Don Megowan

Don Megowan

Birthday: 1922-05-24

Deathday: 1981-06-26

Place of birth: Inglewood, California, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0576353

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.

Played in movies:

Lust to Kill

Score: 7.5

Blazing Saddles

Score: 7.2

Tales of Frankenstein

Score: 7.2

Melvin Purvis G-Man

Score: 6.7

Truck Turner

Score: 6.5

Davy Crockett at the Alamo

Score: 6.5

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

Score: 6.4

Sangaree

Score: 6.4

Gun the Man Down

Score: 6.4

The Devil's Brigade

Score: 6.3

The Creation of the Humanoids

Score: 6.3

The Great Locomotive Chase

Score: 6.2

Scream of the Wolf

Score: 6.2

The Jayhawkers!

Score: 6.0

Mrs. R's Daughter

Score: 6.0

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

Score: 6.0

The Luck of Ginger Coffey

Score: 6.0

The Man Who Died Twice

Score: 5.6

The Werewolf

Score: 5.6

Guns of the Black Witch

Score: 5.5

A Lawless Street

Score: 5.4

Money, Women and Guns

Score: 5.3

The Creature Walks Among Us

Score: 5.3

For Love or Money

Score: 5.3

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold

Score: 5.2

The Kansas City Massacre

Score: 4.7

The Story of Mankind

Score: 4.5

Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker

Score: 0.0

Valley of the Doomed

Score: 0.0

The Kid from Amarillo

Score: 0.0

Hell Canyon Outlaws

Score: 0.0

Snowfire

Score: 0.0

Captain Fathom

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Kung Fu

Score: 7.7

The Rifleman

Score: 7.0

The Lucy Show

Score: 7.0

Here's Lucy

Score: 6.7

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Tales of Wells Fargo

Score: 6.6

Death Valley Days

Score: 6.4

Death Valley Days

Score: 6.4

Petticoat Junction

Score: 5.8

Cheyenne

Score: 5.8

Lawman

Score: 5.6

The Beachcomber

Score: 0.0