'Tarzan' star Ron Ely learns to embrace iconic character
Tarzan: With Ron Ely, Manuel Padilla Jr., Virgil Richardson, Rockne Tarkington. Tarzan (Lord Greystoke), already well educated and fed up with civilization, returns to the jungle and, more or less assisted by chimpanzee Cheetah and orphan boy Jai, wages war against poachers and other bad guys.
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The Pride of the Lioness: Directed by Barry Shear. With Ron Ely, Manuel Padilla Jr., Helen Hayes, James MacArthur. Tarzan intervenes on behalf of a very sick girl. He insists rather than allow the girl to be treated by tribal medicine she should be treated by real doctor. The tribe reacts poorly to his actions and other lives are put at risk.
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Ronald Pierce Ely (born June 21, 1938) [1] is an American actor and novelist born in Hereford, Texas, and raised in Amarillo . Ely is best known for having portrayed Tarzan in the 1966-1968 NBC series Tarzan and for playing the lead role in the film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975). [2] He hosted the Miss America pageant telecast in 1980.
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Ron Ely finishes his legendary run as Edgar Rice Burroughs' immortal creation Tarzan in this action and star-packed second season. This 6-Disc, 26-Episode Co.
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Tarzan (Ron Ely) escorts a party searching for artist Rona Swann, unaware that one of the group is using the safari as a cover for a gun-running operation. Maas: Martin Gabel. Beryl: Leslie Parrish.
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The Day the Earth Trembled: Directed by Alex Nicol. With Ron Ely, Manuel Padilla Jr., John Anderson, Jacques Aubuchon. Tarzan takes on getting a group of children and their caregiver Peggy Dean away from a dangerous area. They meet up with 3 escaped convicts who Tarzan enlists to help. Army ants and crocodiles are among their problems.
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The Ultimatum: Directed by Robert L. Friend. With Ron Ely, Jeff Burton, Henry Corden, Bill Gunn. Madiline Riker and Karnak steal dynamite to use as revenge against Tarzan. Riker blames him for the death of her brother. Chief Metusa and the Senga tribe offer Tarzan refuge, putting them all in danger from Riker's anger.
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Tarzan's Deadly Silence. July 3, 1970. Tarzan tries to stop a bloodthirsty Colonel from taking over an African village with his soldiers of fortune. The ape-man has been rendered deaf by an exploding hand grenade, effectively limiting one of his keen senses. Tarzan relies on his telepathic powers to stop a lion.
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Ron Ely continues his memorable run as Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan in the second half of his first season. This 16-Episode, 4-Disc collection sees the Lord of the Jungle and his stalwart second bananas, Jai the jungle boy (Manuel Padilla) and Cheetah the chimp, facing off against some of their most formidable challenges alongside a bevy of powerhouse performer guest stars.
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1966-1969 TV series starring Ron Ely. 1966-1969 TV series starring Ron Ely.
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Ron Ely. Actor: Tarzan. The 15th screen Tarzan (if you don't count Gordon Griffith) was to have played a Tarzan impersonator in a projected Mike Henry television show, which never materialized. He had been tested fourteen months earlier when Henry got the part. Prior to Tarzan, Ron had numerous parts in movies and television, including the copilot in South Pacific (1958) and had co-starred in.
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Ron Ely is best known for his role in the Tarzan TV show that aired on NBC between 1966-68. Tarzan was a fictional character raised by apes in the African jungle, from a 1914 book by Edgar Rice.
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Those are some of the questions raised by Ely, now 82, and his adult children-guardians in a wrongful death lawsuit they filed last week in federal court in California against Santa Barbara County.
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For much of his Hollywood career, Ron Ely was best known as the handsome and affable 6-foot-4 actor who played "Tarzan" in the short-lived 1960s TV series and who later hosted the Miss America.
