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Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr. (May 8, 1919 – May 11, 1973), known as Lex Barker, was an American actor. He was known for playing Tarzan for RKO Pictures between 1949 and 1953, and portraying leading characters from Karl May's novels, [1] notably as Old Shatterhand in a film series by the West German studio Constantin Film.
Lex Barker. Actor: Tarzan's Savage Fury. Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr. was a direct descendant of the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams, and of Sir William Henry Crichlow, historical Governor-General of Barbados. Barker attended the Fessenden School and Phillips-Exeter Academy, where he excelled in football and track.
Lex Barker, the 10th actor to play the role of Tarzan in Hollywood films, collapsed and died yesterday. Mr. Barker, who was 53 years old, was found unconscious on Lexington Avenue near 61st...
Lex Barker was an American actor best known for playing Tarzan in five films from 1949 to 1953. He was born on May 8, 1919 in Rye, New York, to Alexander Crichlow Barker Sr. and his wife, the former Marion Thornton Beals.
In 1953, Turner married Lex Barker (above), an actor known for playing Tarzan in a string of popular films. This was the actress's fourth marriage and Crane was a flower girl at their wedding. Things, however, quickly went awry.
American leading man, best known for playing Tarzan. Born Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr. in Rye, New York, he was the second child of a wealthy stockbroker and his wife Marion. Barker's family reportedly was in the direct lineage of Roger Williams, co-founder of the Rhode Island colony, and of Sir Henry Crichlow, governor general of Barbados ...
The work of Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr, who is better known by his stage name Lex Barker, is today, more than thirty years after his death, very much remembered.
Tarzan’s Magic Fountain was Lex Barker’s first Tarzan film — producer Sol Lesser interviewed more than 1,000 actors to replace Johnny Weissmuller in the role of Tarzan. Lex Barker turned out to be one of the better film Tarzans, even though Johnny Weissmuller was obviously a hard act to follow.
The Deerslayer is a 1957 American Western film in CinemaScope and Color by De Luxe, directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Carroll Young, Neumann and an uncredited Dalton Trumbo. The film stars Lex Barker, Rita Moreno, Forrest Tucker, Cathy O'Donnell, Jay C. Flippen and Carlos Rivas.
Démobilisé, Lex Barker se rend à Los Angeles où, très vite, il obtient un petit rôle et apparaît pour la première fois au cinéma dans Doll Face de Lewis Seiler ().Il enchaîne alors plusieurs apparitions, avant de décrocher le rôle qui va lui apporter le succès : Tarzan. Johnny Weissmuller (qui a été le personnage durant seize ans) n'a plus l'âge d'incarner le héros d'Edgar ...