Courtesy of our friends at European Film Star Postcards: EXPORTED TO THE USA - JOHNNY WEISSMULLER...
Hungarian-born
American competition swimmer and actor Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984) is best
known for playing Tarzan in films of the 1930s and 1940s. Weissmuller was one
of the world's fastest swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals
for swimming and one bronze medal for water polo. After his swimming career, he
became the sixth actor to portray Edgar Rice Burroughs's ape man, Tarzan, a
role he played in twelve films. READ AND SEE MUCH MORE HERE http://bit.ly/2qhSmWU
EDITOR'S NOTE: Reputedly, Weissmuller was filmed jumping off the cliffs above the Croton River for one of his early films...
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