Don Megowan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 24, 1922
- Died
- June 26, 1981 (aged 59)
- Birthplace
- Inglewood, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
Mrs. R's Daughter
Movie · as Police Sergeant Larsen
Fantasy Island
TV · as The Rancher · 1 ep
Melvin Purvis G-Man
Movie · as Hamburger Stand Man
The Kansas City Massacre
Movie · as Boss Stinger
Blazing Saddles
Movie · as Gum Chewer
Scream of the Wolf
Movie · as Grant
Truck Turner
Movie · as Garrity
Kung Fu
TV · as Quinn · 1 ep
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
Movie · as Officer
The Devil's Brigade
Movie · as Luke Phelan
Here's Lucy
TV · as Customs Inspector · 1 ep
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
Movie · as Mr. Train
Get Smart
TV · as Murphy · 1 ep
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
Movie · as Job Seeker
For Love or Money
Movie · as Gregor Garrison
Petticoat Junction
TV · as Freddie · 1 ep
The Creation of the Humanoids
Movie · as Capt. Kenneth Cragis
The Beachcomber
TV · as Captain Huckabee · 39 eps
The Lucy Show
TV · as Chuck Casey · 1 ep
Guns of the Black Witch
Movie · as Jean
Bus Stop
TV · as Bob Stumbo · 1 ep
Valley of the Doomed
Movie · as Clint Farrell
The Jayhawkers!
Movie · as China
Tales of Frankenstein
Movie · as The Monster
The Man Who Died Twice
Movie · as T.J. Brennon
A Lust to Kill
Movie · as Cheney Holland
Snowfire
Movie · as Mike McGowan
Money, Women and Guns
Movie · as John Briggs
Cool and Lam
Movie · as John Harbet
Counterspy
Movie · as David Harding
The Rifleman
TV · 1 ep
Lawman
TV · as Rafe Curry · 1 ep
Hell Canyon Outlaws
Movie · as Henchman Walt
The Story of Mankind
Movie · as Early Man
Tales of Wells Fargo
TV · as Ben Thompson · 1 ep
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · as Oren Gilliam · 1 ep
The Great Locomotive Chase
Movie · as Marion A. Ross
The Werewolf
Movie · as Sheriff Jack Haines
Gun the Man Down
Movie · as Ralph Farley
The Creature Walks Among Us
Movie · as The Gill Man (on land)(uncredited)
Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
Movie
Captain Fathom
Movie · as Captain Fathom
A Lawless Street
Movie · as Dooley Brion
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
Movie · as William Travis
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Movie · as Col. William Travis
Gunsmoke
TV · as Creel, Lucas, Lolo Grimes, Michael, Mike · 1 ep
Cheyenne
TV · as Wes Garth, Marshal Tom Grant · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as William Travis · 1 ep
Sangaree
Movie · as River Pirate (uncredited)
Death Valley Days
TV · as Buck, Buff McCloud · 1 ep
The Kid from Amarillo
Movie · as Rakim