Johnny Weissmuller (1904 - 1984)

Austro-Hungarian-born American competition swimmer and actor, best known for playing Tarzan

* June 2, 1904 Szabadfalva (Freidorf), Austria-Hungary (today part of Timisoara, Romania)
 as Peter Johann Weissmüller
 January 20, 1984 Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, January 1932
Photoplay, June 1932
Photoplay, June 1932

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Photoplay, July 1932
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Photoplay, November 1932
Photoplay, January 1933
Photoplay, January 1933

Filmwelt, nr. 3, 21. Januar 1934
Photoplay, January 1936
Photoplay, January 1936

Photoplay, March 1936
Mon Film, nr. 5, 28-8 1946


Books with substantial mentioning of Johnny Weissmuller

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers The MGM Stock Company James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
The MGM Stock Company, The Golden Era
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Books with an entry on Johnny Weissmuller

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Danny Peary Cult Movie Stars Danny Peary
Cult Movie Stars
New York, [..], 1991

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1985, A Survey of 1984 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1985
p. 699 info

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Films

1925
Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit - Ein Film über moderne Körperkultur

1929
Glorifying the American Girl

1932
Tarzan the Ape Man

1934
Tarzan and His Mate

1936
Tarzan Escapes

1939
Tarzan Finds a Son!

1940
Rodeo Dough

1941
Tarzan's Secret Treasure

1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure

1943
Stage Door Canteen
Tarzan's Desert Mystery

1945
Tarzan and the Amazons

1946
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
Swamp Fire

1947
Tarzan and the Huntress

1948
Jungle Jim
Tarzan and the Mermaids

1949
The Lost Tribe

1950
Mark of the Gorilla
Pygmy Island
Captive Girl
The Yellow Cab Man
The Golden Twenties

1951
Fury of the Congo
Jungle Manhunt

1952
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
Voodoo Tiger

1953
Savage Mutiny
Killer Ape
Valley of Head Hunters

1954
Cannibal Attack
Jungle Man-Eaters

1955
Devil Goddess
Jungle Moon Men

1970
The Phynx

1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime

1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1995
The Celluloid Closet

2003
Complicated Women

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