Don Megowan

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Actor

Birth Date: May 24, 1922

Death Date: June 26, 1981

Birth Place: Inglewood, California

Don Megowan 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. Megowan began his acting career appearing in various films, such as the James Mason adaptation "Prince Valiant" (1954), the western adventure "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier" (1955) with Fess Parker and the mystery adaptation "To Catch a Thief" (1955) with Cary Grant.

He also appeared in "A Lawless Street" (1955), "The Creature Walks Among Us" (1956) and "Anything Goes" (1956) with Bing Crosby. He kept working in film throughout the fifties, starring in "The Great Locomotive Chase" (1956) with Fess Parker, "The Werewolf" (1956) and the Jerry Lewis comedy "The Delicate Delinquent" (1957).

During the latter part of his career, he continued to act in the drama "The Devil's Brigade" (1968) with William Holden, the Isaac Hayes action picture "Truck Turner" (1974) and the Robert Padilla adventure "The Great Gundown" (1977). He also was featured in the TV movies "Scream of the Wolf" (ABC, 1973-74) and "Melvin Purvis: G-Man" (ABC, 1973-74). Megowan more recently appeared in "Mrs. R's Daughter" (NBC, 1979-1980).

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Fantasy IslandStream

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1978

Scream of the Wolf

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Grant
Movie
1974

Melvin Purvis: G-Man

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Hamburger Stand Man
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1974

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1972

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1968

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Luke Phelan
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1968
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Tarzan

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Rafelson
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1966

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold

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Mr. Train
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1966

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1965

A Man Called Shenandoah

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1965

Petticoat JunctionStream

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1963

The Lucy ShowStream

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1962

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Capt. Kenneth Cragis
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1962

Valley of the Doomed

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Clint Farrell
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1962

Guns of the Black Witch

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Jean
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1962

Bus Stop

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1961

The Beachcomber

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Captain Huckabee; John's friend
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1961

The Tall Man

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Galt
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1960

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Terry Mulligan
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1959

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1959

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1959

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China
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1959

U.S. Marshal

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Ben Thompson
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1958

77 Sunset Strip

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Jason McKendrick
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1958

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1958

Tales of Frankenstein

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1958

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1957

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1957

The Silent Service

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1957

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Ben Thompson
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1957

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1957

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1957

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1957

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1956

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1956

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1956

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1955

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1955

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1955

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Tom Tanner
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1955

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1955

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1954

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1952

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1952

The Kid From Amarillo

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Rakim
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1951

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Cherokee Smith
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1949