1922-05-24 ( 102 years old ) in Inglewood, California, USA
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Don Megowan (May 24, 1922 – June 26, 1981) was an American actor. He played the Gill-man on land in The Creature Walks Among Us, the final part of the Creature from the Black Lagoon trilogy.
Don Megowan was born in Inglewood, California to Robert and Leila (née Dale) Megowan. His mother Leila worked as a negative cutter for Pathé. At 6'7" Megowan was very active in sports, playing baseball, football, and throwing discus. He went to the University of Southern California on a football scholarship before serving in the United States Army during World War II.
Megowan starred in the science fiction films The Werewolf in the role of Sheriff Jack Haines, in The Creation of the Humanoids (1962) as a captain in the anti-robot Order of Flesh and Blood, who must stop the Humanoids, and in The Creature Walks Among Us as the Gill-man.
Megowan also appeared in westerns: Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955), The Great Locomotive Chase (1956), Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966), The Devil's Brigade (1968), and Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles (1974).
In 1962, he starred with Cameron Mitchell in the television series, The Beachcomber. He guest starred in various programs, including the westerns: Gunsmoke, Wagon Train (twice), The Californians, The Tall Man, Maverick, Cimarron City, Have Gun–Will Travel, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Rifleman, Lawman, Cheyenne, Colt .45, Bonanza, The Americans, Rawhide, and Daniel Boone. He was also cast in episodes of such series as Angel, U.S. Marshal, Get Smart, and Fantasy Island.
Megowan, a smoker from age 12 to 48, died of throat cancer at age 59. His weight had dwindled from nearly 300 pounds to barely 150. CLR
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Movies
Mrs. R's Daughter
1979-09-19
The Kansas City Massacre
1975-09-19
Melvin Purvis G-Man
1975-02-28
Truck Turner
1974-06-26
Blazing Saddles
1974-02-07
Scream of the Wolf
1974-01-16
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
1968-10-08
The Devil's Brigade
1968-05-15
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
1966-07-01
Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
1965-05-30
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
1964-09-21
For Love or Money
1963-08-07
The Creation of the Humanoids
1962-07-03
Guns of the Black Witch
1961-02-24
Valley of the Doomed
1960-04-08
The Jayhawkers!
1959-10-15
Money, Women and Guns
1958-10-01
Lust to Kill
1958-09-28
The Man Who Died Twice
1958-06-06
Snowfire
1958-05-18
Tales of Frankenstein
1958-01-01
The Story of Mankind
1957-11-08
Hell Canyon Outlaws
1957-10-05
Gun the Man Down
1956-11-15
The Werewolf
1956-07-01
The Great Locomotive Chase
1956-06-08
The Creature Walks Among Us
1956-04-26
A Lawless Street
1955-11-15
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955-05-25
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
1955-02-23
Captain Fathom
1955-01-01
Sangaree
1953-05-17
The Kid from Amarillo
1951-10-29
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