Johnny Weissmüller
Born: 1904-06-02 in Freidorf, Austria-Hungary [now Timisoara, Timis County, Romania]
Died: 1984-01-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2022
- Famous T&A 2 as Tarzan (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
- Tarzan: Lord of the Movies as Self / Tarzan (Archived Footage)
- Tarzan Revisited as Self (archive footage)
2004
- The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan as Self (archive footage)
2003
- Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
1996
- Tarzan at the Movies Part 1: Johnny Weissmuller as Johnny Weissmuller
1988
- Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
- Going Hollywood: The '30s as Self (archive footage)
1976
- That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Stagehand 2
- It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
- Hooray for Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
1975
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1974
- The Great Masquerade as Sepy Debronvi
1972
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1971
- Film '72 as Self
1970
- The Phynx as Johnny Weissmuller
1969
- The Comic as Jungle Jim (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963
- Das aktuelle Sportstudio as self
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1955
- Jungle Jim
- Jungle Moon Men as Johnny Weissmuller
- Devil Goddess as Johnny Weissmuller
1954
- Jungle Man-Eaters as Jungle Jim
- Cannibal Attack as Johnny Weissmuller
1953
- Savage Mutiny as Jungle Jim
- Killer Ape as Jungle Jim
- Valley of Head Hunters as Jungle Jim
1952
- This Is Your Life as Self
- Voodoo Tiger as Jungle Jim
- Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land as Jungle Jim
1951
- Jungle Manhunt as Jungle Jim
- Fury of the Congo as Jungle Jim
1950
- Captive Girl as Jungle Jim
- Pygmy Island as Jungle Jim
- Mark of the Gorilla as Jungle Jim
- The Yellow Cab Man as Tarzan (archive sound) (uncredited)
- The Golden Twenties as Self (archive footage)
1949
- The Lost Tribe as Jungle Jim
- Aquashow's Sports Serenade
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Tarzan and the Mermaids as Tarzan
- Jungle Jim as Jungle Jim
1947
- Tarzan and the Huntress as Tarzan
1946
- Tarzan and the Leopard Woman as Tarzan
- Swamp Fire as Johnny Duval
1945
- Tarzan and the Amazons as Tarzan
- Parade of Aquatic Champions as Himself
1943
- Tarzan Triumphs as Tarzan
- Stage Door Canteen as Johnny Weissmüller
- Tarzan's Desert Mystery as Tarzan
1942
- Tarzan's New York Adventure as Tarzan
1941
- Tarzan's Secret Treasure as Tarzan
1940
- Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
- Rodeo Dough as Johnny Weissmuller
1939
- Tarzan Finds a Son! as Tarzan
1936
- Tarzan Escapes as Tarzan
- Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs as Self
1934
1932
- Tarzan the Ape Man as Tarzan
1929
- Glorifying the American Girl as Adonis in "Loveland"