Trivia: BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS & BODY SNATCHERS

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TRIVIA---character actor King Donovan appeared in two 1950s sci fi movies that led to a wave of similar movies: THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS and INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS.
In Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion classic, THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, King Donovan played psychiatrist Dr. Ingersoll. The huge success of THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS led to a wave of giant monster movies including THEM!, THE BLACK SCORPION, TARANTULA, THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, GORGO and the legendary GODZILLA.

King Donovan played psychiatrist Dr. Ingersoll in Ray Harryhausen's THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS.







The success of THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS led to a wave of giant monster movies including THEM! and GODZILLA.







In Don Siegel's INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, Donovan played alien pod victim Jack Belicec. The movie was followed by three remakes: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978), BODY SNATCHERS and THE INVASION.




INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams).




BODY SNATCHERS (Gabrielle Anwar, Meg Tilley).




THE INVASION (Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig).