Ron Ely
Actor
Born June 21, 1938 in Hereford, Texas, USA
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.
Filmography
Tarzan Revisited
Self
Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
Tarzan (Archive Footage)
Expecting Amish
Elder Miller
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
Ron (archive footage)
Sheena
Bixby
In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
Self
Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan
Tarzan (archive footage)
Marker
Renegade
The Hat Squad
Carl Strong
Sea Hunt
Mike Nelson
L.A. Law
Mr. McIntyre
Blacke's Magic
Matt Houston
Hotel
Evan Paige
Slavers
Steven Hamilton
The Love Boat
Jim
MitGift
Kurt
Wonder Woman
Bill Michaels
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
Clark 'Doc' Savage Jr.
Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God
Hallelujah
Cry of the Black Wolves
Bill Robinson
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Tarzan
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
Tarzan
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Ronald
Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
Tarzan
The Mountains of the Moon
Tarzan
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
Tarzan
Ironside
Scott Bradley
Once Before I Die
Soldier
Tarzan
Tarzan
The Night of the Grizzly
Ted Curry
Die Rudi Carrell Show
The Aquanauts
Mike Madison
Thriller
Lt. Mike Hudson
Stars in the Ring
Self
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Wilbur Fielding
Steve Canyon
Pete Randall
The Fiend Who Walked the West
Deputy Jim Dyer
South Pacific
Navigator
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Millionaire
Jim Phillips