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Richard Kiel

How tall was Richard Kiel?

Richard Kiel is commonly listed at 7 ft 1.5 in (217.2 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Richard Kiel’s 7 ft 1.5 in (217.2 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Richard Kiel is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 10 in (56 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Richard Kiel: 7 ft 1.5 in (217.2 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Richard Kiel is taller than the average US man by 1 ft 4.5 in (42.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Richard Kiel is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 10 in (56 cm).Richard Kiel is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 10 in (56 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Richard Kiel: 7 ft 1.5 in (217.2 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Richard Kiel is taller than the average US man by 1 ft 4.5 in (42.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Richard Kiel is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 10 in (56 cm).

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Richard Kiel beside others

Richard Kiel is one of the taller actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 7.5 in (18.8 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 4 ft 5.5 in (135.9 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

  • Kevin Peter Hall: 7 ft 2 in (218.4 cm), 0.5 in (1.3 cm) taller than Richard Kiel.
  • Ian Whyte: 7 ft 1 in (215.9 cm), 0.5 in (1.3 cm) shorter than Richard Kiel.
  • Peter Mayhew: 7 ft 3 in (221 cm), 1.5 in (3.8 cm) taller than Richard Kiel.

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Where this height comes from

7 ft 1.5 in (217.2 cm)

A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Source: Wikipedia

Photo: dejahthoris from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Richard Kiel, 7 ft 1.5 in (217 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)