Tarzan' star Ron Ely dead at 86!

[The Legion]

Tarzan' star Ron Ely dead at 86!!!

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/tarzan-star-ron-ely-dead-86

[TripleGGG]

Well crap. RIP sir. 

[Grayfox54]

He also took a shot at Doc Savage in the 1970s. I saw the movie and he was pretty good. But the story and effects tried to go with a campy, pulp style and it failed miserably. Too bad, that could have gone into a whole series of movies. 

[Garufa]

19 minutes ago, Grayfox54 said:

He also took a shot at Doc Savage in the 1970s.

I saw that movie at the Summer Twin drive in when I was a kid.

[Grayfox54]

 

54 minutes ago, Garufa said:

I saw that movie at the Summer Twin drive in when I was a kid.

Its still there, but now its a Quartet. The only Drive-In left anywhere close to Memphis. 

[BigK]

I remember watching mostly westerns and Tarzan reruns on the weekends with my dad. We liked the Johnny Weissmuller ones better, but the Ron Ely ones were great and since they came out about 30 years later the filming was way better and in color. It's hard to believe he was only Tarzan for 2 seasons.

[ArmyBrat61]

I wonder how Jai is doing?

[Whisper]

5 hours ago, ArmyBrat61 said:

I wonder how Jai is doing?

He died of cancer in 2008.  His last film appearance was a small role in Scarface in 1983.

[et45]

I’m 60 so he was my generation’s Tarzan,RIP