- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 21, 1938
- Place of Birth
- Hereford, Texas, USA
- Died
- September 29, 2024
Ron Ely
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. From 1960-61, Ely starred in the series The Aquanauts. In the 1980s, Ely hosted t…
Filmography
movieTarzan Revisited
2017 · Self
movieTarzan: Lord of the Movies
2017 · Tarzan (Archive Footage)
movieExpecting Amish
2014 · Elder Miller
movieUnderground Entertainment: The Movie
2011 · Ron (archive footage)
tvSheena
2000 · Bixby
movieIn Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
1998 · Self
movieTarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan
1996 · Tarzan (archive footage)
tvMarker
1995
tvRenegade
1992 · , Reverend McClain
tvThe Hat Squad
1992 · Carl Strong
Vicki!
tvVicki!
1992 · Self - Guest
tvSea Hunt
1987 · Mike Nelson
tvL.A. Law
1986 · Mr. McIntyre
tvBlacke's Magic
1986
tvMatt Houston
1982
tvHotel
1982 · Evan Paige
movieSlavers
1978 · Steven Hamilton
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Jim, Ted Cole, Steve Swaggart / Darryl Brewster
movieMitGift
1976 · Kurt
tvWonder Woman
1975 · Bill Michaels
movieDoc Savage: The Man of Bronze
1975 · Clark 'Doc' Savage Jr.
movieAlleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God
1972 · Hallelujah
movieCry of the Black Wolves
1972 · Bill Robinson
movieTarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971 · Tarzan
movieTarzan's Deadly Silence
1970 · Tarzan
tvThe Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969 · Ronald
movieTarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
1968 · Tarzan
movieThe Mountains of the Moon
1967 · Tarzan
movieTarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967 · Tarzan
tvIronside
1967 · Scott Bradley
movieOnce Before I Die
1966 · Soldier
tvTarzan
1966 · Tarzan, Director
movieThe Night of the Grizzly
1966 · Ted Curry
tvDie Rudi Carrell Show
1965
tvThe Aquanauts
1960 · Mike Madison
tvThriller
1960 · Lt. Mike Hudson
tvStars in the Ring
1959 · Self
movieThe Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959 · Wilbur Fielding
tvSteve Canyon
1958 · Pete Randall
movieThe Fiend Who Walked the West
1958 · Deputy Jim Dyer
movieSouth Pacific
1958 · Navigator
tvThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
tvThe Millionaire
1955 · Jim Phillips