Known For
Acting
Born
May 24, 1922
Died
Jun 26, 1981
Place of Birth
Inglewood, California, USA
Credits
49 titles
Don Megowan
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
Filmography
Mrs. R's Daughter
Police Sergeant Larsen
The Kansas City Massacre
Boss Stinger
Melvin Purvis G-Man
Hamburger Stand Man
Truck Turner
Garrity
Blazing Saddles
Gum Chewer
Scream of the Wolf
Grant
Kung Fu
Quinn
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
Officer
Here's Lucy
Customs Inspector
The Devil's Brigade
Luke Phelan
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
Mr. Train
Get Smart
Murphy
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
Job Seeker
Petticoat Junction
Freddie
For Love or Money
Gregor Garrison
The Lucy Show
Chuck Casey
The Creation of the Humanoids
Capt. Kenneth Cragis
The Beachcomber
Captain Huckabee
Bus Stop
Bob Stumbo
Guns of the Black Witch
Jean
Valley of the Doomed
Clint Farrell
The Jayhawkers!
China
Lawman
Rafe Curry
Money, Women and Guns
John Briggs
The Rifleman
A Lust to Kill
Cheney Holland
The Man Who Died Twice
T.J. Brennon
Snowfire
Mike McGowan
Tales of Frankenstein
The Monster
Cool and Lam
John Harbet
Counterspy
David Harding
The Story of Mankind
Early Man
Hell Canyon Outlaws
Henchman Walt
Have Gun, Will Travel
Oren Gilliam
Tales of Wells Fargo
Ben Thompson
Gun the Man Down
Ralph Farley
The Werewolf
Sheriff Jack Haines
The Great Locomotive Chase
Marion A. Ross
Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
The Creature Walks Among Us
The Gill Man (on land)(uncredited)
A Lawless Street
Dooley Brion
Cheyenne
Wes Garth
Gunsmoke
Creel
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Col. William Travis
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
William Travis
Captain Fathom
Captain Fathom
Sangaree
River Pirate (uncredited)
Death Valley Days
Buck
The Kid from Amarillo
Rakim