Don Megowan Net Worth

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Don Megowan net worth is
$1.3 Million

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Don Megowan (May 24, 1922 – June 26, 1981) was an American actor best known for playing the Gill-man on land in The Creature Walks Among Us, the final part of the Creature from the Black Lagoon trilogy. 
Net Worth$1.3 Million
Date Of BirthMay 24, 1922
Died1981-06-26
Place Of BirthInglewood, California, USA
Height6' 6" (1.98 m)
OccupationActor
ProfessionActor
SpouseBette Megowan Alva Megowan
NicknamesDon Megowan, Megowan, Don
Star SignGemini
#Fact
1Cousin of Foster Brooks.
2Don's former wife Bette was a stewardess when they met. They had two children: Vikki and Greg. Don married his second wife, Alva Lacy May, in the late 1970s. She appeared in a few movies as Alva Megowan.
3To supplement his income, he managed apartment buildings in the North Hollywood area. He also was a restaurateur, owning and operating Johnny's Bar and Grill on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood. After that closed he opened Megowan's Clubhouse, which specialized in hamburgers and lasagna, also in North Hollywood. This he owned until his death in 1981.
4Suffered major injuries in a 1963 car accident. His car hit a light pole and he was thrown halfway through, pinned by the windshield and nearly "scalped." Because of his giant size, paramedics needed a crane to pull him out of the car. In Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966), his head was shaved to emphasize the nasty scar left on his head from the accident.
5According to an interview article on Don for "Classic Images" film magazine, February 2013, by Tom Weaver, Don's daughter Vikki claimed that Don once owned several exotic animals: an ocelot, monkey and an Italian alligator named Juliet.
6Don's father Robert Megowan was a baker and mother Lelia Dale Megowan was a film negative cutter at Pathe Studios. Don had two older sisters, Doris and Eileen. Father Robert was 6'7" (same as Don) but mother Lelia was only 5'2". All three of their children grew to be over 6' tall.
7Was a track and field star and held the discus record at his Inglewood (California) high school. Received a scholarship to play football at USC (defensive and offensive tackle) and was considered one of the country's biggest lineman at the time.
8Was an avid card player. Clint Eastwood, Clint Walker and Jack Elam were a few of his more famous regular card-playing buddies back in the 1950s.
9Won a heavyweight boxing title during his Army military service in WWII.
10His mother was a motion picture film cutter.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Mrs. R's Daughter1979TV MovieLarsen
Fantasy Island1979TV SeriesRancher
The Great Gundown1977Baldy
The Kansas City Massacre1975TV MovieBoss Stinger
Gunsmoke1960-1975TV SeriesLolo Grimes / Lucas / Mike / ...
Truck Turner1974Garrity
Melvin Purvis G-MAN1974TV MovieHamburger Stand Man
Barnaby Jones1974TV Series
Blazing Saddles1974Gum Chewer
Scream of the Wolf1974TV MovieGrant
Kung Fu1973TV SeriesQuinn
Death Valley Days1954-1970TV SeriesHank Manning / Jim Clegg / Abel Green / ...
Here's Lucy1970TV SeriesCustoms Inspector
Get Smart1969TV SeriesMurphy
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!1968Officer
The Devil's Brigade1968Luke Phelan
Border Lust1967
Cowboy in Africa1967TV SeriesSims
Tarzan1966TV SeriesRafelson
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold1966Mr. Train
A Man Called Shenandoah1965TV SeriesJohnny Kyle
The Lucy Show1965TV SeriesChuck Casey
