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| The Gill-man | |
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.jpg) The Gill-man as portrayed by Ricou Browning in Creature from the Black Lagoon. | |
| First appearance | Creature from the Black Lagoon |
| Last appearance | The Monster Squad |
| Created by | Milicent Patrick Harry Essex Arthur A. Ross Maurice Zimm |
| Portrayed by | Creature from the Black Lagoon Ben Chapman Revenge of the Creature Tom Hennesy The Creature Walks Among Us Don Megowan All underwater scenes: Ricou Browning |
| In-universe information | |
| Type | Devonian "Fish-Man" |
| Status | Deceased |
The Gill-man—commonly called the Creature—is the main antagonist of the 1954 black-and-white science fiction film Creature from the Black Lagoon and its two sequels Revenge of the Creature (1955) and The Creature Walks Among Us (1956).
In all three films, Ricou Browning portrays the Gill-man when he is swimming underwater. In the scenes when the Gill-man is walking on dry land, Ben Chapman performed the Gill-man in the first film, followed by Tom Hennesy in the second, and Don Megowan in the third.
The Gill-man also appears in the 1967 stop-motion animated film Mad Monster Party?, but is referred to as simply "The Creature". It also appears in the 1972 traditional animated film Mad Mad Mad Monsters, again referred to as simply "The Creature".
The Gill-man's popularity as an iconic monster of cinema has led to numerous cameo appearances, including an episode of The Munsters (1965), the motion picture The Monster Squad (1987), a stage show (2009), and a reimagining in 2017's The Shape of Water.[1] Despite this popularity, the Gill-man appeared in the fewest movies of all the Universal Monsters.
- ^ "The Iconic Horror Movie Scene That Inspired 'The Shape of Water'". Bloody Disgusting. September 6, 2017. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.