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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). James Bond (Agent 007) was played by Roger Moore in both films; he also had cameos in many other James Bond video games, such as GoldenEye (Nintendo 64, 1997). 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). ==Career== Kiel made his acting debut in the ''Laramie'' episode "Street of Hate". He also acted in an unaired TV pilot featuring Lee Falk's superhero ''The Phantom'', where Kiel portrayed an assassin called Big Mike. Before film and television, Kiel worked in numerous jobs, including a nightclub bouncer and a cemetery plot salesman.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Den of Geek interview: Richard Kiel )〕 Kiel broke into films in the early 1960s with ''Eegah'' (1962), which was later featured on ''Elvira's Movie Macabre'' and ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', as were ''The Phantom Planet'' and ''The Human Duplicators''. He also produced, cowrote, and starred in ''The Giant of Thunder Mountain''. Kiel appeared as the towering — and lethal — assistant Voltaire to Dr. Miguelito Loveless in first-season episodes of ''The Wild, Wild West''. He later appeared in the episode "The Night of the Simian Terror" as Dimas, the outcast son of a wealthy family, banished because of birth defects that distorted his body and apparently affected his mind. This episode is significant because it allowed Kiel the opportunity to really act rather than just look intimidating. Kiel also had a cameo role in a 1961 episode of ''The Rifleman''. From 1963 to 1965, Kiel worked as a night school math instructor in Burbank, California.〔(Actor Richard Kiel taught math at Ogden's Radio School in '63 )〕 In the ''Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' episode "The Vulcan Affair", Kiel appeared as a guard in Vulcan's plant, and he portrayed Merry in "The Hong Kong Shilling Affair". In 1967 he played a monster in a episode of ''The Monkees'' ("I was a Teenage Monster"). He portrayed Reace in ''Silver Streak''. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kiel were the original choices to portray the title character in ''The Incredible Hulk''. Schwarzenegger was turned down due to his height. Kiel participated in the filming of the pilot. During the shoot, producers decided their Hulk needed to be muscular rather than just towering, and Kiel was dismissed because he possessed more body fat than the producers deemed necessary. According to a Den of Geek interview,〔 Kiel, who saw properly out of only one eye, also reacted badly to the contact lenses used for the role, and found the green makeup difficult to remove, so he did not mind losing the part. All recognizable footage of Kiel was cut, except one scene where the Hulk saves the little girl from drowning; the scenes were then reshot with Lou Ferrigno. He has appeared on many other television episodes, such as ''Laramie'', ''I Dream of Jeannie'', ''Honey West'', ''Gilligan's Island'', ''The Monkees'', ''Daniel Boone'', ''Emergency!'', ''Starsky & Hutch'', ''Land of the Lost'', ''The Fall Guy'', and ''Simon & Simon''. The James Bond film producers spotted Kiel in ''Barbary Coast'' and thought he was ideal for the role of Jaws in ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977). He was one of the few Bond villains to appear in two Bond films, later appearing in ''Moonraker'' (1979). He reprised his role of Jaws in the video game called ''James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing'', supplying his voice and likeness. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Kiel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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