Maria Brock Mandell Bauman ( m. 1963) Children 3 Johnny Weissmuller (2 June 1904 – 20 January 1984) was an -born American competition swimmer and actor, best known for playing 's ape man 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 for swimming and one for. He was the first to break the one minute barrier for 100-meter freestyle, and the first to swim 440-yard freestyle under five minutes. He won fifty-two U.S. National championships, set more than 50 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 Tarzan, a role he played in twelve feature films. Dozens of other actors have also played Tarzan, but Weissmuller is by far the best known.

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Weissmuller's distinctive is still often used in films in his legacy. Representing the 1924 Paris 1924 Paris 1928 Amsterdam 1924 Paris As a teen, Weissmuller attended before dropping out to work various jobs including a stint as a lifeguard at a Lake Michigan beach.

While working as an elevator operator and bellboy at the Illinois Athletic Club, Weissmuller caught the eye of swim coach, who trained Weissmuller; in August 1921, Weissmuller won the national championships in the 50-yard and 220-yard distances. Although foreign-born, Weissmuller gave his birthplace as, and his birth date as that of his younger brother, Peter Weissmuller. This was to ensure his eligibility to compete as part of the United States Olympic team, and was a critical issue in being issued a United States passport.

On July 9, 1922, Weissmuller broke world record in the 100-meter freestyle, swimming it in 58.6 seconds. He won the title for that distance at the, beating Kahanamoku for the gold medal. He also won the 400-meter freestyle and was a member of the winning U.S. Team in the 4×200-meter relay. As a member of the U.S. Water polo team, he won a bronze medal.

Four years later, at the in Amsterdam, he won another two gold medals. It was during this period that Weissmuller became an enthusiast for lifestyle views on nutrition, enemas and exercise. He came to Kellogg's sanatorium to dedicate its new 120-foot swimming pool, and break one of his own previous swimming records after adopting the vegetarian diet prescribed by Kellogg. In 1927, Weissmuller set a new world record of 51.0 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle, which stood for 17 years. He improved it to 48.5 seconds at Billy Rose World's Fair Aquacade in 1940, aged 36, but this result was discounted as he was competing as a professional. In all, Weissmuller won five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal, 52 United States national championships, and set 67 world records.

He was the first man to swim the 100-meter freestyle under one minute and the 440-yard freestyle under five minutes. He never lost a race and retired with an unbeaten amateur record.

In 1950, he was selected by the Associated Press as the greatest swimmer of the first half of the 20th century. Upon moving to the prosperous Bel Air section of Los Angeles (specifically to an area known today as East Gate Bel Air), Weissmuller later famously commissioned architect to design a large home with a 300-foot serpentine swimming pool that curled around the house (and which still exists). Films In 1929, Weissmuller signed a contract with to be a model and representative. He traveled throughout the country doing swim shows, handing out leaflets promoting that brand of swimwear, signing autographs and going on radio. In that same year, he made his first motion picture appearance as an, wearing only a fig leaf, in a movie entitled. He appeared as himself in the first of several Crystal Champions movie shorts featuring Weissmuller and other Olympic champions at.

He co-starred with in during the 1939–41, pursuing her for two years. 1970 Weissmuller was an accomplished amateur golfer and played in two official PGA Tour tournaments, at the 1937 Western Open at Canterbury Golf Club outside Cleveland (87–85=172, missed the cut) and the 1948 Hawaiian Open (79–75–79–76=309) to finish in 37th place.

In the late 1950s, Weissmuller moved back to Chicago and started a swimming pool company. He lent his name to other business ventures, but did not have a great deal of success. He retired in 1965 and moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was Founding Chairman of the (ISHOF).

He was inducted into the ISHOF the same year. In September 1966, Weissmuller joined former screen Tarzans and to appear with as part of the publicity for the upcoming premiere of the TV series. In the late 60s and early 70s, Weissmuller was involved with a tourist attraction called Tropical/Florida Wonderland, a.k.a.

Tarzan's Jungleland, on US 1 in Titusville, Florida. Weissmuller's face appeared in the collage on the iconic front cover of The Beatles' 1967 record album. Based on his interest in natural lifestyles, Weissmuller opened a small chain of health food stores called Johnny Weissmuller's American Natural Foods in California in 1969. In 1970, he attended the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, where he was presented to Queen Elizabeth II. That same year, he appeared with former co-star Maureen O'Sullivan in (1970). Weissmuller lived in Florida until the end of 1973, then moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he worked as a greeter at Caesars Palace along with boxer for a time. In 1976, he appeared for the last time in a motion picture, playing a movie crewman who is fired by a movie mogul (played by ) in, and he also made his final public appearance in that year when he was inducted into the Body Building Guild Hall of Fame.

Personal life. With his second wife, the Mexican actress in a newspaper press photo (1934) Weissmuller had five wives: band and club singer Bobbe Arnst (married 1931 – divorced 1933); actress (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, (1940 – 2006), Wendy Anne Weissmuller (born 1942), and Heidi Elizabeth Weissmuller (1944 – 1962), who was killed in a car crash. He also had a stepdaughter with Baumann, Lisa Weissmuller-Gallagher. Declining health and death In 1974, Weissmuller broke both his hip and leg, marking the beginning of years of declining health.

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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 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 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. He was honored with a 21-gun salute, befitting a head-of-state, which was arranged by Senator Ted Kennedy and President Ronald Reagan. Influence His former co-star and movie son Johnny Sheffield wrote of him, 'I can only say that working with Big John was one of the highlights of my life.

He was a Star (with a capital 'S') and he gave off a special light and some of that light got into me. Knowing and being with Johnny Weissmuller during my formative years had a lasting influence on my life.' For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Johnny Weissmuller has a star on the at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, adjacent to the star of Maureen O'Sullivan.

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The list includes all the movies with different actors in the role of Tarzan. Among them, Elmo Lincoln, Herman Brix, Lex Barker, Buster Crabbe, Johnny Weissmuller, Gordon Scott, Ron Ely and others. In my opinion, the best actor in the role of Tarzan was Johnny Weissmuller, the best actress in the role of Jane was Maureen O'Sullivan and the best actor in the role of Johnny was Johnny Sheffield. Tarzan will be 100 years old in 2014. You can have a great centennial celebration watching as many Tarzan films as you can in 2014.