Tarzan (NBC series)
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Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC
from 1966
– 1968
. The series portrayed Tarzan
(played by Ron Ely) as a well-educated character, one who, tired of civilization, had returned to the jungle where he had been raised. The show retained many of the trappings of the classic movie series, including Cheeta
, while excluding other elements, such as Jane, as part of the "new look" for the fabled apeman that producer Sy Weintraub
had introduced in previous motion pictures starring Gordon Scott
, Jock Mahoney
, and Mike Henry. CBS
aired repeat episodes the program during the summer of 1969
.
and was slated to play the lead in the TV series, but backed out due to disagreements with producer Sy Weintraub
. Ron Ely was originally to have played a Tarzan impostor in a proposed episode of the TV series, but took over the lead role.
Like Jock Mahoney
, Ely insisted on performing his own stunts when playing Tarzan. Unlike Mahoney, Ely was not a professional stuntman and sustained seventeen different injuries during the first season. These included singeing his arms and legs running through a burning village (Village of Fire); being bitten in the forehead by a "tame" lion (in a later fight with the same lion, Ely was bitten on the lower left thigh); falling down a hill and ripping the skin off the tops of his feet; falling twenty-five feet off a vine and separating his shoulder; and falling off another vine and breaking his other shoulder, fracturing three ribs and spraining both wrists.
Producer Sy Weintraub shifted filming from Brazil to the Churubusco
studio in Mexico
because of production delays.
In September 1966, former screen Tarzans James Pierce
(1927), Johnny Weissmuller
(1932–1948), and Jock Mahoney
(1962–1963) appeared with Ron Ely as part of the publicity for the upcoming premier of the TV series. Weissmuller was approached to guest star as Tarzan's father, but nothing came of it. Joseph C. Poller, who as Gene Pollar had portrayed Tarzan in a 1920 film and was in 1966 the "oldest living Tarzan," complained in tongue-in-cheek fashion that he had not been invited to the publicity event because producers had assumed he was dead.
Ely made his directorial debut with the second-season episode Hotel Hurricane, which was a re-working of the 1948
film noir
classic Key Largo
, with the action transplanted from Florida Keys
to the Africa
n jungle.
Both actor Ron Ely and line producer Steve Shagan
became successful novelists.
would have a recurring guest-starring role as retired Brigadier Sir Basil Bertram, hero of the Battle of the Bulge
. American stage actress Julie Harris
had a recurring guest-starring role as missionary Charity Jones. Veteran Australian actor Chips Rafferty
had a recurring guest-starring role as Dutch Jensen.
The following actors made multiple appearances in different roles: Jock Mahoney
, Woody Strode
, Rockne Tarkington, William Marshall
, George Murdock
, Robert J. Wilke
, Gene Evans
, Michael Whitney, Jill Donohue, Strother Martin
, Bernie Hamilton
, Michael Pate
, Lloyd Haynes
, Barbara Bouchet
, Harry Lauter
, Simon Oakland
, John Anderson
, James Earl Jones
, Robert DoQui
, Geoffrey Holder
, Gregg Palmer
, Jacques Aubuchon
Season two (1967–1968)
released two films to cinemas that were made from two part episodes of the series Tarzan's Deadly Silence
and Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion.
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
from 1966
1966 in television
The year 1966 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1966.For the American TV schedule, see: 1966-67 American network television schedule.-Events:...
– 1968
1968 in television
The year 1968 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1968.For the American TV schedule, see: 1968-69 American network television schedule.-Events:...
. The series portrayed 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...
(played by Ron Ely) as a well-educated character, one who, tired of civilization, had returned to the jungle where he had been raised. The show retained many of the trappings of the classic movie series, including Cheeta
Cheeta
Cheeta is a chimpanzee character appearing in numerous Hollywood Tarzan movies of the 1930s–1960s as well as the 1966–1968 television series, as the ape sidekick of the title character, Tarzan...
