Tarzan (1966)

Tarzan is an American television series based on the character Tarzan. It was the first live-action series on this character. The title role was played by Ron Ely. The series ran for two seasons, with a total of 57 episodes and aired on National Broadcasting Company.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == In the series is Tarzan portrayed as a well educated man. He has lived a while in the civilized world, but returns to the beginning of the series back to the jungle because he feels more at home. In the rest of the Tarzan series comes face to face with different challenges that he must overcome.
 * 2 Production
 * 3 Cast
 * 4 Episodes
 * 5 Movies
 * 6 external links

In the series, many elements taken from the old MGM-Tarzan-films, such as the chimpanzee Cheeta, but Tarzan must now do without his great love Jane. ==Production[ Edit] == Mike Henry, who became famous in the 1960s with a few Tarzan films, would actually go play the title role. He was, however, disagreement with the producers. Ron Ely, which is actually a doppelganger of Tarzan had to play in one of the episodes, now got the lead role.

Like Jock Mahoney, Ely out that he was allowed to perform his own stunts. However, he was not a professional stuntman, and ran during the shooting injuries on regularly.

Producer Sy Weintraub because of delays in manufacturing the shooting of Brazil to the Churubuscostudio in Mexico.

In september 1966 former actors James Pierce (1927), Johnny Weissmuller (1932-1948), and Jock Mahoney (1962-1963) together with Ron Ely in an advertising campaign for the series. Weissmuller got a role offered in the series as in Tarzan father, but this idea did not come from the ground.

Ely made his directorial debut with the episode Hotel Hurricane, which is basically a reworking of the film noirclassic Key Largo from 1948. ==Cast<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="5398" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The following actors did in the series multiple times, but 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 ==Episodes<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Movies<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="69" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Multiple two-part episodes were later merged into movies:
 * Tarzan.... Ron Ely
 * Jai.... Manuel Padilla Jr.
 * Jason Flood.... Alan Caillou
 * Tao.... Rockne Tarkington


 * "The Deadly Silence" was edited to Tarzan's Deadly Silence in July 1970
 * "The Four O'Clock Army" was edited to Tarzan and the Four O'clock War in March 1968
 * "The Blue Stone of Heaven" was edited to Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion in 1967.
 * "The Perils of Charity Jones" was edited toot Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones in October 1971.