Johnny Weissmuller
American swimmer, water polo player, and actor (1904–1984)
- Fame61.8
- Momentum12.5
- Actors rank#69
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- Fame61.8
- Momentum12.5
- Actors rank#69
- Wikipedia35.6K
Lived 1904–1984, aged 80United States
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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.
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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…
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- honorary citizen of Timișoara
- International Swimming Hall of Fame
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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