, while excluding other elements, such as Jane, as part of the "new look" for the fabled apeman that producer Sy Weintraub
Sy Weintraub
Sy Weintraub was a movie and television producer best known for his series of Tarzan films and television episodes between 1959 and 1968. Weintraub broke with the Johnny Weissmuller formula of portraying Tarzan as a pidgin-speaking noble savage who lives in a treehouse with Jane and Boy...
had introduced in previous motion pictures starring Gordon Scott
Gordon Scott
Gordon Scott was an American film and television actor known for his portrayal of the fictional character Tarzan in five films of the Tarzan film series from 1955 to 1960.-Early life, education and military service:He was born Gordon Merrill Werschkul in Portland,...
, Jock Mahoney
Jock Mahoney
Jock Mahoney was an American actor and stuntman of Irish, French, and Cherokee ancestry. Born Jacques O'Mahoney, he was credited variously as Jock Mahoney, Jack O'Mahoney or Jock O'Mahoney. He starred in two television series, both westerns...
, and Mike Henry. CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
aired repeat episodes the program during the summer of 1969
1969 in television
The year 1969 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1969.For the American TV schedule, see: 1969-70 American network television schedule.-Events:...
.
Production notes
Mike Henry had just filmed several big-screen adventures as Tarzan in BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and was slated to play the lead in the TV series, but backed out due to disagreements with producer Sy Weintraub
Sy Weintraub
Sy Weintraub was a movie and television producer best known for his series of Tarzan films and television episodes between 1959 and 1968. Weintraub broke with the Johnny Weissmuller formula of portraying Tarzan as a pidgin-speaking noble savage who lives in a treehouse with Jane and Boy...
. Ron Ely was originally to have played a Tarzan impostor in a proposed episode of the TV series, but took over the lead role.
Like Jock Mahoney
Jock Mahoney
Jock Mahoney was an American actor and stuntman of Irish, French, and Cherokee ancestry. Born Jacques O'Mahoney, he was credited variously as Jock Mahoney, Jack O'Mahoney or Jock O'Mahoney. He starred in two television series, both westerns...
, Ely insisted on performing his own stunts when playing Tarzan. Unlike Mahoney, Ely was not a professional stuntman and sustained seventeen different injuries during the first season. These included singeing his arms and legs running through a burning village (Village of Fire); being bitten in the forehead by a "tame" lion (in a later fight with the same lion, Ely was bitten on the lower left thigh); falling down a hill and ripping the skin off the tops of his feet; falling twenty-five feet off a vine and separating his shoulder; and falling off another vine and breaking his other shoulder, fracturing three ribs and spraining both wrists.
Producer Sy Weintraub shifted filming from Brazil to the Churubusco
Churubusco
Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. Under the current territorial division of the Mexican Federal District, it is a part of the borough of Coyoacán...
studio in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
because of production delays.
In September 1966, former screen Tarzans James Pierce
James Pierce
James Hubert Pierce , of Shelbyville, Indiana, was the fourth actor to portray Tarzan on film.-Early life/College/Early film career:...
(1927), Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor best known for playing Tarzan in movies. 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...
(1932–1948), and Jock Mahoney
Jock Mahoney
Jock Mahoney was an American actor and stuntman of Irish, French, and Cherokee ancestry. Born Jacques O'Mahoney, he was credited variously as Jock Mahoney, Jack O'Mahoney or Jock O'Mahoney. He starred in two television series, both westerns...
(1962–1963) appeared with Ron Ely as part of the publicity for the upcoming premier of the TV series. Weissmuller was approached to guest star as Tarzan's father, but nothing came of it. Joseph C. Poller, who as Gene Pollar had portrayed Tarzan in a 1920 film and was in 1966 the "oldest living Tarzan," complained in tongue-in-cheek fashion that he had not been invited to the publicity event because producers had assumed he was dead.
Ely made his directorial debut with the second-season episode Hotel Hurricane, which was a re-working of the 1948
1948 in film
The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :...
film noir
Film noir
Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...
classic Key Largo
Key Largo
Key Largo is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and, at long, the largest of the Keys. It is also the northernmost of the Florida Keys in Monroe County, and the northernmost of the Keys connected by U.S. Highway 1...
