The Creature(I always thought of him as The Gillman)was always my favorite monster as a kid. Rest in peace, Ben.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon is my dad's favorite monster. I know Dad'll be sad to hear of this loss. I have great memories of watching the original "Creature" film with Dad as a kid on VHS, and the two Creature sequels on DVD a couple of years ago. I wrote "was" in the first sentence instead of "is", then went back and changed it. As an actor myself, I realize that when an actor gives a memorable performance on film he gains a bit of earthly immortality. Our favorite film characters, and therefore the actors that portray them, will never die out as long as we continue to share our favorite films with new generations and keep the memories alive in our minds and hearts. I usually don't get this way, but this news made me surprisingly grief-filled, and I felt I needed to say what was on my mind. God rest your soul Ben. I hope I see you in Heaven. We should hang out.

rip ben

That's very sad. I met Ben a few years ago at the Chiller Theatre con. Really nice guy and got an autograph photo. RIP Ben.

R.I.P. I as well loved the original as a kid. All the old school Universal films were so great. Those were the films that got me into horror growing up as a kid in the seventies. We had a show here in Seattle during that time called "Nightmare Theater" on Friday nights that almost always played a classic Universal film. Is there any news on the Creature remake ????