# Johnny Weissmuller

> He owned the pool in the 1920s—five Olympic golds, world records—then became the only Tarzan anyone remembers, chest-beating through twelve features and defining the role for a generation raised on Saturday matinees.

*American swimmer, water polo player, and actor (1904–1984)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Actors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1904-06-02
- **Died:** 1984-01-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Johann Peter Weißmüller in 1904, the Hungarian-born swimmer arrived in America and rewrote the record books: 100m freestyle and relay golds in Paris in 1924, repeated in Amsterdam in 1928, plus a 400m title and a bronze in water polo. He retired from competition with one of the century's most dominant swimming résumés. In 1932 he stepped into a loincloth for MGM's Tarzan and held the role through twelve films across sixteen years, six for MGM and six for RKO, his yell and physique sealing Edgar Rice Burroughs' ape-man in popular imagination. He followed with sixteen Jungle Jim movies and twenty-six half-hour TV episodes, spending nearly three decades in the jungle long after he'd left the water.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 61.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 12.5 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 25.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 67.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919321/ (@nm0919321)
- **WEBSITE**: https://johnnyweissmuller.com

## Topics
#Athletes, #Actor, #Movies, #Television, #Swimming, #United States, #Americas, #20th Century

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