, with the action transplanted from Florida Keys
Florida Keys
The Florida Keys are a coral archipelago in southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry...
to the Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
n jungle.
Both actor Ron Ely and line producer Steve Shagan
Steve Shagan
Steve Shagan is an American novelist, screenplay writer, TV and Movie producer. He was born in 1927 in New York. He wrote the novel, the screenplay and also co produced, Save the Tiger, the 1974 movie, for which Jack Lemmon won the Best Actor Academy Award and Shagan was nominated for Best...
became successful novelists.
Theatrical Motion Picture Versions
Several two-part episodes were later re-edited into theatrical motion pictures:- "The Blue Stone of Heaven" was released as Tarzan’s Jungle Rebellion in 1967; "The Blue Stone of Heaven" also served as the pilot for the series and was later aired as a 2-part story in the 2nd Season.
- "The Four O’Clock Army" was released as Tarzan and the Four O’clock War in March 1968
- "The Deadly Silence" was released as Tarzan’s Deadly SilenceTarzan's Deadly SilenceTarzan's Deadly Silence is an adventure film composed of an edited two-part television episode of Tarzan released as a feature. It stars Ron Ely as Tarzan. Former Tarzan actor Jock Mahoney and Woody Strode co-star. The movie was produced by Sy Weintraub and Leon Benson, written by Lee Erwin,...
in July 1970
- "The Perils of Charity Jones" was released as Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones in October 1971.
Cast
- Tarzan .... Ron Ely (pictured)
- Jai .... Manuel Padilla Jr.
- Jason Flood .... Alan CaillouAlan CaillouAlan Caillou was the nom de plume of Alan Samuel Lyle-Smythe M.B.E., M.C. , an author, actor, screenwriter, soldier, policeman and professional hunter.-Biography:...
- Tao .... Rockne Tarkington
Guest stars
- Pat ConwayPat ConwayPatrick Douglas Conway, known as Pat Conway , was an American actor best known for his role as young but tough Sheriff Clay Hollister on the ABC and then syndicated western television series Tombstone Territory . He was a maternal grandson of silent film star Francis X...
appeared as Colonel Stone in the 1968 episode "The Professional". He earlier had been Sheriff Clay Hollister on ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's Tombstone TerritoryTombstone TerritoryTombstone Territory is an American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series' first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to 1959...
westernWestern (genre)The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
series.
- Gregg PalmerGregg PalmerGregg Palmer, originally Palmer Lee is an American actor, known primarily for his prolific work in television westerns...
, primarily a westernWestern (genre)The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
actor, appeared three times on Tarzan, as Cookie in "Captain Jai", German in Dream in "The Circus" (both 1967), and as Haines in "Trek to Terror" (1968)
- Chill WillsChill WillsChill Theodore Wills was an American film actor, and a singer in the Avalon Boys Quartet.-Biography:Wills was born in Seagoville, Texas in 1902. He was a performer from early childhood, forming and leading the Avalon Boys singing group in the 1930s...
guest-starred in the 1968 episode "The End of the Challenge". Wills also appeared with Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'SullivanMaureen O'SullivanMaureen Paula O’Sullivan was an Irish actress.-Early life:O'Sullivan was born in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland, the daughter of Roman Catholic parents Mary Lovatt and Charles Joseph O'Sullivan, an officer in The Connaught Rangers who served in The Great War...
, and Johnny SheffieldJohnny SheffieldJohnny Sheffield was an American child actor.-Early life:He was born as John Matthew Sheffield Cassan in Pasadena, California, the second child of actor Reginald Sheffield and Louise Van Loon...
in the 19421942 in filmThe year 1942 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, Casablanca.-Events:...
MGM film Tarzan's New York AdventureTarzan's New York AdventureTarzan's New York Adventure is a 1942 film, the sixth Tarzan film to feature actors Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. This film was the sixth and final film in MGM's Tarzan series and was the studio's last Tarzan film until their 1958 release, Tarzan's Fight for Life, directed by H. Bruce...
.
