Don Megowan

Acting

Народився 24 травня 1922, Inglewood, California, USA

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.

Фільмографія

• 1979Mrs. R's Daughter — Police Sergeant Larsen
• Острів фантазій — The Rancher
• 1975Melvin Purvis G-Man — Hamburger Stand Man
• 1975The Kansas City Massacre — Boss Stinger
• 1974Scream of the Wolf — Grant
• 1974Truck Turner — Garrity
• 1974Виблискуючі сідла — Gum Chewer
• Kung Fu — Quinn
• Here's Lucy — Customs Inspector
• 1968If He Hollers, Let Him Go! — Officer
• 1968The Devil's Brigade — Luke Phelan
• 1966Tarzan and the Valley of Gold — Mr. Train
• Get Smart — Murphy
• 1964The Luck of Ginger Coffey — Job Seeker
• 1963For Love or Money — Gregor Garrison
• Petticoat Junction — Freddie
• The Beachcomber — Captain Huckabee
• 1962The Creation of the Humanoids — Capt. Kenneth Cragis
• The Lucy Show — Chuck Casey
• Bus Stop — Bob Stumbo
• 1961Guns of the Black Witch — Jean
• 1960Valley of the Doomed — Clint Farrell
• 1959The Jayhawkers! — China
• 1958A Lust to Kill — Cheney Holland
• 1958Cool and Lam — John Harbet
• 1958Counterspy — David Harding
• Lawman — Rafe Curry
• 1958Money, Women and Guns — John Briggs
• 1958Snowfire — Mike McGowan
• 1958Tales of Frankenstein — The Monster
• 1958The Man Who Died Twice — T.J. Brennon
• The Rifleman
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Oren Gilliam
• 1957Hell Canyon Outlaws — Henchman Walt
• Tales of Wells Fargo — Ben Thompson
• 1957The Story of Mankind — Early Man
• 1956Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
• 1956Gun the Man Down — Ralph Farley
• 1956The Creature Walks Among Us — The Gill Man (on land)(uncredited)
• 1956The Great Locomotive Chase — Marion A. Ross
• 1956The Werewolf — Sheriff Jack Haines
• 1955A Lawless Street — Dooley Brion
• 1955Captain Fathom — Captain Fathom
• Cheyenne — Wes Garth, Marshal Tom Grant
• 1955Davy Crockett at the Alamo — William Travis
• 1955Дейві Крокетт: Король Диких земель — Col. William Travis
• Дим зі ствола — Creel, Lucas, Lolo Grimes, Michael, Mike
• 1953Sangaree — River Pirate (uncredited)
• Death Valley Days — Buck, Buff McCloud
• 1951The Kid from Amarillo — Rakim