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Johnny Weissmuller is a Actor American born on 2 june 1904
Johnny Weissmuller (born Peter Johann Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an American competition swimmer and actor best known for playing Tarzan in films of the 1930s and 1940s and for having one of the best competitive swimming records of the 20th century. Weissmuller was one of the world's fastest swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals for swimming and one bronze medal for water polo. He won fifty-two U.S. National Championships, set more than fifty world records (spread over both freestyle and backstroke), and was purportedly undefeated in official competition for the entirety of his competitive career. After retiring from competitions, he became the sixth actor to portray Edgar Rice Burroughs's ape man, Tarzan, 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 Tarzan yell is still often used in films.
With his third wife, Beryl, he had three children, Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. (September 23, 1940 – July 27, 2006), Wendy Anne Weissmuller (b. June 1, 1942), and Heidi Elizabeth Weissmuller (July 31, 1944 – November 19, 1962).
Declining health and death
In 1974, Weissmuller broke both his hip and leg, marking the beginning of years of declining health. While hospitalized he learned that, in spite of his strength and lifelong daily regimen of swimming and exercise, he had a serious heart condition. In 1977, Weissmuller suffered a series of strokes. In 1979, he entered the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California for several weeks before moving with his last wife, Maria, to Acapulco, Mexico, the location of his last Tarzan movie.
On January 20, 1984, Weissmuller died from pulmonary edema at the age of 79. He was buried just outside Acapulco, Valle de La Luz at the Valley of the Light Cemetery. As his coffin was lowered into the ground, a recording of the Tarzan yell he invented was played three times, at his request.
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Johnny Weissmuller
Birth name Peter Johann Weißmüller
Nationality USA
Birth 2 june 1904
Death 20 january 1984 (at 79 years) at Acapulco
Awards Honorary citizen of Timișoara
Nationality USA
Birth 2 june 1904
Death 20 january 1984 (at 79 years) at Acapulco
Awards Honorary citizen of Timișoara
Biography
Weissmuller had five wives: band and club singer Bobbe Arnst (married 1931 – divorced 1933); actress Lupe Vélez (married 1933 – divorced 1939); Beryl Scott (married 1939 – divorced 1948); Allene Gates (married 1948 – divorced 1962); and Maria Baumann (from 1963 until his death in 1984).With his third wife, Beryl, he had three children, Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. (September 23, 1940 – July 27, 2006), Wendy Anne Weissmuller (b. June 1, 1942), and Heidi Elizabeth Weissmuller (July 31, 1944 – November 19, 1962).
Declining health and death
In 1974, Weissmuller broke both his hip and leg, marking the beginning of years of declining health. While hospitalized he learned that, in spite of his strength and lifelong daily regimen of swimming and exercise, he had a serious heart condition. In 1977, Weissmuller suffered a series of strokes. In 1979, he entered the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California for several weeks before moving with his last wife, Maria, to Acapulco, Mexico, the location of his last Tarzan movie.
On January 20, 1984, Weissmuller died from pulmonary edema at the age of 79. He was buried just outside Acapulco, Valle de La Luz at the Valley of the Light Cemetery. As his coffin was lowered into the ground, a recording of the Tarzan yell he invented was played three times, at his request.
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, 2h13Directed by Gene Kelly
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities, Musical films, Documentary films about films
Actors Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lew Ayres, Stan Laurel
Roles (archive footage)
Rating72%
Gene Kelly et Fred Astaire présentent les meilleurs moments des films de la MGM.
, 1h32Directed by Michael Winner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Madeline Kahn, Bruce Dern, Rintintin (acteur canin), Teri Garr, Art Carney, Phil Silvers
Roles Stagehand 2
Rating48%
En 1924, Estie Del Ruth se rend à Hollywood dans l'espoir de devenir une grande actrice. Sur son chemin, elle rencontre un chien du nom de Won Ton Ton (Rintintin) qui se met à la suivre. Une fois à destination, Won Ton Ton séduit tout le monde et devient une star à la place d'Estie.
, 1h50Directed by Philippe Mora
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about historical events
Actors Walt Disney, Bing Crosby, Marlene Dietrich, Charlie Chaplin, Fred Astaire, James Dunn
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating70%
The Phynx (1970)
, 1h21Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Lou Antonio, Mike Kellin, Michael Ansara, George Tobias, Larry Hankin, Joan Blondell
Roles Johnny Weissmuller
Rating44%
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
Directed by Ken Murray
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities
Actors Kirk Douglas, Ken Murray, Cary Grant, June Allyson, George K. Arthur, Eddie Albert
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating71%
The film consists of archive footage of famous Hollywood stars, mostly home movies showing the stars as themselves instead of playing a role in front of the camera.
Devil Goddess (1955)
, 1h8Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Stevens, Selmer Jackson, William Tannen, Edgar Latimer "Ed" Hinton, Jr., Abel Fernandez
Roles Johnny Weissmuller
Rating57%
Adventure-seeker Johnny Weissmuller (Johnny Weissmuller) receives a request from Professor Carl Blakely (Selmer Jackson) to collaboratively rescue a certain Professor Dixon (William Blakely) from the Mountain of Explosive Fire in Kirundi. The Kirundi natives belong to a religious tribe worshipping a demon thought to control fire. Pious in nature, they are willing to sacrifice humans just to appease the fire demon, who in fact is Dixon. They are also known to possess mystical items, including a jewel-encrusted sabre.
