Johnny Weissmüller
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-06-02 (80 years old)
Deathday
1984-01-20
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
Johnny Weissmüller
Biography
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. Description above...
Acting
1932
as Tarzan
1939
as Tarzan
1942
as Tarzan
1941
as Tarzan
1970
as Johnny Weissmuller
1936
as Tarzan
1934
as Tarzan
1948
as Tarzan
1947
as Tarzan
1946
as Tarzan
1943
as Tarzan
1943
as Tarzan
1945
as Tarzan
1948
as Jungle Jim
1972
as Self (archive footage)
1951
as Jungle Jim
1951
as Jungle Jim
1952
as Jungle Jim
1953
as Jungle Jim
1950
as Jungle Jim
1954
as Jungle Jim
1950
as Jungle Jim
1949
as Jungle Jim
1950
as Jungle Jim
1952
as Jungle Jim
1954
as Johnny Weissmuller
1955
as Johnny Weissmuller
1936
1953
as Jungle Jim
1950
as Tarzan (archive sound) (uncredited)
2017
as Self / Tarzan (Archived Footage)
1984
as Self (archive footage)
1950
as Self (archive footage)
1976
as Stagehand 2
1940
as Johnny Weissmuller
1946
as Johnny Duval
1943
as Johnny Weissmüller
1955
as Johnny Weissmuller
1953
as Jungle Jim
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1940
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1976
as (archive footage)
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1945
as Himself
2004
as Self (archive footage)
1974
as Sepy Debronvi
1929
as Adonis in "Loveland"
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1969
as Jungle Jim (archive footage) (uncredited)
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