Ely was 28 years old, 6 feet and 4 inches tall, and made of muscle when he was cast as the lead in NBC’s Tarzan, which ran for 57 episodes from 1966 to 1968. The show found the wild apeman ...

Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan ... his jaw when the show’s pilot was being filmed, and Ely was cast in his place ...

Rounding out the cast are Jane's father, Professor Archimedes Porter; Tantor, the germophobic elephant; and Terk, a wisecracking female gorilla and Tarzan's old wrestling buddy.

Ron Ely, the star of the original “Tarzan” TV series, has died at age 86 ... The 6-foot-4 Ely was relatively new to Hollywood when he was cast as the beloved character for the NBC series ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan ... the show’s pilot was being filmed, and Ely was cast in his ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan ... the show’s pilot was being filmed, and Ely was cast in his ...

and made of muscle when he was cast as the lead in NBC’s Tarzan, which ran for 57 episodes from 1966 to 1968. The show found the wild apeman having returned to his roots in the jungle after ...

Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan ... his jaw when the show’s pilot was being filmed, and Ely was cast in his place ...

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