Don Megowan (May 24, 1922 â€" 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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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