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| Tarzan |
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Tarzan is best known, to modern audiences at least, through films. But he did first appear in literature; so he's included here in the Entertainment category (because he's not exclusive to either film or literature).
| Tarzan's creator |
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Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Magazine in which Tarzan first appeared |
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The All–Story |
| The first Tarzan story (in magazine, book and film) |
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Tarzan of the Apes |
| Tarzan first appeared (in a magazine) |
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1912 |
| Tarzan of the Apes first appeared in book form |
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1914 |
| The first Tarzan film (Tarzan of the Apes) released |
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1918 |
| Tarzan's real name |
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John Clayton |
| Title |
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Lord Greystoke |
| The first Tarzan (1918, two silent films – Tarzan of the Apes and The Romance of Tarzan – both based on Tarzan of the Apes, the original Tarzan novel) |
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Elmo Lincoln |
| Four other actors who played Tarzan in silent films (1920–1929): |
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Gene Pollar |
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P. Dempsey Tabler | |
| (Son–in–law of Edgar Rice Burroughs) |
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James Pierce |
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Frank Merrill |
| Won 5 Olympic swimming golds (and one bronze); played Tarzan in 12 films, 1932–48, starting with Tarzan the Ape Man |
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Johnny Weismüller |
| Played Jane opposite Weissmüller in 6 films, including Tarzan the Ape Man |
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Maureen O'Sullivan |
| Tarzan the Fearless (1933 – competing with the Weissmüller 'franchise' – originally a serial, then edited as a feature film) |
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Buster Crabbe |
| Also played Tarzan in films competing with the Weissmüller 'franchise' | 1935, 1938 |
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Herman Brix |
| 1938 |
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Glenn Morris | |
| 1959 |
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Denny Miller |
| Succeeded Weissmüller (5 films, 1949–53) |
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Lex Barker |
| Second successor to Weissmüller (6 films, 1955–60) |
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Gordon Scott |
| Tarzan goes to India (1962), Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963) |
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Jock Mahoney |
| … Valley of Gold (1966), … Great River (1967), … Jungle Boy (1968) |
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Mike Henry |
| Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) – starring Bo Derek as Jane |
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Miles O'Keefe |
| Greystoke – the Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) |
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Christopher Lambert |
| Tarzan and the Lost City (1998) |
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Casper Van Dien |
| Played Tarzan in the TV series (1966–8), a compilation of which was released to cinemas in 1970 as Tarzan's Deadly Silence |
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Ron Ely |
Haydn Thompson 2017