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Richard Kiel

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Richard Kiel Famous memorial

Birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Death
10 Sep 2014 (aged 74)
Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA
Burial
Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.7454345, Longitude: -119.8292526
Plot
Garden of Pines- Block 30, 1003/1103-4
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Actor. Born Richard Dawson Kiel in Detroit, Michigan, he worked as a nightclub bouncer and cemetery plot salesman before he began his acting career in 1960 with a bit part in "Klondike." At nearly 7-foot 2-inches, he was often cast in menacing roles throughout his 50 year career. These roles included television programs as "Barbary Coast" in 1975, "The Rifleman," "Lassie," "The Monkees," "I Spy," "It Takes a Thief," "Simon & Simon" and the classic "Twilight Zone" episode, "To Serve Man." His iconic role as 'Jaws' in the James Bond movies "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) and "Moonraker" (1979) made him a minor cult figure. He would later lend his voice to a James Bond series of video games. He appeared in numerous additional feature films such as: "The Nutty Professor" (1963), "The Longest Yard" (1974), "Silver Streak" (1976), "Force 10 From Navarone" (1978), "Pale Rider" (1985), "Happy Gilmore" (1996), and as the voice of Vlad in the animated feature, "Tangled" (2010). In 2002, he published his autobiography entitled "Making It BIG in the Movies."
Actor. Born Richard Dawson Kiel in Detroit, Michigan, he worked as a nightclub bouncer and cemetery plot salesman before he began his acting career in 1960 with a bit part in "Klondike." At nearly 7-foot 2-inches, he was often cast in menacing roles throughout his 50 year career. These roles included television programs as "Barbary Coast" in 1975, "The Rifleman," "Lassie," "The Monkees," "I Spy," "It Takes a Thief," "Simon & Simon" and the classic "Twilight Zone" episode, "To Serve Man." His iconic role as 'Jaws' in the James Bond movies "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) and "Moonraker" (1979) made him a minor cult figure. He would later lend his voice to a James Bond series of video games. He appeared in numerous additional feature films such as: "The Nutty Professor" (1963), "The Longest Yard" (1974), "Silver Streak" (1976), "Force 10 From Navarone" (1978), "Pale Rider" (1985), "Happy Gilmore" (1996), and as the voice of Vlad in the animated feature, "Tangled" (2010). In 2002, he published his autobiography entitled "Making It BIG in the Movies."

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135713273/richard-kiel: accessed ), memorial page for Richard Kiel (13 Sep 1939–10 Sep 2014), Find a Grave Memorial ID 135713273, citing Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.