Don Megowan

Known for ActingBorn 1922-05-24Died 1981-06-26Inglewood, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Cool and Lam

Hell Canyon Outlaws

The Beachcomber

Valley of the Doomed

Snowfire

Get Smart

Kung Fu

Mrs. R's Daughter

Blazing Saddles

A Lust to Kill

Have Gun, Will Travel

Tales of Frankenstein

The Lucy Show

The Rifleman

Tales of Wells Fargo

Guns of the Black Witch

The Luck of Ginger Coffey

The Kid from Amarillo

Here's Lucy

Sangaree

Gunsmoke

Truck Turner

Death Valley Days

Scream of the Wolf

Gun the Man Down

Davy Crockett at the Alamo

The Devil's Brigade

The Creation of the Humanoids

Melvin Purvis G-Man

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

The Great Locomotive Chase

For Love or Money

The Jayhawkers!

Cheyenne

The Kansas City Massacre

The Man Who Died Twice

Petticoat Junction

Lawman

Money, Women and Guns

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold

The Werewolf

A Lawless Street

The Creature Walks Among Us

The Story of Mankind

Counterspy

Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker

Captain Fathom