He also portrayed another legendary hero when he starred in the Warner Bros. film 'Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze.'
Ron Ely, the hunky and handsome Texas native who portrayed the Lord of the Jungle on the first Tarzan series for television, has died, his daughter, Kirsten, told
Ely was offered the Tarzan gig after former NFL linebacker Mike Henry, who had played the Edgar Rice Burroughs creation in three ’60s films, abruptly quit after he was bitten in the jaw by a chimp. Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican-Born Pitcher Whose Feats for Dodgers Fueled "Fernandomania," Dies at 63 The show, which also filmed in Central America and Mexico, premiered in September 1966, and Ely had to perform his own stunts during the two-season, 57-episode run.
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