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Richard Kiel
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…
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entertainment · American actor (1939–2014) · actor · television actor · screenwriter · film actor · voice actor · film producer · also Richard Kiel, Kiel
Born 13 September 1939 · Died 10 September 2014 · Q376140
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2014· 2 entries
Three days before his 75th birthday, Kiel died at St
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Died 2014-09-10.
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2002· 1 entry
Kiel published his autobiography, Making It Big in the Movies
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1977· 1 entry
Kiel and Arnold Schwarzenegger were both considered for playing the Hulk in the American television series The Incredible Hulk
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1968· 1 entry
Appeared in an episode of The Wild Wild West titled "The Night of the Simian Terror", as Dimas, the outcast son of a wealthy family, banished because of birth defects that distorted his body and apparently affected hi
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1967· 1 entry
Played a monster in The Monkees episode "I Was a Teenage Monster"
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1939· 2 entries
Born 1939-09-13.
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In Detroit, Michigan, the son of George Albert Kiel (1905–1958) and Mary May Kiel (née Mobbs, 1915–2008)
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