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Don Megowan

Don Megowan

Actor · 1922 – 1981 · Inglewood, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Megowan,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies24

  • Movie7.2

    Blazing Saddles

    1974 · 2.2K votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Devil's Brigade

    1968 · 93 votes

  • Movie6.4
  • Movie6.1

    For Love or Money

    1963 · 8 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Truck Turner

    1974 · 67 votes

  • Movie4.4

    The Story of Mankind

    1957 · 28 votes

  • Movie5.6

    A Lawless Street

    1955 · 36 votes

  • Movie6.4
  • Movie5.4
  • Movie6.5

    Gun the Man Down

    1956 · 15 votes

  • Movie5.6

    The Werewolf

    1956 · 57 votes

  • Movie6.1

    The Jayhawkers!

    1959 · 29 votes

  • Movie5.6
  • Movie6.3

    Melvin Purvis G-Man

    1975 · 8 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Scream of the Wolf

    1974 · 8 votes

  • Movie5.5
  • Movie5.9

    The Man Who Died Twice

    1958 · 16 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Sangaree

    1953 · 9 votes

  • Movie5.8
  • Movie7.5

    Mrs. R's Daughter

    1979 · 2 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Hell Canyon Outlaws

    1957 · 1 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Money, Women and Guns

    1958 · 8 votes

  • Movie6.5
  • Movie7.0

    Il terrore dei mari

    Guns of the Black Witch

    1961 · 3 votes

Series15

  • TV7.1

    The Rifleman

    1958 · 54 votes

  • TV8.0

    Get Smart

    1965 · 448 votes

  • TV7.3

    Have Gun, Will Travel

    1957 · 44 votes

  • TV6.2

    Cheyenne

    1955 · 26 votes

  • TV5.9

    Petticoat Junction

    1963 · 42 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Lucy Show

    1962 · 53 votes

  • TV6.5

    Fantasy Island

    1978 · 130 votes

  • TV6.7

    Gunsmoke

    1955 · 119 votes

  • TV6.0

    Lawman

    1958 · 13 votes

  • TV6.7

    Here's Lucy

    1968 · 31 votes

  • TV7.2

    Tales of Wells Fargo

    1957 · 16 votes

  • TV10.0

    Bus Stop

    1961 · 1 votes

  • TV9.0

    The Beachcomber

    1962 · 1 votes

  • TV6.6

    Death Valley Days

    1952 · 11 votes

  • TV7.7

    Kung Fu

    1972 · 241 votes