Description: Superb, signed 10x8 photo of Richard Kiel, in a pose from his famous Twilight Zione episode!!! Signed with "Too late young lady...Richard "Kanamit" Kiel. Great!!! From Wikipedia... Kiel broke into films in the early 1960s with the B-movie Eegah (1962), which was later featured on the TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000. He also co-wrote, produced, and starred in the family-friendly movie The Giant of Thunder Mountain. He and Arnold Schwarzenegger were the original choices to play the title character in the 1977 TV series The Incredible Hulk.
Schwarzenegger was turned down due to his height. Kiel participated in the filming of two episodes, including the TV movie 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 an interview at Den of geek, Kiel, who sees 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; the scenes were then reshot with Lou Ferrigno. He is well known in the UK for his appearance in a commercial for Shredded Wheat (1980), which can be seen on YouTube. He reprised his role of Jaws with voice and likeness in the 2004 game Everything or Nothing. Kiel's distinctive height and features are a result of a hormonal condition known as acromegaly. Kiel stands 7 feet 1.5 inches (217 cm) tall. He notes in his 2002 autobiography, Making It Big in the Movies (ISBN 1-903111-31-5), that he used to state that he was 7 feet and 2 inches (218.44 cm) because it was easier to remember.
He suffers from vertigo, and during the cable car stunt scenes in Moonraker, a stunt double was used because Kiel refused to be filmed on the top of a cable car at over 2000 feet high. In 1992, Kiel suffered a severe head injury in a car accident, which has affected his balance. He has since been forced to walk with a cane to support himself (as shown in his appearance in the movie Happy Gilmore, where he is seen leaning on a person or a cane). He's also been seen using a scooter or wheelchair, e.g. in Welcome to Sweden.
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Price: 21.95 USD
Location: Framingham, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-10-14T15:07:44.000Z
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