Ricou Browning

Ricou Browning was born on Feb 16, 1930 in USA. Ricou Browning's big-screen debut came with Flipper directed by James B. Clark in 1963.

Born in Fort Pierce, Florida, Ricou Browning grew up in nearby Jensen Beach and 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 director (above and below water), second unit director, writer, stunt man and stunt coordinator.