Ricou Browning is an American film director, actor, producer, screenwriter, underwater cinematographer and stuntman. He is best known for his underwater stunt work, playing the Gill-man in Creature from the Black Lagoon, Revenge of the Creature and The Creature Walks Among Us. Other actors portrayed the creature on land. He is also the only actor to have portrayed the creature more than once. He is the only surviving Gill-man actor, and the last surviving original Universal Monster. Browning worked at Wakulla Springs in the 1940s and learned to perform in underwater newsreels conceived by Newton Perry, who later took Browning along when he opened Weeki Wachee. Browning directed the underwater scenes in Thunderball, underwater scenes in Caddyshack and coordinated marine stunts in an episode of Boardwalk Empire. A Florida native, Browning was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2012. 

February 16th, 1930 in Fort Pierce  /  Died:   Feb 27th, 2023