Richard Kiel Biography (1939-)

Full name, Richard Dawson Kiel; born September 13, 1939, in Detroit, MI; married Diane Rogers (a publicity assistant); children: three sons, one daughter.Addresses: Contact: c/o Richard Kiel Fan Club, P.O. Box 1138, Clovis,CA 93612; 42805 Ranger Circle Dr., Coarsegold, CA 93614.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, producer
Birth Details: September 13, 1939; Detroit, Michigan, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Solarite, The Phantom Planet, American International Pictures, 1961
Title role, Eegah! (also known as Eegah! And Eegah! TheName Written in Blood), Fairway-International Films, 1962
Pinhead, The Magic Sword, United Artists, 1962
(Uncredited) Bodybuilder #1, The Nutty Professor (also known as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), 1963
The Giant, House of the Damned, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963
Chinook Pete, Lassie's Great Adventure (also known as Lassie'sGreatest Adventure), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963
(Uncredited) Strong Man, Roustabout, Paramount, 1964
Ranch foreman, The Nasty Rabbit (also known as Spies a Go Go), 1964
Dr. Kolos, The Human Duplicators (also known as Agente spazialeK1, Jaws of the Alien, and Space Agent K1), Crest, 1965
Two on a Guillotine, 1965
Inmate, Brainstorm, 1965
Las Vegas Hillbillys (also known as Country Music and Country Music, U.S.A.), Woolner Brothers, 1966
Otto, A Man Called Dagger, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
Beany, Skidoo, Paramount, 1968
(Uncredited) Blacksmith, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 1970
Deadhead Miles, 1972
(As Dick Kiel) Samson, The Longest Yard (also known as The MeanMachine), Paramount, 1974
Milo Pewett, Flash and the Firecat, Sebastian, 1976
Reace/Goldtooth, Silver Streak, Twentieth Century, 1976
Tall man, Gus, 1976
Jaws, The Spy Who Loved Me, United Artists, 1977
Drazac, Force Ten from Navarone, American International Pictures,1978
Duke, They Went That-A-Way and That-A-Way, International Picture Show, 1978
Golob One, The Humanoid (also known as L'umanoide), Columbia, 1979
Jaws, Moonraker (also known as Ian Fleming's Moonraker), United Artists, 1979
Steel Hand, Phoenix (also known as The Phoenix and War of the Wizards), 1979
Eddie, So Fine, Warner Bros., 1981
Captain Howdy, Hysterical, EMB, 1983
Arnold, Cannonball Run II, Warner Bros., 1984
Big G, Zuija paidang zhi nuhuang miling (also known as Aces GoPlaces III: Our Man from Bond Street and Mad Mission III: Our Man fromBond Street), 1984
Club, Pale Rider, Warner Bros., 1985
The butcher, Qing bao long hu men (also known as Mob Busters), 1985
Irving, Think Big, 1990
Eli Weaver, The Giant of Thunder Mountain, Castle Hill Productions, 1991
Mr. Larson, Happy Gilmore, Universal, 1996
Famous guy with metal teeth (Jaws), Inspector Gadget, 1999
(In archive footage) Ken Adam: Designing Bond, Buena Vista, 2000
Himself, Inside "The Spy Who Loved Me," 2000
Himself, Inside "Moonraker," 2000
Bloodhounds, Inc., 2000
Also appeared in Bigfoot; The Racketeers.
Film Work

(With John Herklotz) Executive producer, The Giant of Thunder Mountain, Castle Hill Productions, 1991
Television Appearances
Series
Duff Brannigan, Klondike, 1960-1961
Malak, Land of the Lost, NBC, 1974
Moose Moran, Barbary Coast, 1975
Van Dyke and Company, NBC, 1976
Movies
Big Mike, The Phantom, 1961
30 Minutes at Gunsight, 1963
Nori, Now You See It, Now You Don't, NBC, 1968
Luke Brown, The Boy Who Stole the Elephant, 1970
Specials
Lola, ABC, 1976
Circus of the Stars #4, 1979
The World of James Bond, Fox, 1995
Best Ever Bond (documentary), 2002
Pilots
Moose Moran, Barbary Coast, 1975
Van Dyke and Company, NBC, 1975
Appeared in Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Episodic
"Street of Hate," Laramie, 1960
Master Styx, "Well of Doom," Thriller, NBC, 1960
Duff Brannigan, "Bare Knuckles," Klondike, 1960
"The Decision," The Rifleman, 1961
Kanamit, "To Serve Man," Twilight Zone, 1962
Merry, "The Hong Kong Shilling Affair," The Man from U.N.C.L.E., 1965
Ali, "My Hero?," I Dream of Jeannie, 1965
Voltaire, "The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth," The Wild Wild West, CBS, 1965
Voltaire, "The Night That Terror Stalked the Town," The Wild Wild West, CBS, 1965
Voltaire, "The Night of the Whirring Death," The Wild Wild West, CBS, 1965
"Lassie the Voyager," Lassie, 1966
"King of the Mountain," Honey West, 1966
Cracks, "A Riddler on the Roof," My Mother the Car, 1966
Ghost, "Ghost-a-Go-Go," Gilligan's Island, 1966
(As Dick Kiel) Monster, "I Was a Teenage Monster," The Monkees, 1967
"Ghosts of Paradox," The Monroes, 1967
Tiny, "A Few Miles West of Nowhere," I Spy, 1968
Dimas, "The Night of the Simian Terror," The Wild Wild West, 1968
Willie Trion, "The Galloping Skin Game," It Takes a Thief, 1968
Big Foot, National Geographic Specials, 1969
Le mouche, "Benvenuto ... Who?," Daniel Boone, 1969
Carlo, "I'll Fix It," Emergency!, 1974
The Diablero, "Bad Medicine," Kolchak: The Night Stalker, 1974
Peremalfait, the swamp monster, "The Spanish Moss Murders," Kolchak: The Night Stalker, 1974
"Death Heist," Switch, 1975
Iggy, "Omaha Tiger," Starsky and Hutch, 1976
"The Mystery of the Haunted House," The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, 1977
"The Game," Young Daniel Boone, 1977
Animal, "That's Right, We're Bad," The Fall Guy, 1981
Mark Horton, "The Skeleton Who Came Out of the Closet," Simon & Simon, 1983
Vlkabok, "Mr. and Mrs. Superboy," Superboy, syndicated, 1989
Also appeared in 30 Minutes at Gunsight; The Escape; King of Diamonds; The Danny Kaye Show; The Peter Marshall Show; The Steve Allen Show; The Kooky Castle Show; The Paul Bunyon Show; The Mike Douglas Show; The Merv Griffin Show; The Today Show, NBC; Good Morning America, ABC; David Letterman; Regis Philbin; AM Los Angeles; Good Morning Los Angeles; AM San Francisco; Win, Lose, or Draw; Hollywood Squares; Tattle Tales; Match Game; Celebrity Family Feud; All Star Family Feud; Bullseye; The Great Space Coaster.
Television Work
Specials
Producer, The Paul Bunyon Show, 1963
WRITINGS
Screenplays
The Giant of Thunder Mountain, 1991
Television Specials
The Paul Bunyon Show, 1963
Autobiography
Making it BIG in the Movies: An Autobiography by Richard "JAWWWS" Kiel, Trafalgar Square, 2002

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic

Richard Kiel Official Site, http://www.richardkiel.com, December 16, 2002

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