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Johnny Weissmuller (/ ˈ w aɪ s m ʌ l ər / WYSSE-mul-ər; born Johann Peter Weißmüller, German: [ˈjoːhan ˈpeːtɐ ˈvaɪsmʏlɐ]; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an American Olympic swimmer, water polo player and actor. He was known for having one of the best competitive-swimming records of the 20th century.
János "Johnny" Weissmüller Jr. (September 23, 1940 – July 27, 2006) was an American actor and longshoreman. He also authored a book about his father, the five-time Olympic Games gold medalist Johnny Weissmuller , who achieved additional fame playing the title role in the Tarzan movies of the 1930s and 1940s.
Death Known for Association Reference Johnny Weissmuller: Jun 2, 1904: Jan 20, 1984: Olympic gold medalist swimmer (1924 Paris games & 1928 Amsterdam games), later Hollywood actor Raised in Chicago [121]
Johnny Weissmuller, who later interpreted Tarzan in the movies, was a five-time Olympic champion (1924 in Paris and 1928 in Amsterdam). During his swimming career, Johnny Weissmuller captured 20 ...
Crabbe starred at the Billy Rose's Aquacade at the New York World's Fair during its second year (1940), replacing fellow Olympic swimmer and Tarzan actor Johnny Weissmuller. During World War II, Crabbe was put under contract by Producers Releasing Corporation for lead roles from 1942 to 1946.
First, the history. Brancato, a blacksmith from Sicily who immigrated to the Kansas City in 1896, opened Fairyland Park on June 16, 1923. It covered 80 acres at the southern terminus of the ...
In the 2002 book Tarzan, My Father, Johnny Weissmuller, Jr., recounted the events surrounding Vélez's death as a mystery caused by an attempt to "put a lid" on what happened. It states her housekeeper discovered her body and called Bo Roos, Vélez's business manager, who called his friend and Beverly Hills Police Chief Anderson to the scene.
Jungle Jim is a 1955–56 American TV series based on the Jungle Jim newspaper comic strip. It stars Johnny Weissmuller, who had previously played the character in a series of sixteen theatrically released Jungle Jim feature films, which were produced soon after he retired from the Tarzan film series in 1948 for which he is best remembered.