Who was the best actor to play Tarzan?

[samurainoir]

Your favourite Tarzan actor? In which film or TV series?

[Cmonster]

Nuff said.

SC

[LonnieFisher]

Just so everybody knows his name...Johnny Weissmuller

[LonnieFisher]

Second best Tarzan...
Ron Ely (who also played Doc Savage)

[Mikey]

Mike Henry --- also known as Junior on the Smokey and the Bandit movies

[HardyGirl]

I liked both Ron Ely and Mike Henry. I watched that 30s Tarzan last weekend. Pretty good. But I'd like to put in my vote for whoever voiced the Filmation character.

[palitoy]

Mike Henry --- also known as Junior on the Smokey and the Bandit movies

I really like Henry too, mostly because he didn't do the whole "Me Tarzan" schtick. Too bad he got attacked by a chimp and it ended his tenure.

Joe Lara did a great (sadly low budget) syndicated show in the 1990s that was more like the books than anything I had seen before. It explored other areas of the Burroughs mythology like Peciludar.

I liked both Ron Ely and Mike Henry. I watched that 30s Tarzan last weekend. Pretty good. But I'd like to put in my vote for whoever voiced the Filmation character.

Robert Ridgely, a stalwart actor who also voiced Thundarr and Flash Gordon. One of his last roles was the Colonel in "Boogie Nights".

[starsky]

i like ron ely.

[JediJaida]

Ron Ely
Johnny Weismuller
Mike Henry

[JDeRouen]

I'm not sure he was the best, per se, but, to me, Ron Ely IS Tarzan.

[The Toyroom]

I'm not sure he was the best, per se, but, to me, Ron Ely IS Tarzan.

Same here...

[bizzaro megomauler]

Miles o'keefe

[madmarva]

I like Ron Ely and even enjoyed Lex Barker, but Johnny Weismuller will always be Tarzan to me.

Certainly the series got silly, but who wouldn't want a treehouse like that with a elephant to operate the elevator.

I love Tarzan's New York Adventure. What a hoot.

[wyldpny]

Put me down for Ron Ely as well.
My Dad grew up with Johnny Weismuller but I grew up with Ron Ely.
I just loved how well he played the character and didn't come across as corny or silly.
The opening titles where the camera zooms in on him standing at the top of the waterfall and he does the Tarzan yell is simply awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDL9pnpXXOU

[HardyGirl]

For the most handsome Tarzan (and OK I loved these shows as well), I choose:

Wolf Larsen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnRxGQ6DuFI

and from the WB in 2003:

Travis Fimmel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_jqIGIK1UE