Don Megowan

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Don Megowan May 24 1922 June 26 1981 was an American actor He played the Gillman 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 67 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 antirobot Order of Flesh and Blood who must stop the Humanoids and in The Creature Walks Among Us as the Gillman 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 Devils 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 GunWill 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 US 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 Megowanlicensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia