Johnny Weissmuller

Also known as Peter Johann Weißmüller, Petros János Weiszmüller, Johnny Weissmüller, Peter John Weissmuller

American swimmer, water polo player, and actor (1904–1984)

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Johnny Weissmuller was an American swimmer and water polo player who became famous in the early 20th century for his athletic achievements in the water. He later transitioned to acting and became widely known for portraying Tarzan in films, making him one of the most iconic movie characters of his era.

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Freidorf, Austria-Hungary [now Timisoara, Timis County, Romania]

Johnny Weissmuller (born Johann Peter Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor. Weissmuller was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven world records. After his swimming career, he became the sixth actor to portray…

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Famous T&A 2 — Tarzan (archive footage) (uncredited)2022
Tarzan: Lord of the Movies — Self / Tarzan (Archived Footage)2017
Tarzan Revisited — Self (archive footage)2017
The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan — Self (archive footage)2004
Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)2003
Tarzan at the Movies Part 1: Johnny Weissmuller — Johnny Weissmuller1996
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies — (archive footage) (uncredited)1988
Going Hollywood: The '30s — Self (archive footage)1984
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood — Stagehand 21976
That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)1976

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Instance of: human
Given name: Johnny
Gender: male
Citizenship: Hungary
Place of birth: Freidorf
Place of death: Acapulco de Juárez
Child: Johnny Weissmuller Jr.
Occupation: television actor
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: German
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Sport: water polo
Country for sport: United States
Official website: johnnyweissmuller.com
Image: Johny Weissmuller-publicity.JPG
Height: 191

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Commons category: Johnny Weissmuller
date of birth: 1904-06-02
date of death: 1984-01-21
nickname: Johnny
birth name: Weissmüller János
start of work period: 1931-00-00
cause of death: pulmonary edema
manner of death: natural causes
end of work period: 1976-00-00
writing language: English language

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Johnny Weissmuller (/ˈwaɪsmʌlər/ WYSSE-mul-ər; born Johann Peter Weißmüller, German: [ˈjoːhan ˈpeːtɐ ˈvaɪsmʏlɐ]; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was a Hungarian-born German American Olympic swimmer, water polo player and actor. He has one of the best competitive-swimming records of the 20th century. He set world records alongside winning five gold medals in the Olympics. He won the 100m freestyle and the 4 × 200 m relay team event in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Weissmuller also won gold in the 400m freestyle, as well as a bronze medal in the water polo competition in Paris.

Following his retirement from swimming, Weissmuller played Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan in twelve feature films from 1932 to 1948; six were produced by MGM, and six additional films by RKO. Weissmuller went on to star in sixteen Jungle Jim movies over an eight-year period, then filmed 26 additional half-hour episodes of the Jungle Jim TV series.

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