Richard Kiel Overview:

Actor, Richard Kiel, was born Richard Dawson Kiel on Sep 13, 1939 in Detroit, MI. Kiel died at the age of 75 on Sep 10, 2014 in Fresno, CA .

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Remembering Richard Kiel (1939-2014) in EEGAH (1962)

By Will McKinley on Sep 11, 2014 From Cinematically Insane

Richard Kiel, who died yesterday at age 74, was unforgettable?as the steel-toothed villain?Jaws?in?THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977) and MOONRAKER (1979). But 15 years before he put the bite on?Roger Moore’s James Bond,?Kiel?chomped on?the scenery in a delightfully terrible drive-in classic. In EEGA... Read full article


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Richard Kiel Quotes:

The Legless Girl: Where will we go?
The Fat Woman: We'll have to find a new circus.
The Legless Girl: The faces...
The Fat Woman: Oh come on, come on, we've all been looked at before.


Scott Campbell: You're... you're all...
The Fat Woman: You can say it, Mr. Campbell, freaks.
Scott Campbell: I was going to say carnival people. Captain Arbuckle owned a carnival.
The Fat Woman: A circus. Not a large one but a circus nonetheless.


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Richard Kiel Facts
He is best known for playing Jaws, a giant and seemingly unstoppable assassin with steel teeth who battled James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979).

In 1992 he was in a serious automobile accident that affected his auto-balance, and he now walks using a walking stick or rides a battery-powered scooter around if he has to go very far. In Happy Gilmore (1996) he is never seen walking and almost all of his scenes are from the waist up. There are only two full body scenes and both times he is leaning on something. The first is a post, the second is a man.

Original choice to play the title character in the television series "The Incredible Hulk" (1978). After 2 days of filming it was decided that he was not "bulky" enough for the role. He was paid for the two movies of the week and replaced by Lou Ferrigno. He was happy this happened because he only had sight in one eye and the full contact lenses were bothering him.

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