# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ricou-browning
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:42:53.383Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ricou-browning"
name: "Ricou Browning"
slug: "ricou-browning"
description: "Ricou Ren Browning was an American stunt performer, filmmaker and actor. A skilled swimmer, he was known for his innovative underwater stunt work, notably in the 1954 film Creature from the Black Lagoon, in which he portrayed the titular Gill-man during the film's underwater scenes, and in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, for which he was the underwater sequences director. He was also the co-creator of the Flipper media franchise."
tagline: "American film actor and director (1930–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ricou_Browning_in_his_movie_costume_at_Wakulla_Springs_(15055100304).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1930-02-16"
deathDate: "2023-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.783386579483865
  historical:           12.35835866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0115202"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump