
Don Megowan
Biography
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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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Acting (32 movies)

Tales of Frankenstein
1958

The Jayhawkers!
1959

The Great Locomotive Chase
1956

A Lawless Street
1955

The Werewolf
1956

The Man Who Died Twice
1958

The Creation of the Humanoids
1962

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
1966

Davy Crockett at the Alamo
1955

Gun the Man Down
1956

A Lust to Kill
1958

For Love or Money
1963

The Luck of Ginger Coffey
1964

Melvin Purvis G-Man
1975

Blazing Saddles
1974

Scream of the Wolf
1974

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955

Snowfire
1958

Hell Canyon Outlaws
1957

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
1968

The Creature Walks Among Us
1956

Guns of the Black Witch
1961

The Kid from Amarillo
1951

Mrs. R's Daughter
1979

The Kansas City Massacre
1975

Money, Women and Guns
1958

Sangaree
1953

Valley of the Doomed
1960

The Story of Mankind
1957

Truck Turner
1974

The Devil's Brigade
1968

Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
1956
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