- Guest stars included current or future Academy Award winners Nancy MaloneNancy MaloneNancy Malone is an American television actress, principally in guest roles from the 1950s to 1970s, who moved into producing and directing in the 1980s and 1990s....
, George KennedyGeorge KennedyGeorge Harris Kennedy, Jr. is an American actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television productions. He is perhaps most familiar as the convict Dragline in Cool Hand Luke , airline troubleshooter Joe Patroni in the Airport series of disaster movies from the 1970s and...
, and Helen HayesHelen HayesHelen Hayes Brown was an American actress whose career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theatre" and was one of twelve people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award...
who made a rare television appearance when she co-starred with her son James MacArthurJames MacArthurJames Gordon MacArthur was an American actor best known for the role of Danny "Danno" Williams, the reliable second-in-command of the fictional Hawaiian State Police squad Hawaii Five-O.-Early life:...
in the 1968 episode "The Pride of the Lioness".
- The 1967 episode The Golden Runaway was the third to last screen appearance of Gia ScalaGia ScalaGia Scala was an English actress and model of Italian and Irish descent.-Early life:She was born Giovanna Scoglio in Liverpool, England, to an Sicilian father, Pietro Scoglio, and an Irish mother, Eileen Sullivan...
prior to her suicideSuicideSuicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
.
- Child actorChild actorThe term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...
Victoria Paige MeyerinkVictoria Paige MeyerinkVictoria Paige Meyerink is an award-winning producer and former child actor. She was at one time the youngest female film producer in the film industry: she was 22 when Young Warriors was released....
, who appeared in the 1967 episode "Jungle Dragnet", and veteran character actorCharacter actorA character actor is one who predominantly plays unusual or eccentric characters. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a character actor as "an actor who specializes in character parts", defining character part in turn as "an acting role displaying pronounced or unusual characteristics or...
Jack ElamJack ElamWilliam Scott "Jack" Elam was an American film actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films and, later in his career, comedies .-Early life:...
, who appeared in the 1967 episode "The Circus", co-starred with Ron Ely in the 19661966 in filmThe year 1966 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Animation legend Walter Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, died in 15 December 1966 of acute circulatory collapse following a diagnosis of, and surgery for, lung cancer...
western film The Night of the GrizzlyThe Night of the GrizzlyThe Night of the Grizzly is a 1966 Western adventure film starring Clint Walker, Martha Hyer, Keenan Wynn, and Nancy Kulp. Directed by Joseph Pevney and written by Warren Douglas, the film was released by Paramount Pictures on April 20, 1966....
.
- John M. PickardJohn Pickard (American actor)John M. Pickard was an American actor who appeared primarily in television Westerns.-Early life and career:...
, formerly of the western series Boots and SaddlesBoots and Saddles (TV series)Boots and Saddles is an American Western television series that aired in syndication from 1957 to 1958. The series was created by Robert A. Cinader.-Synopsis:...
, appeared as Elson in "Trek to Terror" (1968).
- Don MegowanDon Megowan-Career:Born in California USA, Megowan starred in the Sci-Fi movies: The Werewolf in the role of sheriff Jack Haines, and in The Creation of the Humanoids as a captain in the army who must stop the Humanoids....
, who appeared with Ron Ely in the 1966 episode "The Ultimate Duel", also appeared in the 19661966 in filmThe year 1966 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Animation legend Walter Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, died in 15 December 1966 of acute circulatory collapse following a diagnosis of, and surgery for, lung cancer...
film Tarzan and the Valley of GoldTarzan and the Valley of Gold (film)Tarzan and the Valley of Gold is an adventure film starring Mike Henry in his debut as Tarzan. The movie, produced by Sy Weintraub, written by Clair Huffaker, and directed by Robert Day, is remembered for its very James Bond-like portrayal of a tropical suited, globetrotting Tarzan...
with Mike Henry.
