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Also Known As Jack Arnold Waks
Born October 14, 1916 • New Haven • Connecticut
Died March 17, 1992 (aged 75) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works “Creature from the Black Lagoon” • “Girls in the Night” • “High School Confidential!” • “It Came from Outer Space” • “Man in the Shadow” • “Monster on the Campus” • “Tarantula!” • “The Glass Web” • “The Incredible Shrinking Man” • “The Lady Takes a Flyer” • “The Mouse That Roared” • “The Space Children” • “The Tattered Dress”

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Movie poster for Creature from the Black Lagoon shows a scaly creature grabbing a woman in a white swimsuit underwater, with bold text and images of Richard Carlson and Julia Adams.
Gill-Man, a creature in a scaly suit, approaches Julia Adams and Richard Carlson, who stand close together in fear, in a misty cave scene from Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954).
Grant Williams, shrunken to a tiny size, faces a large spider atop a spool of thread in a scene from the 1957 film The Incredible Shrinking Man.
Peter Sellers, wearing glasses and chainmail, stands in front of Jean Seberg in a scene from the film The Mouse That Roared, directed by Jack Arnold.
Lobby card for Creature from the Black Lagoon shows the monster grabbing a woman underwater, with bold movie title text, taglines, and portraits of Richard Carlson and Julia Adams.
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