P. Dempsey Tabler
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Perce Dempsey Tabler was a Tennessee
-born athlete, businessman and actor, best remembered for being the third actor to portray Tarzan
in films.
His sole outing in the role came in the 1920 movie serial The Son of Tarzan
, based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel of the same name, which focused on Korak
, the son of Tarzan and Jane. Though the tangled wig he wore as Tarzan in the film's flashback
prologue has been much-maligned over the years, the toupee he wore as Lord Greystone (changed from Burroughs' Greystoke) and as Tarzan in present-day scenes in the serial was a more natural, better-fitting hairpiece.
Following The Son of Tarzan, Tabler made only one more film, 1923's Spawn of The Desert. As a businessman, he had been a founding member of Paramount Pictures
, and after his short-lived acting career he found his greatest success in advertising in San Francisco.
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
-born athlete, businessman and actor, best remembered for being the third actor to portray Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
in films.
His sole outing in the role came in the 1920 movie serial The Son of Tarzan
The Son of Tarzan (film)
The Son of Tarzan is a 15 chapter film serial which focuses on the coming of age of Jack Clayton, also known as Korak, the son of Tarzan and Jane. The serial was produced by David P. Howells, written by Roy Somerville , and directed by Arthur J. Flaven and Harry Revier...
, based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel of the same name, which focused on Korak
Korak
Korak [long "O"] is the ape name of John 'Jack' Clayton, the son of Tarzan and Jane.-History:Jack first appeared in the original Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He was introduced as an infant in the non-Tarzan novel The Eternal Lover , in which the Ape Man and his family played supporting...
, the son of Tarzan and Jane. Though the tangled wig he wore as Tarzan in the film's flashback
Flashback (narrative)
Flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events or to fill in crucial backstory...
prologue has been much-maligned over the years, the toupee he wore as Lord Greystone (changed from Burroughs' Greystoke) and as Tarzan in present-day scenes in the serial was a more natural, better-fitting hairpiece.
Following The Son of Tarzan, Tabler made only one more film, 1923's Spawn of The Desert. As a businessman, he had been a founding member of Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
, and after his short-lived acting career he found his greatest success in advertising in San Francisco.