RIP Ricou Browning (1930 – 2023)

I didn't see this mentioned anywhere here, but the last of the great Universal monster actors just passed away a few days ago. Ricou Browning played the Creature From the Black Lagoon in a trilogy of "Gil-Man" monster movies, and gave us some of the greatest shots in the genre.

Oh, man. I heard about this. The last of the Universal players in their famous monster series of films. Loved the "Creature" films, especially the first. Godspeed, Ricou.

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"Miss Jean Louise, Mr. Arthur Radley."

I'll be damned. I never knew who played the creature. We saw all 3 films in theater when they came out. My buddy and I loved them, and we breathlessly yakked about the creature and various scenes while walking home. As I recall, by the 3rd one the creature was looking a little fakey, but we were genuinely scared in the first one!