Johnny Weissmüller
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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8244 |
| Birthday | 1904-06-02 |
| Place of Birth | Freidorf, Austria-Hungary [now Timisoara, Timis County, Romania] |
| Also Known As | Johnny Weissmüller, Peter Johann Weissmüller, Johnny Weismuller, János Peter Weißmüller, Johann Peter Weißmüller, Johann Peter Weissmüller, |
1932
Tarzan the Ape Man
6.598/234
James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa in search of the elephant burial grounds that will provide enough ivory to make them rich....
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Tarzan the Ape Man
1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure
6.359/103
Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane...
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Tarzan's New York Adventure
1939
Tarzan Finds a Son!
6.138/109
A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five years later...
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Tarzan Finds a Son!
1941
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
5.853/85
A scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exists on Tarzan's escarpment. The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to exto...
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Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1970
The Phynx
3.583/12
A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.
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The Phynx
1936
Tarzan Escapes
6.862/138
White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He arrives in the jungle with Jane's cousins, Eric and R...
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Tarzan Escapes
1934
Tarzan and His Mate
6.577/156
Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.
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Tarzan and His Mate
1948
Tarzan and the Mermaids
6.023/65
A high priest tries to force a young beauty to marry a pearl trader who is masquerading as the god Balu.
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Tarzan and the Mermaids
1947
Tarzan and the Huntress
5.683/63
A shortage of zoo animals after World War II brings beautiful animal trainer Tanya, her financial backer and her cruel trail boss to the jungle. After...
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Tarzan and the Huntress
1945
Tarzan and the Amazons
6.413/98
A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job...
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Tarzan and the Amazons
1943
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
6.137/51
A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set...
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Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943
Tarzan Triumphs
6.181/58
Zandra, white princess of a lost civilization, comes to Tarzan for help when Nazis invade the jungle with plans to conquer her people and take their w...
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Tarzan Triumphs
1946
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
5.755/47
A tribe devoted to the leopard cult is dedicated to preventing civilization from moving further into Africa.
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Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
1948
Jungle Jim
5.8/10
Lady scientist, Hilary Parker is searching for a rare drug to help combat polio. Opportunist Bruce Edwards joins the quest but is actually after gold...
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Jungle Jim
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
7.2/4
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension th...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1951
Jungle Manhunt
5.1/7
Football player Bob Miller, played by an actual football player, is lost in the jungle. Who else to find him but Jungle Jim.
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Jungle Manhunt
1951
Fury of the Congo
5.714/7
Jungle Jim must protect rare pony-like animals whose glands produce a powerful narcotic. On the way, he fights a giant spider.
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Fury of the Congo
1952
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
6/6
Jungle Jim is forced to lead anthropologist Dr. Edwards into a land inhabited by giant people.
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Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
1953
Killer Ape
5.4/5
Nasty white hunters are testing out their germ warfare weapons using wild animals in Africa… until they run into Jungle Jim.
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Killer Ape
1950
Captive Girl
4.5/10
Jungle Jim is out to save Joan from an evil witch doctor whilst simultaneously fighting evil treasure hunter Barton.
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Captive Girl
1954
Jungle Man-Eaters
5.25/4
Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.
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Jungle Man-Eaters
1950
Pygmy Island
4.75/4
Jungle Jim searches for a female Army captain who's gone missing.
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Pygmy Island
1949
The Lost Tribe
5.8/6
Jungle Jim fights a lion and sharks trying to save an African village from those who would despoil it.
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The Lost Tribe
1950
Mark of the Gorilla
4/9
Nazis dressed to look like Great Apes are looking for gold, and Jungle Jim must stop them.
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Mark of the Gorilla
1952
Voodoo Tiger
7.333/3
Jungle Jim helps an attractive research writer for the British museum clear up the mystery of a tiger cult in Africa while thwarting art thieves and b...
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Voodoo Tiger
1954
Cannibal Attack
6.167/6
Jungle Jim fights enemy agents who are trying to steal cobalt while disguised as crocodiles.
