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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.
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.
Adventurer Johnny Weissmuller (playing himself) is hired by Egyptian archaeologist Ellen Marsten to traverse the African jungle of Baku. They seek to rescue an acquaintance, Marro (Benjamin F. Chapman Jr.), from his captors, pygmies known as the "Moon Men". The Moon Men are devoted to a "Moon Goddess" Oma (Helen Stanton), who is apparently an ...
Johnny Weissmuller: 1904–1984 At age nine, Weissmüller contracted polio. ... Thomas Midgley Jr. 1889–1944 Mechanical engineer and chemist, Midgley developed ...
He had a brother, Edward Clinton Simmons Crabbe Jr. (1909–1972). Crabbe grew up in Hawaii and graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu . He then attended the University of Southern California , where he was the school's first All-American swimmer (1931) and a 1931 NCAA freestyle titlist.
Exiled due to the Russian Revolution, as a young man Huene bounced between England and the South of France before settling in Paris, where he soon found his rhythm as a photographer for Vogue.
Weissmuller or Weißmüller is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Johnny Weissmuller (1904–1984), Austro-Hungarian-born American competition swimmer and actor; Johnny Weissmuller Jr. (1940–2006), American actor and longshoreman
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. and wife Becki speak during a town hall meeting on the opioid crisis, as part of first lady Melania Trump's "Be Best" initiative, on March 5, 2019 in ...