- Johnny Weissmuller, Tarzan The Ape Man, 1931.
- Ricou Browning & Ben Chapman, Creature From The Black Lagoon, 1953. The Irish-Cherokee giant (estimated between 6ft 5 ins and 6ft 7ins) had succeeded Boris Karloff as Frakenstein’s three times for Universal in the 40s and was among the first actors invited by the same studio to don the ornate wet suit and become The Gil Man. (Browning played it underwater, Chapman on land – neither one crediited on-screen). Strange was busy enough, thank you, in B and TV Westerns, clocking out after 361 screen roles in 43 yea
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