Ricou Browning | |
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.jpg) Browning in the Gill-man costume, c. 1954 | |
| Born | Ricou Ren Browning February 16, 1930 Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | February 27, 2023 (aged 93) |
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| Years active | 1945–1986 |
| Children | 4 |
Ricou Ren Browning (February 16, 1930 – February 27, 2023) was an American stunt performer, filmmaker and actor. A skilled swimmer, he was known for his innovative underwater stunt work, notably in the 1954 film Creature from the Black Lagoon, in which he portrayed the titular Gill-man during the film's underwater scenes, and in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, for which he was the underwater sequences director. He was also the co-creator of the Flipper media franchise.