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Johnny Weissmuller was an Austro-Hungarian-born American competition swimmer and actor. He was known for playing Edgar Rice Burroughs' ape man Tarzan in films of the 1930s and 1940s and for having one of the best competitive swimming records of the 20th century.
Birth Name
Peter Johann Weissmüller
Born
Thursday, 02 June 1904
Died
Friday, 20 January 1984
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Waterman | Self | 2022 |
| Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies | Self | 2020 |
| Ecran Large | Self | 2018 |
| America in Color | Self | 2017 |
| Tarzan Revisited | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2017 |
| Irre sind männlich | Tarzan | 2014 |
| The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan | Self - Subject / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| MythBusters | Self | 2003 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Waterman | Self | 2022 |
| Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies | Self | 2020 |
| Ecran Large | Self | 2018 |
| America in Color | Self | 2017 |
| Tarzan Revisited | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2017 |
| Irre sind männlich | Tarzan | 2014 |
| The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan | Self - Subject / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| MythBusters | Self | 2003 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1984 |
| Brooklyn Bridge | Self (clip from "Tarzan's New York Adventure") | 1981 |
| Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Stagehand 2 | 1976 |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | Tarzan / (archive footage) | 1976 |
| It's Showtime | Self | 1976 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| The Great Masquerade | Sepy Debronvi | 1973 |
| Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self - film clips / Self (archive footage) | 1972 |
| Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
| The Phynx | Johnny Weissmuller | 1970 |
| The Comic | Jungle Jim | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
| 60 Minutes | Himself - Swimmer (segment "Andy Rooney") (archive footage) | 1968 |
| The Judy Garland Show | Self | 1963 |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Himself | 1963 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself / Himself - Actor | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Celebrity Golf | Self | 1960 |
| Devil Goddess | Johnny Weissmuller | 1955 |
| Jungle Jim | Jungle Jim | 1955 |
| Jungle Moon Men | Johnny Weissmuller | 1955 |
| Cannibal Attack | Johnny Weissmuller | 1954 |
| Jungle Man-Eaters | Jungle Jim | 1954 |
| Killer Ape | Jungle Jim | 1953 |
| Valley of Head Hunters | Jungle Jim | 1953 |
| Savage Mutiny | Jungle Jim | 1953 |
| Voodoo Tiger | Jungle Jim | 1952 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land | Jungle Jim | 1952 |
| Jungle Manhunt | Jungle Jim | 1951 |
| Fury of the Congo | Jungle Jim | 1951 |
| Pygmy Island | Jungle Jim | 1950 |
| You Bet Your Life | Jungle Jim / Self - Tarzan | 1950 |
| Captive Girl | Jungle Jim | 1950 |
| The Golden Twenties | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1950 |
| The Yellow Cab Man | Tarzan | 1950 |
| Mark of the Gorilla | Jungle Jim | 1950 |
| The Lost Tribe | Jungle Jim | 1949 |
| Jungle Jim | Jungle Jim | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self / Self - Audience Bow | 1948 |
| Tarzan and the Mermaids | Tarzan | 1948 |
| Tarzan and the Huntress | Tarzan | 1947 |
| Swamp Fire | Johnny Duval | 1946 |
| Tarzan and the Leopard Woman | Tarzan | 1946 |
| Tarzan and the Amazons | Tarzan | 1945 |
| Tarzan's Desert Mystery | Tarzan | 1943 |
| Stage Door Canteen | Johnny Weissmuller / Johnny Weissmüller | 1943 |
| Tarzan Triumphs | Tarzan | 1943 |
| Tarzan's New York Adventure | Tarzan | 1942 |
| Tarzan's Secret Treasure | Tarzan | 1941 |
| Rodeo Dough | Johnny Weissmuller | 1940 |
| Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940 |
| Tarzan Finds a Son! | Tarzan | 1939 |
| Tarzan Escapes | Tarzan | 1936 |
| Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | Himself / Self | 1936 |
| Tarzan and His Mate | Tarzan | 1934 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | 1934 | |
| Tarzan the Ape Man | Tarzan | 1932 |
| Glorifying the American Girl | Adonis - Segment 'Loveland' | 1929 |
| Ways to Strength and Beauty | Self | 1925 |
