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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 24, 1922
Died
June 26, 1981
Place of Birth
Inglewood, California, USA
Don Megowan
0.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Police Sergeant Larsen
Mrs. R's Daughter
1979
4.7
Boss Stinger
The Kansas City Massacre
1975
6.0
Hamburger Stand Man
Melvin Purvis G-Man
1975
6.4
Garrity
Truck Turner
1974
7.2
Gum Chewer
Blazing Saddles
1974
6.2
Grant
Scream of the Wolf
1974
7.7
Quinn
Kung Fu
1972
5.3
Officer
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
1968
6.7
Customs Inspector
Here's Lucy
1968
6.3
Luke Phelan
The Devil's Brigade
1968
Credits
Mrs. R's Daughter
as Police Sergeant Larsen
1979
6.0
The Kansas City Massacre
as Boss Stinger
1975
4.7
Melvin Purvis G-Man
as Hamburger Stand Man
1975
6.0
Truck Turner
as Garrity
1974
6.4
Blazing Saddles
as Gum Chewer
1974
7.2
Scream of the Wolf
as Grant
1974
6.2
Kung Fu
as Quinn
1972
7.7
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
as Officer
1968
5.3
Here's Lucy
as Customs Inspector
1968
6.7
The Devil's Brigade
as Luke Phelan
1968
6.3
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
as Mr. Train
1966
5.2
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
as Job Seeker
1964
6.0
Petticoat Junction
as Freddie
1963
5.7
For Love or Money
as Gregor Garrison
1963
5.7
The Lucy Show
as Chuck Casey
1962
7.0
The Creation of the Humanoids
as Capt. Kenneth Cragis
1962
6.3
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The Beachcomber
as Captain Huckabee
1962
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Guns of the Black Witch
as Jean
1961
5.5
Valley of the Doomed
as Clint Farrell
1960
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The Jayhawkers!
as China
1959
6.0
Lawman
as Rafe Curry
1958
5.6
Money, Women and Guns
as John Briggs
1958
5.3
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
A Lust to Kill
as Cheney Holland
1958
7.5
The Man Who Died Twice
as T.J. Brennon
1958
5.6
Snowfire
as Mike McGowan
1958
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Tales of Frankenstein
as The Monster
1958
6.8
The Story of Mankind
as Early Man
1957
4.3
Hell Canyon Outlaws
as Henchman Walt
1957
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Have Gun, Will Travel
as Oren Gilliam
1957
7.3
Tales of Wells Fargo
as Ben Thompson
1957
6.9
Gun the Man Down
as Ralph Farley
1956
6.4
The Werewolf
as Sheriff Jack Haines
1956
5.5
The Great Locomotive Chase
as Marion A. Ross
1956
6.3
Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
1956
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The Creature Walks Among Us
as The Gill Man (on land)(uncredited)
1956
5.4
A Lawless Street
as Dooley Brion
1955
5.3
Cheyenne
as Wes Garth
1955
6.0
Gunsmoke
as Creel
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Lucas
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Lolo Grimes
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Michael
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Mike
1955
6.6
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
as Col. William Travis
1955
6.4
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
as William Travis
1955
6.5
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Captain Fathom
as Captain Fathom
1955
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Sangaree
as River Pirate (uncredited)
1953
6.4
Death Valley Days
as Buck
1952
6.4
Death Valley Days
as Buff McCloud
1952
6.4
The Kid from Amarillo
as Rakim
1951
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