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* TheOtherMarty: He was originally cast as the Incredible Hulk in the 1977 live-action series before Creator/LouFerrigno, to the point of filming several scenes as the character. However, the creators ultimately decided that despite his height he didn't have the kind of muscular physique they were looking for, so he was recast with Ferrigno, but a single shot of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_RQMBYqXiQ Kiel as the Hulk]] can still be seen in the pilot. Kiel himself would later state that he was thankful to have not landed the role in the long run, since the contact lenses he was required to wear actually caused him temporary vision loss while he was driving home from the shoot.
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* TheOtherMarty: He was originally cast as the Incredible Hulk in the [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 1977 live-action series series]] before Creator/LouFerrigno, to the point of filming several scenes as the character. However, the creators ultimately decided that despite his height he didn't have the kind of muscular physique they were looking for, so he was recast with Ferrigno, but a single shot of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_RQMBYqXiQ Kiel as the Hulk]] can still be seen in the pilot. Kiel himself would later state that he was thankful to have not landed the role in the long run, since the contact lenses he was required to wear actually caused him temporary vision loss while he was driving home from the shoot.
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* TheOtherMarty: He was originally cast as the Incredible Hulk in the 1977 live-action series before Creator/LouFerrigno, to the point of filming several scenes as the character. However, the creators ultimately decided that despite his height he didn't have the kind of muscular physique they were looking for, so he was recast with Ferrigno, but a single shot of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_RQMBYqXiQ Kiel as the Hulk]] can still be seen in the pilot. Kiel himself would later state that he was thankful to have not landed the role in the long run, since the contact lenses he was required to wear actually caused him temporary vision loss while he was driving home from the shoot.
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Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was a UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}-[=born=] performer notable for being one of the tallest actors ever recorded (7 ft 1.5 in / 2.17 m), due to the condition called acromegaly.
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Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was a UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}-[=born=] UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}-born performer notable for being one of the tallest actors ever recorded (7 ft 1.5 in / 2.17 m), due to the condition called acromegaly.
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On TV, his earliest acting roles were in the western series ''Series/{{Klondike|1960}}'' and ''Series/{{Laramie}}''. He notably played the Kanamit alien in ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' and Voltaire, the assistant of dwarf villain Dr. Miguelito Loveless (Creator/MichaelDunn), in ''Series/TheWildWildWest''.
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On TV, his earliest acting roles were in the western series ''Series/{{Klondike|1960}}'' and ''Series/{{Laramie}}''. He notably played the Kanamit alien in ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' and Voltaire, the assistant of dwarf villain Dr. Miguelito Loveless (Creator/MichaelDunn), Loveless, in ''Series/TheWildWildWest''.
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* BigGuyLittleGuy: As Voltaire, the assistant of Dr. Miguelito Loveless in ''The Wild Wild West''. Loveless was played by actor Michael Dunn, who was 3 ft 10 in height due to medical dwarfism.
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* BigGuyLittleGuy: As Voltaire, the assistant of Dr. Miguelito Loveless in ''The Wild Wild West''. Loveless was played by actor Michael Dunn, Creator/MichaelDunn, who was 3 ft 10 in height due to medical dwarfism.
