Actor Who Played the Gill Man in "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" Dies

Ricou Browning, who did the underwater scenes in the Creature from the Black Lagoon series died at 93 last month. Those were some of the first horror movies I saw as a kid. I used to fish in a swamp lake that looked just like the Black Lagoon, so I was always on the lookout for the creature.

PhoenixPhail · M

It may be fitting if he were buried at sea.

Bella Lugosi was so attached to his Dracula persona, he was buried in his Dracula outfit.

craig7 · 70-79, M

@SW-User I saw it again on Fox Classics a few months ago - the photography for the underwater action scenes was pretty good.

exexec · 70-79, C

@Nimbus He said he got the part because he could hold his breath for several minutes underwater.