texts: We took a full body cast of him. On top of his figure we built the monster to fit him, mouldwise, in several pieces. I can't tell you how many now, but I would guess between six and ten. They were cast in foam rubber, which at the time was something new. The costume fit him pretty skintight.
labels: It sure did. Ben Chapman, the 6'5" actor who played the creature at Universal, describes the gill-man suit as fitting as closely as an outer layer of skin.