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Lex Barker took over the role of Tarzan following Johnny Weissmuller in 1949 with the release of Tarzan's Magic Fountain. He later went on to star in Eurospy thrillers. |  |
Herman Brix was an Olympian who starred as Tarzan only once, in 1935's The New Adventures of Tarzan. He later went on to much career success when he changed his name to Bruce Bennett. | |
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Buster Crabbe was another Olympian who starred as Tarzan only once but gained much greater fame in a series of westerns produced in the 1940s. |  |
Ron Ely began his acting career in the 1950s but became famous in the 1966-1968 NBC TV series Tarzan. | |
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Mike Henry was a former football player with a penchant for acting when he was chosen to play Tarzan as a replacement for Jock Mahoney. |  |
Jock Mahoney got his start in Three Stooges shorts before finding a niche in westerns. He holds the record as the oldest actor cast as Tarzan. | |
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Denny Miller was a college basketball player who was spotted for films in the 1950s and was cast as Tarzan in the 1959 MGM film Tarzan, the Ape Man. |  |
Glenn Morris was a standout at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin and was cast as Tarzan in the 1938 film Tarzan's Revenge. | |
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Miles O'Keeffe made a big splash as Tarzan in John Derek's 1981 film Tarzan the Ape Man. |  |
Gordon Scott starred in the first shot-in-color Tarzan films and went on to star in numerous peplum films in the 1960s. | |
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Johnny Sheffield started as 'Boy' in Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan films and later went on to star in a number of films as Bomba, the Jungle Boy. |  |
Johnny Weissmuller is the best-known Tarzan actor and starred in films as the king of the jungle more often than any other actor. |
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