Ricou Browning

Ricou Browning, who played the Creature From the Black Lagoon when he was underwater, passed away. I met him at Blobfest several years ago and got his autograph (shown below) on a booklet from a set of Universal monster films.

RIP Ricou Browning. One of the men who played the Creature From the Black Lagoon (also, I'm told, one of the creators of Flipper!) pic.twitter.com/oXddAEFG04
— Dark Corners (@DarkCorners3) March 1, 2023

RIP Ricou Browning. He was an actor and also a prodigious swimmer, and what makes his underwater performance as the Gill Man memorable is that he’s not just swimming, he’s acting while swimming. You feel like there’s a character beneath those scales. https://t.co/oQfdERFRa3 https://t.co/UMPpiP1uO2
— Matt Zoller Seitz (@mattzollerseitz) March 1, 2023

We just heard that one of the last of the greats has passed at 93.

Ricou Browning was an actor, producer, stuntman, and director, but he's best known for playing the Gill Man in CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON and its sequels. Rest in peace to a legend. pic.twitter.com/wJguoYO5r5
— Hollywood Horror Museum (@horrormuseum) February 28, 2023