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JOHNNY WEISSMULLER. Silver Screen Collection/Getty. Like Frank Merrill, Weissmuller had an athletic background that helped him prepare to play the brawny character. The five-time Olympic...
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Nov 5, 2019 · Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller played Tarzan in more than 10 films from 1932's Tarzan the Ape Man to 1948's Tarzan and the Mermaids. Tony Goldwyn provided the voice of Tarzan in the 1999 Disney animated film.
Mar 4, 2024 · Tarzan, the iconic King of the Jungle, has been portrayed by various actors in movies and TV series over the years. The film adaptations of Edgar Burroughs' bestselling Tarzan series have had varying degrees of success in terms of critical and audience reception.
The list includes all the movies with different actors in the role of Tarzan. Among them, Elmo Lincoln, Herman Brix, Lex Barker, Buster Crabbe, Johnny Weissmuller, Gordon Scott, Ron Ely and others.
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- Elmo Lincoln
- Gene Pollar
- James Pierce
- Frank Merrill
- Johnny Weissmuller
- Buster Crabbe
- Bruce Bennett
- Glenn Morris
- Lex Barker
Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan, had considered the names ‘Tublat Zan’ and ‘Zantar’ before finally going with ‘Tarzan’. How great would it be to grow up in a jungle and befriend the awe-inspiring scenery. Each one of us has that little impossible dream. And characters like Tarzan allow us a peep into these impossible dreams. We live the...
Born: February 6, 1889 Died: June 27, 1952 He was the first actor to play Tarzan in a movie, which was a silent film. After the Tarzan movies, he was not very much active in films for about a decade. He returned to doing movies in the late 1930s after the silent film era, mostly working as an extra. Tarzan Films: 1. Tarzan of the Apes (1918) 2. The...
Born: September 16, 1892 Died: October 20, 1971 New York City firefighter Joseph Charles Pohler used the screen name Gene Pollar for the one Tarzan movie he acted in. This was his only film, after which, he switched back to being a firefighter with his original name. Tarzan Films: 1. The Revenge of Tarzan (1920)
Born: August 8, 1900 Died: December 11, 1983 James Pierce landed the role to play Tarzan because of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator and author of Tarzan books, who met Pierce at a party thrown by himself and his daughter. Prior to this, James Pierce used to coach high school football in Arizona, and pursue acting in his spare time. He later marri...
Born: March 21, 1893 Died: February 12, 1966 Frank Merrill was a body double for Elmo Lincoln in the Adventures Of Tarzan. He was a national-title winning gymnast, a stuntman, and an actor. He was the first actor to voice Tarzan’s famous ‘victory cry’ on film. Ironically, he was not called back to play Tarzan in further sound films because of his u...
Born: June 2, 1904 Died: January 20, 1984 The best known actor to have played Tarzan by far, Johnny Weissmuller was also one of the fastest swimmers in the world in the 1920s. He won five Olympic gold medals in freestyle swimming and a bronze in water polo. He played the role of Tarzan in twelve motion pictures from 1932 to 1948. After representing...
Born: February 7, 1908 Died: April 23, 1983 Buster Crabbe was an Olympic gold medal winning swimmer before getting into acting. His Tarzan film came out after the many by Johnny Weissmuller. Although Buster Crabbe starred only in one Tarzan film, he acted in several other popular movies in the 1930s and 1940s. Tarzan Films: 1. Tarzan the Fearless (...
Born: May 19, 1906 Died: February 24, 2007 Another Olympic medalist (though this time for shot put), Bruce Bennett was born Harold Herman Brix. He started his acting career with his only Tarzan film, and apparently moved on to other projects. He had changed his name to Bruce Bennett to avoid being typecast as Tarzan. Tarzan Films: 1. The New Advent...
Born: June 18, 1912 Died: January 31, 1974 Glenn Morris won a gold medal in the 1936 Olympics for decathlon. He was the fourth Olympic athlete to play Tarzan. Glenn Morris, who appeared in only one Tarzan film, and played a minor role in another film, left the movies after these two films. Tarzan Films: 1. Tarzan’s Revenge (1938)
Born: May 8, 1919 Died: May 11, 1973 Like many of the actors who played Tarzan, Lex Barker too rose to fame after starring in his first Tarzan movie. Subsequently, he went on play many heroic and important roles in various other films. His appearance, physique, and style gained him immense popularity as Tarzan. Tarzan Films: 1. Tarzan’s Magic Fount...
Sep 3, 2024 · In 1932, Johnny Weissmüller took the lead role in the first Tarzan movie produced with sound, beginning a film franchise. A new movie following the character was released nearly every year until 1970. After 1970, the franchise remained dormant for over a decade.
The Legend of Tarzan: Directed by David Yates. With Alexander Skarsgård, Rory J Saper, Christian Stevens, Christoph Waltz. Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
