Richard Kiel

Richard Kiel

Actor (1939 - 2014)
8
Movies
77.9%
Avg ThumbScore
Adventure
Top Genre

Frequent Collaborators

Dennis Dugan (2)Roger Moore (2)Geoffrey Keen (2)Bernard Lee (2)Lewis Gilbert (2)
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The ThumbScore for Richard Kiel (77.9%) is the average audience approval rating across 8 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Richard's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 - September 10, 2014) was a 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.

Born 1939-09-13 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Died 2014-09-10.

On ThumbScore, Richard Kiel appears in 8 films with an average audience score of 77.9%, most frequently in the Adventure genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Richard Kiel movie, ranked by audience score

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Happy Gilmore (YouTube) 路 The Longest Yard (Hoopla) 路 Pale Rider (YouTube) 路 Force 10 from Navarone (Fandango at Home, Xumo Play, Tubi, Hoopla, Fawesome) 路 The Nutty Professor (Kanopy, Hoopla).

The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
馃憤 88%
Moonraker
Moonraker
1979
馃憤 86%
Tangled
Tangled
2010
馃憤 86%
Happy Gilmore
Happy Gilmore
1996
馃憤 86%
The Longest Yard
The Longest Yard
1974
馃憤 79%
Pale Rider
Pale Rider
1985
馃憤 75%
Force 10 from Navarone
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
馃憤 73%
The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor
1963
馃憤 50%