Actor Ricou Browning, best known for his role as the Gill Man in the 1950s monster movie \u0022Creature from the Black Lagoon,\u0022 has died.
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“One day, when I came home, the kids were watching ‘Lassie’ on TV, and it just dawned on me, ‘Why not do a film about a boy and a dolphin?”‘ he told the newspaper. But nothing would mark Browning’s Hollywood career like swimming underwater in an elaborately grotesque suit as the Gill Man, a character that would hold its own in horror movie lore along side monsters like King Kong and Godzilla. Browning did the swimming scenes in two sequels, “Revenge of the Creature” and “The Creature Walks Among Us” . Other actors played the Gill Man on land.
Perry asked Browning to take the Hollywood visitors to Wakulla Springs, one of the largest and deepest freshwater springs in the world. They later recruited Browning to appear in the movie, which was partly filmed at the springs.
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