Johnny Weissmuller
American swimmer, water polo player, and actor (1904-1984) · United States · Actors · Died at 79 · also Hungary
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Something wrong?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.
A life in dates
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Film1971Film '72Series1970
The PhynxFilm, Johnny Weissmuller1963Das aktuelle SportstudioSeries1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1955
Jungle JimSeries
Jungle Moon MenFilm, 1955Johnny Weissmuller1953
Killer ApeFilm, Jungle Jim1952
This Is Your LifeSeries1951
Fury of the CongoFilm, Jungle Jim1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries
Jungle JimFilm, 1948Jungle Jim1946
Swamp FireFilm, Johnny Duval1943
Stage Door CanteenFilm, Johnny Weissmüller1941
Tarzan's Secret TreasureFilm, Tarzan1936
Tarzan EscapesFilm, Tarzan1932
Tarzan the Ape ManFilm, Tarzan1925
Ways to Strength and BeautyFilm1904Born2 June 1904Also in Deutsch
Photos 5
Filmography 40
FAFamous T&A 2
TTThe One, the Only, the Real Tarzan
CWComplicated Women
TIThat's Entertainment, Part II
WHWon Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodBDBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
TMThe Great Masquerade
HFHollywood: The Dream FactoryTPThe Phynx
TCThe ComicJMJungle Moon Men
CACannibal AttackKAKiller Ape
JLJungle Jim in the Forbidden LandFCFury of the Congo
JMJungle Manhunt
CGCaptive Girl
MGMark of the Gorilla
TMThe Yellow Cab Man
TTThe Lost Tribe
TMTarzan and the MermaidsJJJungle Jim
THTarzan and the Huntress
TWTarzan and the Leopard WomanSFSwamp Fire
TATarzan and the Amazons
TTTarzan Triumphs
TMTarzan's Desert MysterySCStage Door Canteen
TATarzan's New York AdventureTTTarzan's Secret Treasure
HWHollywood: Style Center of the World
RDRodeo Dough
TSTarzan Finds a Son!TETarzan Escapes
TMTarzan and His Mate
HBHollywood on Parade No. B-1TMTarzan the Ape Man
GGGlorifying the American GirlWBWays to Strength and Beauty63 credits on file
Television 6
TSThe Merv Griffin ShowJJJungle JimTLThis Is Your LifeTSThe Ed Sullivan ShowAwards
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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.
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