gadget
(1999)
Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
(2000)
Self
Inside 'Moonraker'
(2000)
Self
Best Ever Bond
(2002)
Self / Jaws
Tangled
(2010)
Vlad (voice)
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
(2012)
Self
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
(2019)
Kanamit (archive footage)