- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 3, 1926
- Place of Birth
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Died
- April 30, 2007
Gordon Scott
Gordon Scott was an American film and television actor known for his portrayal of the fictional character Tarzan in five films (and one compilation of three made-as-a-pilot television episodes) of the Tarzan film series from 1955 to 1960. Gordon Scott was the eleventh Tarzan, starting with Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle. He was "discovered" poolside, and offered "a seven-year contract, a loin cloth, and a new last name." "Due in part to his muscular frame and 6-foot-3-inch [1.91-metre] height, he was quickly signed to replace Lex Barker as Tarzan" by producer Sol Lesser. Lesser had Gordon change his name because "Werschkul" sounded too much like "Weismueller". Scott's Tarzan movies ranged from rather cheap re-edited television pilots to large-scale action films with high-production values shot on location in Africa. In his early Tarzan films, he played the character as unworldly and inarticula…
Filmography
movieTarzan: Lord of the Movies
2017 · Host / Tarzan (Archived Footage)
movieIn Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
1998 · Self
movieInvestigating Tarzan
1997 · Self
movieTarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan
1996 · Tarzan (archive footage)
movieKolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977
movieWomen in Cell Block 7
1973 · (Archive Footage)
movieThe Movie Orgy
1968 · Self (archive footage)
movieTop Secret
1967 · John Sutton
movieDanger!! Death Ray
1967 · Bart Fargo
movieThe Tramplers
1965 · Lon Cordeen
movieHercules and the Princess of Troy
1965 · Hercules
movieL'Attaque de Fort Adams (Une aventure de Buffalo Bill)
1965 · Buffalo Bill
movieBuffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
1964 · Buffalo Bill
movieThunder of Battle
1964 · Coriolanus
movieHero of Rome
1964 · Mucius
movieThe Lion of St. Mark
1963 · Manrico Venier
movieThe Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules
1963 · Goliath / Gordian
movieHero of Babylon
1963 · Nippur
movieThe Conquest of Mycenae
1963 · Glauco / Hercules
movieZorro and the Three Musketeers
1963 · Zorro
movieThe Shortest Day
1963 · Soldato (uncredited)
movieA Queen for Caesar
1962 · Julius Caesar
movieGladiator of Rome
1962 · Marcus
movieKerim, Son of the Sheik
1962 · Kerim
movieThe Pot Carriers
1962 · Producer
movieRomulus and Remus
1961 · Remus
movieSamson and the 7 Miracles of the World
1961 · Maciste / Samson
movieGoliath and the Vampires
1961 · Maciste (Goliath)
movieTarzan the Magnificent
1960 · Tarzan
movieLook Back in Anger
1959 · Producer
movieTarzan's Greatest Adventure
1959 · Tarzan
movieTarzan's Fight for Life
1958 · Tarzan
movieTarzan and the Trappers
1958 · Tarzan
movieTarzan and the Lost Safari
1957 · Tarzan
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self
movieTarzan's Hidden Jungle
1955 · Tarzan