Ron Ely

Ronald Pierce "Ron" Ely (born June 21, 1938) was an American actor and novelist born in Hereford, Texas. Ely is best known for having portrayed Tarzan in the 1966 NBC series Tarzan and for playing the lead role in the 1975 film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze. Ely obtained the role after playing various bit-parts, including an airplane navigator in the 1958 film South Pacific and a guest-starring role on Barbara Eden's first television series, the romantic comedy How to Marry a Millionaire. Ely's height (6' 4") and athletic build also won him the title role in the 1975 film Doc Savage, as well as various guest shots. In a 1978 Fantasy Island episode, for example, Ely portrayed Mark Antony in a Roman military short tunic and breastplate that displayed almost as much of his physique as his Tarzan costume had. From 1960-61, Ely starred in the series The Aquanauts. In the 1980s, Ely hosted the musical game show Face the Music. Additionally, Ely hosted the 1980 and 1981 Miss America Pageants, replacing longtime host Bert Parks. In the 1990s, Ely’s roles included a retired Superman in the 1991 two-part episode "The Road to Hell" of the Superboy syndicated television series, and a big game hunter named Gordon Shaw in the 1992 episode "Tarzan the Hunted" of the syndicated Tarzán TV series (starring Wolf Larson). In recent years Ely has embarked on a successful writing career and has penned two mystery novels featuring private eye Jake Sands: Night Shadows (1994) and East Beach (1995). Until about 2001, Ely made appearances on popular TV shows, his most recent being Sheena and Renegade. He is now retired from acting. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Ely, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Hereford, Texas, USA, 1938-06-21

Died: 2024-09-29

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1958	South Pacific	Navigator	61
2	1958	The Fiend Who Walked the West	Deputy Jim Dyer	60
3	1959	The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker	Wilbur Fielding	60
4	1966	The Night of the Grizzly	Ted Curry	57
5	1966	Once Before I Die	Soldier	30
6	1967	Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion	Tarzan	50
7	1967	The Mountains of the Moon	Tarzan	0
8	1968	Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army	Tarzan	0
9	1970	Tarzan's Deadly Silence	Tarzan	40
10	1971	Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones	Tarzan	0
11	1972	Cry of the Black Wolves	Bill Robinson	49
12	1972	Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God	Hallelujah	18
13	1975	Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze	Clark 'Doc' Savage Jr.	49
14	1976	Mitgift	Kurt	47
15	1978	Slavers	Steven Hamilton	35
16	1998	In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross	Himself	0
17	2014	Expecting Amish	Elder Miller	68
18	2017	Tarzan: Lord of the Movies	Tarzan (Archive Footage)	0
19	2017	Tarzan Revisited	Self	65

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	The Millionaire	Jim Phillips	50
2	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp		68
3	1958	Steve Canyon	Pete Randall	60
4	1959	Stars in the Ring	Self	53
5	1960	Thriller	Lt. Mike Hudson	64
6	1960	The Aquanauts	Mike Madison	55
7	1965	Die Rudi Carrell Show		75
8	1966	Tarzan	Tarzan	67
9	1967	Ironside	Scott Bradley	68
10	1969	The Courtship of Eddie's Father	Ronald	60
11	1975	Wonder Woman	Bill Michaels	70
12	1977	The Love Boat	Jim	63
13	1977	The Love Boat	Ted Cole	63
14	1977	The Love Boat	Steve Swaggart / Darryl Brewster	63
15	1982	Matt Houston		62
16	1986	Blacke's Magic		60
17	1986	L.A. Law	Mr. McIntyre	71
18	1987	Sea Hunt	Mike Nelson	0
19	1992	The Hat Squad		68
20	1992	Renegade		67
21	1992	Renegade	Reverend McClain	67
22	1995	Marker		40
23	2000	Sheena	Bixby	53

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