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 ...

Ron Ely, the actor best known for his role on the TV series “Tarzan” has died. He was 86. The star passed away on Sept. 29 at the home of one of his daughters in the vicinity of Santa Barbara ...

loincloth-wearing character for many TV viewers. Ely’s Tarzan, who appeared in a show that aired on NBC from 1966 to 1968, did not speak in the monosyllabic grunts often associated with the ...

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 ...

American actor Ron Ely plays Tarzan in the television series of that name, circa 1967. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Ely was cast ... on the show, which was ...

LOS ANGELES — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series "Tarzan ... jaw when the show's pilot was being filmed, and Ely was cast in his ...

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 at the ...