Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was an American actor, voice artist, and comedian, best known for his role as
Jaws in the
James Bond franchise, in which he played the character in
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and
Moonraker (1979). He was known for roles in
The Longest Yard (1974),
Silver Streak (1976),
Force 10 from Navarone (1978),
Pale Rider (1985), and as Mr. Larson in
Happy Gilmore (1996). In television, he appeared as the Kanamit alien in the classic
The Twilight Zone episode "
To Serve Man" (1962) and as
Dr. Miguelito Loveless' assistant, Voltaire, in first-season episodes of
The Wild, Wild West (1965-1966).