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'' ` ricou browning '' ' as the gill-man 1945 -- 1969 fort pierce , florida , usa 200px 23 november 1930 ricou -lrb- 15055100304 -rrb- . jpg browning in his movie costume at wakulla springs ricou browning
 ricou browning film underwater cinematographer , stuntman director , actor , producer , screenwriter ,
ricou browning

ricou browning -lrb- born november 23 , 1930 -rrb- is an american film director , actor , producer , screenwriter , underwater cinematographer and stuntman .
he is best known for his underwater stunt work , playing the gill-man in `` creature from the black lagoon '' , `` revenge of the creature '' and `` the creature walks among us '' .
other actors portrayed the creature on land .
he is also the only actor to have portrayed the creature more than once .
he is the only surviving gill-man actor , and the last surviving original universal monster .
browning worked at wakulla springs in the 1940s and learned to perform in underwater newsreels conceived by newton perry , who later took browning along when he opened weeki wachee .
browning directed the underwater scenes in `` thunderball '' -lrb- 1966 academy award winner for special visual effects -rrb- , underwater scenes in `` caddyshack '' -lrb- 1980 -rrb- and coordinated marine stunts in an episode of `` boardwalk empire '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- .
a florida native , browning was inducted into the florida artists hall of fame in 2012 .
