Richard Kiel

Richard Kiel is an actor, scenario writer and producing American born the September 13rd 1939 with Detroit, Michigan (the United States). It measures 2,18 meters, which is due to the Acromégalie. It is famous for its roles of Géant, especially that of Requin ( Jaws ), enemy of James Bond in the Spy who liked me and Moonraker .

Biography

Richard Kiel was born the September 13rd 1939 with Detroit, Michigan (the United States). The parents of Kiel are of intermediate size. The family settles in Los Angeles when it is eight years old. Its growth, completely exceptional, starts at the time of its pre-adolescence. After having sold funerary concessions, having taught mathematics and having worked as bouncer in a nightclub, it appears with the cinema in 1961 in The Phantom Planet. It on television obtains then roles, in series as various as the Fourth Dimension and the Spies.

One also sees it with the cinema in Dr. Jerry and Mister Love and Transamerica Express . At this point in time 007 calls upon him and in fact a star international. He makes in the tread many other films such as Equipped with Cannonball and Pale To wrinkle. When Moonraker left, the actor and his family were sent in world tour during fifteen weeks. He met a phenomenal success in Germany, in England, with the Japan and in the Scandinavian countries.

Today, Richard Kiel made of many appearances in the congresses and conventions of fans of James Bond. Each time, it makes fury.

Catalog of films

as Actor

1961 : The Phantom (TV): Big Mike
1961: the phantom Planet ( The Phantom Planet ): The Solarite
1962 : the magic Sword ( The Magic Sword ): Pinhead
1962 : Eegah : Eegah
1963 : 30 Minutes At Gunsight (TV)
1963: House off the Damned : The Giant
1963 : Doctor Jerry and Mister Coils ( The Nutty Professor ): Bodybuilder #1
1964 : the Odd-job man ( Roustabout ): Strongman
1964 : The Nasty Rabbit : Ranch foreman
1965: Two one has Guillotine : Big man At funeral
1965: Creatures of Kolos ( The Human Duplicators ): Dr. Kolos
1965: Brainstorm : Inmate At Insane Asylum
1965: Lassie' S Great Adventure : Chinook Pete
1966: The Las Vegas Hillbillys
1967: has Man Called Dagger : Otto
1967 : the night of the animal ( Mysteries of the West ) (series TV): Dimnus
1968 : Now You See It, Now You Don' T (TV): Nori
1968 : Skido ( Skidoo ): Beany
1970 : Melinda ( One has Clear Day You Can See Forever ): Blacksmith
1970 : The Servant boy Who Stole the Elephant (TV): Luke Brown
1972: Deadhead Miles
1974: Full the mouth ( The Longest Yard ): Samson
1974: Land off the Lost (series TV): Malak
1975 : Barbary Coast (TV): Moose Moran
1975 : the wild Coast ( " Barbary Coast" ) (series TV): Moose Moran
1976 : Gus : Tall Man
1976 : Flash and the Firecat : Investigator
1976 : Transamerica Express train ( Silver Streak ): Reace
1977 : the Spy who liked me ( The Spy Who Loved Me ): Shark
1977: Incredible Hulk ( The Incredible Hulk ) (TV): The Hulk (one scene only)
1978: the Hurricane comes from Navarone ( Force 10 from Navarone ): Capt. Drazak
1978 : They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way : Duke
1979 : Humanoïde ( the umanoide ): Golob
1979 : Moonraker : Shark
1981: Buttocks with the air ( So Fine ): Eddie
1983 : Hysterical : Captain Howdy
1983 : Phoenix : Steel Hand
1984 : Canon Ball 2 ( Cannonball Run II ): Arnold, Mitsubishi Driver
1984: Mad Mission III: Our Man from Jump Street ( Zuijia paidang zhi nuhuang miling ): Big G
1985: long Qing bao hu men : Laszlo
1985 : the solitary Rider ( Blade To wrinkle ): Club
1989: The Princess and the Dwarf
1990 : Think Big : Irving
1991 : The Giant off Thunder Mountain : Eli Weaver
1996 : Terminagolf ( Happy Gilmore ): Mr. Lawson
1999: Inspector Gadget ( Inspector Gadget ): Shark
2000: BloodHounds, Inc. #5: Fangs for the Memories (video): Mortimer

as Scenario writer

1991 : The Giant off Thunder Mountain

as Producer

1991 : The Giant off Thunder Mountain

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