Ricou Browning(1930-2023)

Writer
Director
Camera and Electrical Department

Ricou Browning in Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (1995)

Born in Fort Pierce, Florida, Ricou Browning grew up in nearby Jensen Beach and went on to study physical education at Florida State university. He got a career start diving and springboard diving in local water shows. By the time he was in his early 20s, he was producing underwater shows at Weeki Wachee Springs and topside water shows at Rainbow Springs and other locations. After playing the Gill Men in the underwater scenes of Universal's L'Étrange Créature du lac noir (1954) and its sequels (La Revanche de la créature (1955) and La créature est parmi nous (1956)), he got into the swim of film and TV production as a result of an encounter with producer Ivan Tors; Browning ended up president of Tors' Florida studios (he was involved on Tors' Remous (1958), The Aquanauts (1960) and Aventure en Floride (1963) movies and TV series, etc.) He has also worked as a second unit director (above and below water), producer, writer, stunt man and stunt coordinator.

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Awards
- 1 win total

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Known for

Opération Tonnerre

6.9

Second Unit or Assistant Director(underwater sequences)

1965

Jamais plus jamais

6.1

Additional Crew

1983

Flipper le dauphin

6.3

TV Series

Writer

Le golf en folie !

7.2

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1980

Credits

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Writer

Flipper
5.3
TV Series
- based on the television series created by
- based on the TV series created by
- based on the television created by
- 1995–2000
Flipper
5.3
- story
- 1996
Island Claws
4.3
- writer
- 1980
Salty
6.7
TV Series
- created by (creator)
- 1974–1975
Salty
6.1
- writer
- 1973
Flipper le dauphin
6.3
TV Series
- writer
- story
- creator ...
- 1964–1966
Flipper et les Pirates
6.0
- characters
- 1964
Aventure en Floride
6.1
- story
- 1963

Director

Camera and Electrical Department

Personal details

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Official site
- Discogs
Alternative name
- Riccou Browning
Height
- 1.92 m
Born
- February 16, 1930
- Fort Pierce, Florida, USA
Died
- February 27, 2023
- Southwest Ranches, Florida, USA(natural causes)
Spouse
- Fran? - March 5, 2020 (her death, 4 children)
Children
Publicity listings
- 3 Interviews
- 2 Articles

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Trivia
With the death of Tom Hennesy on May 23, 2011, he is the last surviving actor to have played a classic Universal Monster. He played the Gill-man in L'Étrange Créature du lac noir (1954), La Revanche de la créature (1955) and La créature est parmi nous (1956). Hennesy played the same character in the second film.

Quotes
As far as I see it L'Étrange Créature du lac noir (1954) was just another movie and it was just another job. I've done many things since then that I am much more proud of. But I've gotten more reaction out of the Creature thing than anything else. Well, I guess that's life!