Ben Chapman, best known for his role as my all-time famous monster, “The Creature from the Black Lagoon” died earlier today in Hawaii. Chapman played the Gillman in the on-land sequences in this classic film (Ricou Browning performing the underwater sequences).
His creature has become a visual icon for movie horror, and was the only one of the core Universal Monsters to be created outside if the 1930’s. His website is here.
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- “The Creature from the Black Lagoon”
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