Richard Durock (January 18, 1937 – September 17, 2009) was an American actor and stuntman who appeared in over eighty films and over seven hundred television episodes. He played the DC Comics superhero, Swamp Thing, in both the feature films Swamp Thing (1982) and The Return of Swamp Thing (1989), and the 1990-1993 Swamp Thing TV series. He stood an imposing 6'6". (Via Wikipedia)