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Johnny Weissmüller
Freidorf, Austria-Hungary [now Timisoara, Timis County, Romania]
Johnny Weissmuller (born Johann Peter Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor. Weissmuller was one of the world's best…
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Johnny Weissmuller (born Johann Peter Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor. Weissmuller was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven world records. After his swimming career, he became the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in films, a role he played in twelve motion pictures. Dozens of other actors have also played Tarzan, but Weissmuller is by far the best known. His character's distinctive, ululating Tarzan yell is still often used in films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Weissmuller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2022
Famous T&A 2
Movie Tarzan (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2017
Tarzan Revisited
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
Movie Self / Tarzan (Archived Footage)
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2004
The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2003
Complicated Women
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1996
Tarzan at the Movies Part 1: Johnny Weissmuller
Movie Johnny Weissmuller
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1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Movie Stagehand 2
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1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie (archive footage)
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1976
It's Showtime
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1976
Hooray for Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1974
The Great Masquerade
Movie Sepy Debronvi
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1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1971
Film '72
TV show Self
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1970
The Phynx
Movie Johnny Weissmuller
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1969
The Comic
Movie Jungle Jim (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1963
Das aktuelle Sportstudio
TV show self
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1955
Devil Goddess
Movie Johnny Weissmuller
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1955
Jungle Jim
TV show
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1955
Jungle Moon Men
Movie Johnny Weissmuller
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1954
Cannibal Attack
Movie Johnny Weissmuller
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1954
Jungle Man-Eaters
Movie Jungle Jim
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1953
Killer Ape
Movie Jungle Jim
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1953
Valley of Head Hunters
Movie Jungle Jim
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1953
Savage Mutiny
Movie Jungle Jim
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1952
Voodoo Tiger
Movie Jungle Jim
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1952
This Is Your Life
TV show Self
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1952
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
Movie Jungle Jim
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1951
Jungle Manhunt
Movie Jungle Jim
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1951
Fury of the Congo
Movie Jungle Jim
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1950
Pygmy Island
Movie Jungle Jim
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1950
Captive Girl
Movie Jungle Jim
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1950
The Golden Twenties
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1950
The Yellow Cab Man
Movie Tarzan (archive sound) (uncredited)
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1950
Mark of the Gorilla
Movie Jungle Jim
- 1949
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1949
The Lost Tribe
Movie Jungle Jim