- Carlos Rivas, who appeared in episodes "The Ultimate Duel" and "Perils of Tanga", played the renegade MayaMaya civilizationThe Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period The Maya is a Mesoamerican...
n shaman Kulkan in the 19751975 in filmThe year 1975 in film involved some significant events, with Steven Spielberg's thriller Jaws topping the box office.-Events:*March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London....
campCamp (style)Camp is an aesthetic sensibility that regards something as appealing because of its taste and ironic value. The concept is closely related to kitsch, and things with camp appeal may also be described as being "cheesy"...
action movie Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze starring Ron Ely.
- Diana Ross and The Supremes play three nuns in the 1968 episode "The Convert" with James Earl JonesJames Earl JonesJames Earl Jones is an American actor. He is well-known for his distinctive bass voice and for his portrayal of characters of substance, gravitas and leadership...
as a Tribal Chief.
Recurring Appearances
Renowned Shakespearean actor Maurice EvansMaurice Evans (actor)
Maurice Herbert Evans was an English actor noted for his interpretations of Shakespearean characters. In terms of his screen roles, he is probably best known as Dr...
would have a recurring guest-starring role as retired Brigadier Sir Basil Bertram, hero of the Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive , launched toward the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, hence its French name , and France and...
. American stage actress Julie Harris
Julie Harris
Julia Ann "Julie" Harris is an American stage, screen, and television actress. She has won five Tony Awards, three Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award, and was nominated for an Academy Award. In 1994, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. She is a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame...
had a recurring guest-starring role as missionary Charity Jones. Veteran Australian actor Chips Rafferty
Chips Rafferty
Chips Rafferty MBE was an iconic Australian actor. Called "the living symbol of the typical Australian", Rafferty's career stretched from the 1940s until his death in 1971, and during this time he performed regularly in major Australian feature films as well as appearing in British and American...
had a recurring guest-starring role as Dutch Jensen.
The following actors made multiple appearances in different roles: Jock Mahoney
Jock Mahoney
Jock Mahoney was an American actor and stuntman of Irish, French, and Cherokee ancestry. Born Jacques O'Mahoney, he was credited variously as Jock Mahoney, Jack O'Mahoney or Jock O'Mahoney. He starred in two television series, both westerns...
, Woody Strode
Woody Strode
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine "Woody" Strode was a decathlete and football star who went on to become a pioneering black American film actor. He was nominated for a Golden Globe award for best supporting actor for his role in Spartacus in 1960...
, Rockne Tarkington, William Marshall
William Marshall (actor)
William Marshall was an American singer, bandleader and a motion picture actor, director and producer.Born in Chicago, Illinois, he became a vocalist for Fred Waring and his band, the "Pennsylvanians " before forming his own band in 1937...
, George Murdock
George Murdock
George Peter Murdock was a notable American anthropologist. He is remembered for his empirical approach to ethnological studies and his landmark works on Old World populations.-Early life:...
, Robert J. Wilke
Robert J. Wilke
Robert J. Wilke was a prolific American film actor noted primarily for his villainous roles, mainly in westerns.Wilke started as a stuntman in the 1930s and his first appearance on screen was in San Francisco...
, Gene Evans
Gene Evans
Gene Evans was an American actor.He was born in Holbrook, Arizona, but reared in Colton, California. His acting career began while he was serving in World War II. He performed with a theatrical troupe of GIs in Europe. Evans made his film debut in 1947 and appeared in dozens of movies and...
, Michael Whitney, Jill Donohue, Strother Martin
Strother Martin
Strother Martin was an American actor in numerous films and television programs. Martin is perhaps best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, where he uttered the line, "What we've got here is...failure to communicate."-Early life:Strother Martin Jr. was born in Kokomo,...
, Bernie Hamilton
Bernie Hamilton
Bernie Hamilton was an American actor.Hamilton was born in East Los Angeles and attended Oakland Technical High School, where he first became interested in acting. In films from 1950, he laboured in bit roles for years before getting noticed in the film One Potato, Two Potato , the story of an...
, Michael Pate
Michael Pate
Michael Pate was an Australian actor, writer and director.-Early life:He was born Edward John Pate in Drummoyne, Sydney...