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Cannibal Attack
1955
Jungle Moon Men
5.375/8
Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of "She" or the La of Opar stories from "Tarzan". The Jungle Jim-type character is played b...
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Jungle Moon Men
1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
4.667/3
Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United States - are welcomed to Palm Springs. Palm Springs being...
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Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1953
Savage Mutiny
6.3/3
Jungle Jim battles enemy agents while helping a local tribe relocate from an atomic test bomb site.
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Savage Mutiny
1950
The Yellow Cab Man
6.857/7
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that...
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The Yellow Cab Man
2017
Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
0/0
The history of the Tarzan films is presented through behind-the-scenes footage and scenes from the Jungle King’s many classic movies.
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Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
9/2
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually get...
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
1950
The Golden Twenties
7/1
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
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The Golden Twenties
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
4.4/17
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1940
Rodeo Dough
6.4/5
After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a star-filled rodeo.
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Rodeo Dough
1946
Swamp Fire
5.636/11
Buster Crabbe and Johnny Weissmuller battle it out in Cajun country! Johnny, a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi, is seduced away from his fiance (Ca...
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Swamp Fire
1943
Stage Door Canteen
6.275/20
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational...
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Stage Door Canteen
1955
Devil Goddess
6.667/3
Jungle-Jim type Johnny Weissmuller helps Professor Blakely look for a missing colleague who is now playing "god" for a bunch of natives.
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Devil Goddess
1953
Valley of Head Hunters
5.5/4
Bad guys trying to steal the mineral rights away from African natives find it isn't so easy fighting Jungle Jim.
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Valley of Head Hunters
2017
Tarzan Revisited
6.5/2
Tarzan: the super hero who never goes out of fashion. The son of British Royalty, he is raised by apes in the African jungle and finds his true love,...
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Tarzan Revisited
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
6.3/9
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
5.8/4
An MGM short promoting the studio's impact on fashion through film through their chief of costume design, Adrian; in rural America, a mother and daugh...
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World
2003
Complicated Women
6.9/12
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered fi...
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Complicated Women
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
7/44
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical num...
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That's Entertainment, Part II
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
7.333/3
Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier and...
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1976
It's Showtime
7.5/2
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
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It's Showtime
1945
Parade of Aquatic Champions
2.5/2
Johnny Weismuller, Esther Williams and other aquatic champions present an exhibition of swimming and diving.
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Parade of Aquatic Champions
2004
The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan
7.167/6
The glorious and tragic story of American athlete and actor Johnny Weissmuller (1904-84), Olympic swimmer, water polo player and the only true Tarzan,...
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The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan
1974
The Great Masquerade
3.6/8
In order to infiltrate a gang of drug smugglers, a cop is sent undercover to participate in a drag-queen beauty contest aboard a cruise ship.
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The Great Masquerade
1929
Glorifying the American Girl
5.588/17
A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the late...
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Glorifying the American Girl
1925
Ways to Strength and Beauty
7.1/5
The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training...
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Ways to Strength and Beauty
1976
Hooray for Hollywood
8/1
A celebration of Hollywood in the 1930s, featuring a compilation of clips from features and newsreels of the era.
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Hooray for Hollywood
1969
The Comic
6.1/12
An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitte...
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The Comic
1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
0/0
Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
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Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1996
Tarzan at the Movies Part 1: Johnny Weissmuller
0/0
A profile of Johnny Weissmuller, best known for his role of Tarzan in numerous movies as well as Jungle Jim.
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Tarzan at the Movies Part 1: Johnny Weissmuller
1949
Aquashow's Sports Serenade
0/0
In this film of the Earl's Court Aquashow, several stars of the sporting world are brought to the screen to demonstrate their skill.
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Aquashow's Sports Serenade
2022
Famous T&A 2
6.5/4
Get ready for FAMOUS T&A 2, an all-new, all-hot compilation of clips from a cavalcade of movies featuring today's most fetching female stars BEFORE th...
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