Deceased

How Did Richard Kiel Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 74

Also known as李察基路, Richard Dawson KielGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn13/09/1939Born inDetroit, Michigan, USADied10/09/2014 (aged 74)Died inFresnoCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ376140 ↗Buried atBelmont Memorial ParkTMDb#10460 ↗

Richard Dawson Kiel was an American actor. Standing 7 feet 1.5 inches (2.17 m) tall, he was notable for portraying Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore (1996). 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). On television, he portrayed the giant alien in the highly regarded 1962 Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man".

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Filmography69 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2019	The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary CelebrationMovie	Kanamit (archive footage)	80
2012	Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond CarsMovie	Self	73
2004	Collectormania 6Movie	Self	65
2002	Best Ever BondMovie	Self / Jaws	63
2000	Inside 'Moonraker'Movie	Self	61
1999	Inspector GadgetMovie	Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth	60
1997	The Secrets of 007Movie	Self	58
1996	E! True Hollywood StorySeries	—	57
1996	Happy GilmoreMovie	Mr. Larson	57
1995	The World of James BondMovie	Self	56
1990	The Giant of Thunder MountainMovie	Eli Weaver	51
1989	Think BigMovie	Irving	50
1988	SuperboySeries	—	49
1985	Pale RiderMovie	Club	46
1985	Mob BustersMovie	—	46
1984	Cannonball Run IIMovie	Arnold	45
1984	Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond StreetMovie	Big G	45
1982	Late Night with David LettermanSeries	Self	43
1981	The Fall GuySeries	—	42
1981	Simon & SimonSeries	—	42
1981	So FineMovie	Eddie	42
1979	The HumanoidMovie	Golob	40
1978	Force 10 from NavaroneMovie	Drazak	39
1978	They Went That-A-Way & That-A-WayMovie	Duke	39
1978	The PhoenixMovie	Grasshopper	39
1977	The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew MysteriesSeries	—	38
1977	The Spy Who Loved MeMovie	Jaws	38
1977	Young Dan'l BooneSeries	—	38
1976	GusMovie	Tall Man	37
1976	Silver StreakMovie	Reace	37
1975	Starsky & HutchSeries	Iggy	36
1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeries	Self	36
1975	SwitchSeries	Loach	36
1975	Barbary CoastSeries	Moose Moran	36
1975	Flash and the FirecatMovie	Milo Pewett	36
1975	Van Dyke and CompanySeries	Self	36
1974	Kolchak: The Night StalkerSeries	The Monster	35
1974	Am laufenden BandSeries	Self - Guest	35
1972	Emergency!Series	—	33
1972	Deadhead MilesMovie	Big Dick	33
1971	Film '72Series	Self	32
1970	On a Clear Day You Can See ForeverMovie	Blacksmith (uncredited)	31
1970	The Boy Who Stole the ElephantMovie	Luke Brown	31
1968	SkidooMovie	Beany	29
1968	It Takes a ThiefSeries	Willy	29
1968	A Man Called DaggerMovie	Otto	29
1966	The MonkeesSeries	Monster	27
1966	The MonroesSeries	—	27
1966	Las Vegas HillbillysMovie	—	27
1965	The Wild Wild WestSeries	Voltaire	26
1965	I SpySeries	Tiny	26
1965	I Dream of JeannieSeries	Ali	26
1965	Honey WestSeries	Groalgo	26
1965	BrainstormMovie	Asylum Inmate (uncredited)	26
1965	Two on a GuillotineMovie	Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)	26
1965	My Mother the CarSeries	—	26
1965	To Trap a SpyMovie	Thug in Vulcan's Factory (archive footage) (uncredited)	26
1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series	Guard (uncredited)	25
1964	Daniel BooneSeries	Lemouche	25
1964	Gilligan's IslandSeries	—	25
1964	RoustaboutMovie	Strongman (uncredited)	25
1963	The Nutty ProfessorMovie	Man in Gym (uncredited)	24
1963	House of the DamnedMovie	The Giant	24
1961	The Mike Douglas ShowSeries	Self	22
1961	The PhantomMovie	Big Mike	22
1961	The Phantom PlanetMovie	The Solarite	22
1960	ThrillerSeries	Master Styx	21
1959	The Twilight ZoneSeries	Kanamit	20
1958	The RiflemanSeries	—	19