Richard Dawson Kiel was an American actor and voice actor, who, for Disney, voiced Vladimir in the 2010 Disney animated feature film Tangled and portrayed Tall Man in Gus and Luke Brown in "The Boy Who Stole the Elephant".
He was also known for playing the title character of the low-budget movie "Eegah!" He was best known for his role as Jaws in two James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, Samson in The Longest Yard, and Mr. Larson in the comedy film Happy Gilmore.
In addition, he appeared in a cameo as Jaws in Inspector Gadget.
He died 3 days before his 75th birthday.