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Ronald Pierce Ely (June 21, 1938 – September 29, 2024) was an American actor and novelist, best known for portraying Tarzan in the 1966–1968 NBC series Tarzan and playing the lead role in the film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975). [1] He hosted the Miss America pageant telecast in 1980 and 1981.
Andrew Prine with Ron Ely as Tarzan in the episode "The Ultimate Weapon" (September 16, 1966). Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 to 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan (played by Ron Ely) as a well-educated character who had grown tired of civilization, and returned to the jungle where he had been raised. [1]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan,” has died at age 86. Ely’s daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The ...
Ron Ely, best known for starring in the Tarzan television series, has died. He was 86. He was 86. Ron's daughter, Kirsten Ely, confirmed the sad news in an Instagram post on Wednesday, Oct. 23.
Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan,” has died at age 86.
While Ron Ely was not quite as well-known as Johnny Weismuller, the Olympic swimmer who played Tarzan in movies in the 1930s and 1940s, Ely helped form the image of the shirtless, loincloth-wearing character further immortalized by Disney. “He was an actor, writer, coach, mentor, family man and leader,” Kirsten Ely said in an Instagram post ...
Manuel Padilla Jr. (July 13, 1955 – January 29, 2008) [1] was an American child actor who began appearing in films at age 8. He is best remembered for playing Jai on the 1960s Tarzan television series starring Ron Ely.
Weeks after his passing on Sept. 29, Ron Ely’s cause of death has been revealed. Per a death certificate obtained by TMZ, Ely, the actor best known for playing the title role in the Tarzan TV ...