, Lloyd Haynes
Lloyd Haynes
Samuel Lloyd Haynes was an African-American actor and television writer. Haynes was a member of the Bahá'í Faith.Haynes served in the Marines from 1952–1964 and during the Korean War...
, Barbara Bouchet
Barbara Bouchet
Barbara Bouchet, is a German-American actress and entrepreneur.She has acted in more than 80 films and television episodes and founded a production company that has produced fitness videos and books as well as owning a fitness studio...
, Harry Lauter
Harry Lauter
Herman Arthur "Harry" Lauter was an American character actor originally from White Plains, New York....
, Simon Oakland
Simon Oakland
Simon Oakland was an American actor of stage, screen, and television.-Early life and career:Oakland was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He began his performing arts career as a musician . He began his acting career in the late 1940s...
, John Anderson
John Anderson (actor)
-Biography:Born in Clayton, John Anderson grew up in Quincy and Adams County, Illinois.Prior to a prolific acting career, Anderson served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II where he met artist Orazio Fumagalli who became one of his best lifelong friends.He was known for several...
, James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones is an American actor. He is well-known for his distinctive bass voice and for his portrayal of characters of substance, gravitas and leadership...
, Robert DoQui
Robert DoQui
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, Geoffrey Holder
Geoffrey Holder
Geoffrey Richard Holder is a Trinidadian actor, choreographer, director, dancer, painter, costume designer, singer and voice-over artist.-Early life:...
, Gregg Palmer
Gregg Palmer
Gregg Palmer, originally Palmer Lee is an American actor, known primarily for his prolific work in television westerns...
, Jacques Aubuchon
Episode list
Season one (1966–1967)- "Eyes of the Lion"
- "The Ultimate Weapon"
- "Leopard on the Loose"
- "A Life for a Life"
- "The Prisoner"
- "The Three Faces of Death"
- "The Prodigal Puma"
- "The Deadly Silence, Part 1"
- "The Deadly Silence, Part 2"
- "The Figurehead"
- "Village of Fire"
- "The Day of the Golden Lion"
- "Pearls of Tanga"
- "The End of the River"
- "The Ultimate Duel"
- "The Fire People"
- "Track of the Dinosaur"
- "The Day the Earth Trembled"
- "Cap’n Jai"
- "A Pride of Assassins"
- "The Golden Runaway"
- "Basil of the Bulge"
- "Mask of Rona"
- "To Steal the Rising Sun"
- "Jungle Dragnet"
- "The Perils of Charity Jones, Part 1"
- "The Perils of Charity Jones, Part 2"
- "The Circus"
- "The Ultimatum"
- "Algie B. for Brave"
- "Man Killer"
Season two (1967–1968)
- "Tiger, Tiger"
- "Voice of the Elephant"
- "Thief Catcher"
- "The Blue Stone of Heaven, Part 1"
- "The Blue Stone of Heaven, Part 2"
- "Maguma Curse"
- "The Fanatics"
- "The Last of the Superman"
- "Hotel Hurricane"
- "The Pride of a Lioness"
- "Mountains of the Moon, Part 1"
- "Mountains of the Moon, Part 2"
- "Jai’s Amnesia"
- "Creeping Giants"
- "The Professional"
- "The Convert"
- "King of the Dwsari"
- "A Gun for Jai"
- "Trek to Terror"
- "End of a Challenge"
- "Jungle Ransom"
- "Four O’Clock Army, Part 1"
- "Four O’Clock Army, Part 2"
- "Rendezvous for Revenge"
- "Alex the Great"
- "Trina"
Films
National General PicturesNational General Pictures
National General Pictures was a Distribution and Film production company which was active between 1967 and 1973. NGP produced nine motion pictures inhouse and was the distributor of eighty films....
released two films to cinemas that were made from two part episodes of the series Tarzan's Deadly Silence
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
Tarzan's Deadly Silence is an adventure film composed of an edited two-part television episode of Tarzan released as a feature. It stars Ron Ely as Tarzan. Former Tarzan actor Jock Mahoney and Woody Strode co-star. The movie was produced by Sy Weintraub and Leon Benson, written by Lee Erwin,...
and Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion.