Don Megowan

Don Megowan

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.

  • Title: Don Megowan
  • Popularity: 2.179
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1922-05-24
  • Place of Birth: Inglewood, California, USA
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Don Megowan Movies

  • 1958
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    Tales of Frankenstein

    Tales of Frankenstein

    7.2 1958 HD

    In this pilot for a series that was never picked up, Dr. Frankenstein has just finished rebuilding his creation, but the monster is unresponsive. He...

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  • 1959
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    The Jayhawkers!

    The Jayhawkers!

    5.9 1959 HD

    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...

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  • 1955
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    Captain Fathom

    Captain Fathom

    1 1955 HD

    While traveling in enemy waters, Captain Fathom and his crew detect an anomalous reading of radioactivity. The submariners investigate and discover a...

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  • 1955
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    A Lawless Street

    A Lawless Street

    5.414 1955 HD

    A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.

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  • 1956
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    The Great Locomotive Chase

    The Great Locomotive Chase

    6 1956 HD

    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....

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  • 1956
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    The Werewolf

    The Werewolf

    5.5 1956 HD

    The arrival in a small mountain town of a dissheveled stranger launches a series of murders committed by some sort of animal. As the town doctor and...

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  • 1958
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    The Man Who Died Twice

    The Man Who Died Twice

    5.643 1958 HD

    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...

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  • 1962
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    The Creation of the Humanoids

    The Creation of the Humanoids

    6.3 1962 HD

    Many years after a nuclear war, the human survivors have created a new society where much of the work done by androids, referred to derisively by...

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  • 1986
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    Horrible Horror

    Horrible Horror

    7 1986 HD

    A collection of trailers and previews from various low-budget horror films of the '50s and '60s.

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  • 1966
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    Tarzan and the Valley of Gold

    Tarzan and the Valley of Gold

    5.182 1966 HD

    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...

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  • 1955
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    Davy Crockett at the Alamo

    Davy Crockett at the Alamo

    6.5 1955 HD

    The third of five programs about Davy Crockett involves him, Georgie and a riverboat gambler they meet searching for a new adventure, which leads...

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  • 1956
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    Gun the Man Down

    Gun the Man Down

    6.3 1956 HD

    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.

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  • 1958
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    Lust to Kill

    Lust to Kill

    6 1958 HD

    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...

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  • 1963
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    For Love or Money

    For Love or Money

    5.3 1963 HD

    Wealthy Chloe Brasher has three beautiful daughters; Bonnie, Kate, and Jan. Chloe pays attorney Deke Gentry to fix them up with three suitable...

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  • 1964
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    The Luck of Ginger Coffey

    The Luck of Ginger Coffey

    6 1964 HD

    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...

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  • 1975
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    Melvin Purvis G-Man

    Melvin Purvis G-Man

    6.7 1975 HD

    Agent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that.

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  • 1974
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    Blazing Saddles

    Blazing Saddles

    7.2 1974 HD

    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...

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  • 1974
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    Scream of the Wolf

    Scream of the Wolf

    6.3 1974 HD

    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...

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  • 1955
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    Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

    Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

    6.405 1955 HD

    Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes....

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  • 1958
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    Snowfire

    Snowfire

    1 1958 HD

    A little girl living on an isolated ranch claims to have formed a bond of friendship with a pure white, "wild" stallion. The horse is well known in...

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  • 1957
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    Hell Canyon Outlaws

    Hell Canyon Outlaws

    1 1957 HD

    In this western, a sheriff attempts to exact his revenge against the desperadoes who cost him his job. The former lawman successfully gets rid of the...

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  • 1968
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    If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

    If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

    5 1968 HD

    James Lake (Raymond St. Jacques) is an escaped black convict imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit. Leslie Whitlock (Kevin McCarthy) offers James...

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  • 1956
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    The Creature Walks Among Us

    The Creature Walks Among Us

    5.3 1956 HD

    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....

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  • 1961
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    Guns of the Black Witch

    Guns of the Black Witch

    5.5 1961 HD

    In the 17th century, a village was the refuge of several French buccaneers. One day, the Spanish under the command of Guzmán, attacked the...

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  • 1951
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    The Kid from Amarillo

    The Kid from Amarillo

    1 1951 HD

    Charles "Durango" Starrett and his pal Smiley Burnette go after smugglers. Our heroes travel incognito across the Mexican border to beard the leader...

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  • 1979
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    Mrs. R's Daughter

    Mrs. R's Daughter

    6 1979 HD

    When a young woman is brutally raped and beaten, her mother sets out to find justice for her.

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  • 1975
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    The Kansas City Massacre

    The Kansas City Massacre

    4.7 1975 HD

    Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent...

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  • 1958
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    Money, Women and Guns

    Money, Women and Guns

    5.3 1958 HD

    Celebrated detective traces and finds beneficiaries to the will of a gold prospector murdered by bushwhackers.

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  • 1953
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    Sangaree

    Sangaree

    6.4 1953 HD

    Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.

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  • 1960
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    Valley of the Doomed

    Valley of the Doomed

    1 1960 HD

    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...

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  • 1957
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    The Story of Mankind

    The Story of Mankind

    4.636 1957 HD

    The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.

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  • 1974
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    Truck Turner

    Truck Turner

    6.5 1974 HD

    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.

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  • 1968
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    The Devil's Brigade

    The Devil's Brigade

    6.3 1968 HD

    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...

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1962
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    The Beachcomber

    The Beachcomber

    1 1962 HD

    The Beachcomber was an ITC Entertainment adventure TV series which ran for one series of 39 half-hour episodes in 1962. Narrated by Cameron...

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  • 1958
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    The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

    7 1958 HD

    The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It...

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  • 1963
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    Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

    5.8 1963 HD

    The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1962
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    7.1 1962 HD

    The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in...

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  • 1968
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    Here's Lucy

    Here's Lucy

    6.923 1968 HD

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  • 1952
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    Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days

    6.4 1952 HD

    Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley...

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  • 1952
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    Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days

    6.4 1952 HD

    Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley...

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  • 1957
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    Tales of Wells Fargo

    Tales of Wells Fargo

    6.8 1957 HD

    Jim Hardie helps Wells Fargo agents battle the bad guys.

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