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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Ben Chapman: The Creature




Photos copyright Ackerman Estate, Ben Chapman Family, Universal Studios
Ben Chapman, the 6 foot 5 ex-Marine who played the "Creature" in The Creature from the Black Lagoon, died last week.
The movie was great and I can't recommend it enough for parents trying to mold their kids into science fiction and fantasy artists. It certainly worked in my case.
Compare the bottom two pictures...great make-up work, huh? Certainly there are one or two regular readers of this blog who made the Aurora model kit, right?
Visit the below link to the official "Gill-Man" website.


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Ben Chapman's website

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