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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
Most Popular Don Megowan Trailers
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29 October 1951
Charles "Durango" Starrett and his pal Smiley Burnette go after smugglers. Our heroes travel incognito across the Mexican border to beard the leader of the gang in his den.
07 February 1974
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable.
28 September 1958
A cowboy escapes from jail with the help of his girlfriend, and goes after the men he believes are responsible for his brother being shot down by lawmen.
19 September 1979
When a young woman is brutally raped and beaten, her mother sets out to find justice for her.
07 August 1963
Wealthy Chloe Brasher has three beautiful daughters; Bonnie, Kate, and Jan. Chloe pays attorney Deke Gentry to fix them up with three suitable husbands.
01 July 1966
In Central America, a little native boy, Ramel, is abducted by Vinaro, a madman who believes the child to be the sole link to a lost Aztec city of gold.
18 May 1958
A little girl living on an isolated ranch claims to have formed a bond of friendship with a pure white, "wild" stallion.
01 October 1958
Celebrated detective traces and finds beneficiaries to the will of a gold prospector murdered by bushwhackers.
26 June 1974
Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.
16 January 1974
A big-game hunter comes out of retirement to help track down a killer wolf, and begins to suspect that it isn't a wolf but an animal that can take human form.
01 January 1958
In this pilot for a series that was never picked up, Dr. Frankenstein has just finished rebuilding his creation, but the monster is unresponsive.
08 June 1956
During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system.
01 July 1956
The arrival in a small mountain town of a dissheveled stranger launches a series of murders committed by some sort of animal.
23 February 1955
The third of five programs about Davy Crockett involves him, Georgie and a riverboat gambler they meet searching for a new adventure, which leads them to the Alamo, which they must defend.
15 May 1968
At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers.
08 October 1968
James Lake (Raymond St. Jacques) is an escaped black convict imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit.
05 October 1957
In this western, a sheriff attempts to exact his revenge against the desperadoes who cost him his job.
06 June 1958
An innocent nightclub singer becomes mixed up in illegal drug dealings shortly after witnessing her husband's death and the murder of a couple of narcotics agents.
15 November 1955
A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
25 May 1955
Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes.
24 February 1961
In the 17th century, a village was the refuge of several French buccaneers. One day, the Spanish under the command of Guzmán, attacked the village and killed everybody, adults and children .
15 October 1959
Before the U.S. Civil War rebel leader Luke Darcy sees himself as leader of a new independent Republic of Kansas but the military governor sends an ex-raider to capture Darcy.
01 March 1956
Scientists surgically transform the Creature into an air-breather, but being able to live on land is not enough to make him comfortable with humans.
15 November 1956
An outlaw is left for dead by his gang after being shot. A year later, he is released from jail with one thing on his mind: Revenge.
19 September 1975
Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt.
28 February 1975
Agent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that.
03 July 1962
Many years after a nuclear war, the human survivors have created a new society where much of the work is done by androids, referred to derisively by humans as "clickers".
08 November 1957
The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
21 September 1964
An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his constant lying, pigheadedness and instability.
17 May 1953
Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.
01 January 1958
Odd-couple private detective team Bertha Cool and Donald Lam investigate a seemingly-simple infidelity case that leads to murder.
08 April 1960
1860, the great Duchess of Parma, Maria Luisa, wants to provide her little state with train tracks, in spite of the opposition she gets from certain noble people.
01 January 1955
While traveling in enemy waters, Captain Fathom and his crew detect an anomalous reading of radioactivity.
30 May 1956
Fess Parker heads to the set of The Great Locomotive Chase in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
01 January 1958
When a massive Soviet battleship negotiates the treacherous Oslo harbor without a local pilot, American counterespionage agent David Harding suspects that the enemy has developed a secret navigational tool and orders his operatives to find a local frogman to take pictures of the vessel's hull when the ship makes a goodwill tour stop in England.
