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Born June 02, 1904 - He won five gold medals as a swimmer at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics, setting many free-style records. Weissmuller appeared in several sports shorts, then was hired by MGM to play Tarzan onscreen. Beginning in 1932, he starred in 12 "Tarzan" adventures, meanwhile doing almost no other film work. In the late '40s he quit "Tarzan" and began starring in... Continue Bio >>

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Filmography:
1990 Hollywood on Vine: A Tarzan Tribute
1970 The Phynx
1955 Devil Goddess
1955 Jungle Moon Men
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