Petticoat Junction1965TV SeriesFreddie
Branded1965TV SeriesCarruthers
Daniel Boone1964TV SeriesHermann Boehm
The Beverly Hillbillies1964TV SeriesMonster
Rawhide1959-1964TV SeriesAbraham Claybank / Corporal Cochran / Jack Viner
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters1963TV SeriesEd Matlock
For Love or Money1963Gregor Garrison
Bonanza1959-1963TV SeriesMase Sindell / John C. Regan
The Beachcomber1962TV SeriesCaptain Huckabee
The Creation of the Humanoids1962Capt. Kenneth Cragis
77 Sunset Strip1962TV SeriesJason McKendrick
Bus Stop1962TV SeriesBob Stumbo
Cheyenne1956-1961TV SeriesMatt Nelson / Marshal Tom Grant / Wes McQueen / ...
The Tall Man1961TV SeriesGalt
The Case of the Dangerous Robin1961TV Series
Two Faces West1961TV Series
Wagon Train1957-1961TV SeriesSean Hennessey / Jess Winn
The Americans1961TV SeriesLt. Fairfax
Guns of the Black Witch1961Jean
The Best of the Post1960TV SeriesClyde
Lawman1960TV SeriesRafe Curry
The Deputy1960TV SeriesTim Brandon
Angel1960TV SeriesDick
The Rifleman1960TV SeriesDorf
Laramie1959-1960TV SeriesClint Gentry / Terry Mulligan
La strada dei giganti1960Clint Farrell
The Yank1960TV MovieBush Kane
Fury1959TV SeriesNick
The Jayhawkers!1959China
Tales of Wells Fargo1958-1959TV SeriesSoldier O'Malley / Ben Thompson
Have Gun - Will Travel1958-1959TV SeriesAbe Huston / Ben Stacy / Wichita Walker / ...
Markham1959TV SeriesBeau 'Bull' Bowen
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1959TV SeriesTom Tanner
U.S. Marshal1959TV SeriesBen Thompson
The Californians1959TV SeriesClay Kendall
Tales of Frankenstein1958TV ShortThe Monster
Maverick1958TV SeriesRed / Mr. Grayson
The Buccaneer1958Pirate with Axe (uncredited)
Cimarron City1958TV SeriesThe Beast / Perry Dunlap / Grant Budinger
Money, Women and Guns1958John Briggs
A Lust to Kill1958Cheney Holland
The Man Who Died Twice1958T.J. Brennon
Snowfire1958Mike McGowan
The Silent Service1958TV SeriesLaboon
Cool and Lam1958TV MovieJohn Harbet
Counterspy1958TV MovieDavid Harding
Colt .451957TV SeriesDeputy Pete Dawson
The Story of Mankind1957Early Man
Climax!1954-1957TV Series
Hell Canyon Outlaws1957Henchman Walt
The O. Henry Playhouse1957TV SeriesTexan
The Delicate Delinquent1957Policeman (uncredited)
Studio 571957TV Series
Crossroads1957TV SeriesBig Jim Carrados
Gun the Man Down1956Ralph Farley
The Loretta Young Show1956TV SeriesHank Curtis
General Electric Theater1956TV SeriesYankee Sergeant
Warner Brothers Presents1956TV Series
The Werewolf1956Sheriff Jack Haines
The Great Locomotive Chase1956Marion A. Ross
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color1955-1956TV SeriesMarion A. Ross / William Travis
The Creature Walks Among Us1956The Gill Man (on land) (uncredited)
Anything Goes1956Henri (uncredited)
A Lawless Street1955Dooley Brion
The Star and the Story1955TV SeriesK.O. Kranton
The Man Behind the Badge1955TV SeriesLudell
To Catch a Thief1955Detective at Costume Ball (uncredited)
Cavalcade of America1953-1955TV Series
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse1955TV Series
My Little Margie1955TV Series
The Shining Beacon1955TV MovieCharlemagne
Captain Fathom1955TV MovieCaptain Fathom
The Lone Ranger1954TV SeriesCherokee Smith
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger1954TV SeriesPoli
Prince Valiant1954Sir Lancelot (uncredited)
Sangaree1953River Pirate (uncredited)
The Kid from Amarillo1951Rakim
On the Loose1951Club Emerald Headwaiter (uncredited)
The Mob1951Bruiser - Big Longshoreman at Union Hall (uncredited)

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