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Don Megowan‌

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Birthday

calendar1922-05-24

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Don Megowan

Inglewood, California, USA

Don Megowan

Inglewood, California, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1922-05-24

Popularity

star4.2

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Tales of Frankenstein

Tales of Frankenstein‌
star7.2
calendar 1958

The Jayhawkers!

The Jayhawkers!‌
star5.9
calendar 1959

Captain Fathom

Captain Fathom‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

A Lawless Street

A Lawless Street‌
star5.4
calendar 1955

The Great Locomotive Chase

The Great Locomotive Chase‌
star6.0
calendar 1956

The Werewolf

The Werewolf‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

The Man Who Died Twice

The Man Who Died Twice‌
star5.6
calendar 1958

The Creation of the Humanoids

The Creation of the Humanoids‌
star6.3
calendar 1962

Horrible Horror

Horrible Horror‌
star7.0
calendar 1986

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold‌
star5.0
calendar 1966

Davy Crockett at the Alamo

Davy Crockett at the Alamo‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gun the Man Down

Gun the Man Down‌
star6.3
calendar 1956

Lust to Kill

Lust to Kill‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

For Love or Money

For Love or Money‌
star5.3
calendar 1963

The Luck of Ginger Coffey

The Luck of Ginger Coffey‌
star6.0
calendar 1964

Melvin Purvis G-Man

Melvin Purvis G-Man‌
star6.7
calendar 1975

Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles‌
star7.2
calendar 1974

Scream of the Wolf

Scream of the Wolf‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier‌
star6.4
calendar 1955

Snowfire

Snowfire‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Hell Canyon Outlaws

Hell Canyon Outlaws‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!‌
star5.0
calendar 1968

The Creature Walks Among Us

The Creature Walks Among Us‌
star5.2
calendar 1956

Guns of the Black Witch

Guns of the Black Witch‌
star5.5
calendar 1961

The Kid from Amarillo

The Kid from Amarillo‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Mrs. R's Daughter

Mrs. R's Daughter‌
star6.0
calendar 1979

The Kansas City Massacre

The Kansas City Massacre‌
star4.7
calendar 1975

Money, Women and Guns

Money, Women and Guns‌
star5.3
calendar 1958

Sangaree

Sangaree‌
star6.4
calendar 1953

Valley of the Doomed

Valley of the Doomed‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind‌
star4.5
calendar 1957

Truck Turner

Truck Turner‌
star6.5
calendar 1974

The Devil's Brigade

The Devil's Brigade‌
star6.3
calendar 1968

Tv Credits

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

The Beachcomber

The Beachcomber‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

The Rifleman

The Rifleman‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction‌
star5.8
calendar 1963

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show‌
star7.1
calendar 1962

Here's Lucy

Here's Lucy‌
star6.9
calendar 1968

Death Valley Days

Death Valley Days‌
star6.4
calendar 1952

Death Valley Days

Death Valley Days‌
star6.4
calendar 1952

Tales of Wells Fargo

Tales of Wells Fargo‌
star6.8
calendar 1957