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Tarzan

  • TV Series
  • 1966–19681966–1968
  • 1h
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Tarzan (1966)
Tarzan, already well educated and fed up with civilization, returns to the jungle and, more or less assisted by chimpanzee Cheetah and orphan boy Jai, wages war against poachers and other bad guys.
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Tarzan (Lord Greystoke), already well educated and fed up with civilization, returns to the jungle and, more or less assisted by chimpanzee Cheetah and orphan boy Jai, wages war against poac... Read allTarzan (Lord Greystoke), already well educated and fed up with civilization, returns to the jungle and, more or less assisted by chimpanzee Cheetah and orphan boy Jai, wages war against poachers and other bad guys.Tarzan (Lord Greystoke), already well educated and fed up with civilization, returns to the jungle and, more or less assisted by chimpanzee Cheetah and orphan boy Jai, wages war against poachers and other bad guys.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,601
718
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    • Stars
      • Ron Ely
      • Manuel Padilla Jr.
      • Virgil Richardson
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      • Ron Ely
      • Manuel Padilla Jr.
      • Virgil Richardson
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    • 12User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews

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    "Tarzan" Ron Ely with his chimp Cheetah
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    "Tarzan" Ron Ely with his chimp Cheetah
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    "Tarzan" Ron Ely 1967 NBC
    "Tarzan" Ron Ely 1967 NBC
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    Ron Ely
    Ron Ely
    • Tarzan
    57 episodes57 eps • 1966–1968
    Manuel Padilla Jr.
    Manuel Padilla Jr.
    • Jai
    56 episodes56 eps • 1966–1968
    Virgil Richardson
    • Tabor…
    9 episodes9 eps • 1966–1968
    Rockne Tarkington
    Rockne Tarkington
    • Rao…
    8 episodes8 eps • 1966–1967
    Charles Wood
    • Sergeant…
    8 episodes8 eps • 1966–1967
    Woody Strode
    Woody Strode
    • Chaka…
    6 episodes6 eps • 1966–1968
    William Marshall
    William Marshall
    • Colonel Takakombi…
    5 episodes5 eps • 1967
    Bernie Hamilton
    Bernie Hamilton
    • Chaka…
    5 episodes5 eps • 1967–1968
    Harry Lauter
    Harry Lauter
    • Josh Miller…
    5 episodes5 eps • 1967
    Alan Caillou
    Alan Caillou
    • Jason Flood
    5 episodes5 eps • 1966
    Jock Mahoney
    Jock Mahoney
    • The Colonel…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1966–1967
    Robert DoQui
    Robert DoQui
    • Metusa…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1966–1968
    Julie Harris
    Julie Harris
    • Charity Jones
    4 episodes4 eps • 1967–1968
    Maurice Evans
    Maurice Evans
    • General Basil Bertram…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1967–1968
    Ben Wright
    Ben Wright
    • Arthur Steuer…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1967–1968
    Howard Morton
    • British Major…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1967
    Gregorio Acosta
    • Chico…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1966–1967
    Robert J. Wilke
    Robert J. Wilke
    • Colin Yeager…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1966–1968
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    • Trivia
      In the course of the first season's shooting, Ron Ely (Tarzan), who insisted on performing his own stunts, sustained seventeen different injuries. These included: singeing his arms and legs running through a burning village, being bitten on the forehead by a "tame" lion (in a later fight with the same lion, he was bitten on the lower left thigh), falling down a hill and ripping the skin off the tops of his feet, falling twenty-five feet (7.6 meters) off of a vine and separating his shoulder, falling off of another vine and breaking his other shoulder, fracturing three ribs, and spraining both wrists.
    • Alternate versions
      The five "Tarzan" features starring Ron Ely as the ape-man are actually re-edited episodes of this series, in most cases using two-part segments so as to have one cohesive storyline per film.
    • Connections
      Edited into Tarzan: Mountains of the Moon: Part 1 (1967)

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    Tarzan of the TV
    I have fond memories of this show, which one of our local independent stations used to air on Sunday afternoons as part of `Tarzan Theatre.' I loved the show at first simply because I was a big Tarzan fan, but I truly came to appreciate it once I started reading Edgar Rice Burroughs' novels. This is one of the few times Tarzan is portrayed as ERB envisioned him: intelligent and articulate. ERB, however, gave Tarzan a savage and violent side, something you would never see on a `family' TV series of the 1960s. Fortunately, the producers compensated by loading the show with plenty of action.

    All the elements came together nicely: Ron Ely had both the physical presence and the acting skill to play a convincing ape-man. I've heard stories of the punishment he took while making the series, injuries that would make Jackie Chan wince, but he kept going. The producers were smart enough not to film in a studio jungle set, but instead take the show on location. The Mexican locations were a gorgeous stand-in for the African savanna and rain forests, and they increase the show's credibility.

    There's just one thing I never liked: Jai. I realize there's probably a lot of Jai fans out there, but the kid just irritated me. His main function was both to ask simplistic questions about what was going on so Tarzan could explain for his (and the audience's) benefit, and to eat up valuable screen time that could be spent on Tarzan. It's part of the whole `juvenile sidekick' syndrome in TV, movies and comics that drives me nuts. Ugh.

    In spite of that, `Tarzan' was a great series, deserving of much more attention than it currently gets. It may not be the way * you * see Tarzan, but you can't deny it was a well-crafted, exciting and eminently watchable show.
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    • Release date
      • September 8, 1966 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Mexico
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Tarzán
    • Filming locations
      • Acapulco, Mexico
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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