Jungle Moon Men (1955)
, 1h10Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Jean Byron, William Henry, Myron Daniel Healey, Billy Curtis, Frank Sully
Roles Johnny Weissmuller
Rating50%
Adventurer Johnny Weissmuller (Johnny Weissmuller) is roped in by Egyptian archaeologist Ellen Marsten (Jean Byron) to traverse the African jungle of Baku. They seek to rescue an acquaintance, Marro (Benjamin F. Chapman, Jr.), from his captors, pygmies known as the "Moon Men". The Moon Men are devoted to a "Moon Goddess" Oma (Helen Stanton), who is apparently an immortal whose only weakness is sunlight. Marro is chosen to be Oma's chief religious official.
Cannibal Attack (1954)
, 1h8Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Judy Walsh, David Bruce, Bruce Cowling
Roles Johnny Weissmuller
Rating54%
Jungle roamer Johnny Weissmuller (Johnny Weissmuller) is exploring the African waters of Magi somewhere in mid-Cannibal Valley. While doing so, he stumbles upon a corpse apparently killed by a crocodile. Weissmuller decides to report the death to John King, leader of the white colony in the Magi. King is in charge of mining cobalt for the government, and confides to Weissmuller that recently a few shipments were stolen by looters passing off as crocodiles.
Killer Ape (1953)
, 1h8Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Carol Thurston, Nestor Paiva, Ray Corrigan, Michael Fox, Harry Wilson
Roles Jungle Jim
Rating50%
Noticing many jungle animals behaving in an unnatural manner, adventurer Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) sends a few of them for laboratory testing. It is revealed that diabolical scientist Doctor Andrews (Nestor Paiva) is behind the deed. Andrews is intent on formulating a deadly drug that would make any creature injected with it succumb in a matter of seconds. Jim, who is unaware of Andrews' plans, spots him near the Canyon of the Man Ape. The jungle explorer advises him to leave quickly, as rumour has it that a creature (Max Palmer), half-man and half-ape, roams the canyon's grounds. Andrews does not heed the warning, and his laboratory in the jungle gets obliterated by the legendary "Killer Ape".
, 1h5Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Jean Willes, Lester Matthews, William Tannen, George Eldredge
Roles Jungle Jim
Rating55%
Jungle Jim battles evil ivory poachers, mutant giants, stock footage, and cheap sets with the help of a pretty anthropologist and his cute chimp Tamba.
Voodoo Tiger (1952)
, 1h8Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Jean Byron, James Seay, Robert Bray, Michael Fox, Rick Vallin
Roles Jungle Jim
Rating60%
Adventurer Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) and Sergeant Bono (Rick Vallin) are taking the British Museum's Phyllis Bruce (Jean Byron) on a tour around an African jungle. They come to witness a sacrificial ritual about to take place. Jungle Jim hurriedly prevents chief religious official Wombulu (Charles Horvath) from slaughtering an African native as an offering to the tiger god Tambura. The furious voodoo practitioner lunges for Jungle Jim with a knife, only to be shot by hunter Abel Peterson (James Seay). Peterson invites Jim, Bono, and Bruce to stay at his lodging. However, Jim receives a last-minute notification that Major Bill Green of the United States (Robert Bray) has come with Commissioner Kingston (Richard Kipling) to meet businessman Karl Werner (Michael Fox). The two army personnel are looking to recover a stolen collection of artworks. Werner, who operates in the jungle, is believed to possess knowledge of the artworks' whereabouts. Jim is assigned to lead the way to Werner.
Jungle Manhunt (1951)
, 1h6Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Sheila Ryan, Lyle Talbot, Rick Vallin
Roles Jungle Jim
Rating54%
Joueur de football Bob Miller, joué par un joueur de football réel, est perdu dans la jungle. Qui d'autre pour le trouver, mais Jungle Jim.
Fury of the Congo (1951)
, 1h9Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, William Henry, Lyle Talbot, George Eldredge, Rusty Wescoatt, John Hart
Roles Jungle Jim
Rating55%
Adventurer Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) is traversing the jungles of the Congo when he notices a plane diving towards the river. The agile explorer rescues the injured pilot, Ronald Cameron (Joel Friedkin), from the deep waters. Cameron tells Jim that he is trying to find missing biochemistry professor Dunham, under the University of Cairo's request. Dunham was last seen venturing into the jungles in search of a beast known as the Okongo. The Okongo, half-antelope and half-zebra, is greatly revered by the tribal natives of Congo and its glands are rumoured to contain a rare type of drug. Jungle Jim and Cameron later discover from a tribal chief, Leta (Sherry Moreland), that Dunham has been kidnapped by hunters who wish to extract the drug from the Okongo's glands. Jim, Leta, and Cameron make their way to the hunters' hideout. Halting their sinister plans, Leta lets loose the captured Okongo. It proceeds to kill one of the hunters. A fight ensues and during the scuffle, Professor Dunham smashes all the bottles of extracted Okongo drug.
The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
, 1h25Directed by Jack Donohue
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Red Skelton, Gloria DeHaven, Edward Arnold, Walter Slezak, James Gleason, Jay C. Flippen
Roles Tarzan (archive sound) (uncredited)
Rating63%
L'inventeur de lunettes incassables attire l'attention d'hommes d'affaires, mais aussi de gangsters.
The Golden Twenties (1950)
, 1h8Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, Robert Q. Lewis, John Barrymore, Vilma Bánky, Irving Berlin
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating65%