As noted by
The People History, on
October 12, 1931, Olympic gold medal swimmer
Johnny Weissmuller was chosen to play Tarzan in a number of films.
Weissmuller made six big budget Tarzan films with MGM, and then moved to RKO, where he made another six Tarzan movies with a new Jane and reduced production costs. Although he was not the first actor to play Tarzan on film, he became the most famous. An example of his popularity from Wikipedia:
According to David Wallechinsky's Complete Book of the Olympics, while playing in a celebrity golf tournament in Cuba in 1958, Weissmuller's golf cart was suddenly captured by rebel soldiers. Weissmuller sized up the situation, got out of the cart and gave his trademark Tarzan yell. The shocked rebels soon began to jump up and down, calling "Tarzan! Welcome to Cuba!" Johnny and his companions were not only not kidnapped, but were given a rebel escort to the golf course.
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