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Lex Barker. Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr. (May 8, 1919 – May 11, 1973), known as Lex Barker, was an American actor. He was known for playing Tarzan for RKO Pictures between 1949 and 1953, and portraying leading characters from Karl May 's novels, [1] notably as Old Shatterhand in a film series by the West German studio Constantin Film.
Barker attended the Fessenden School and Phillips-Exeter Academy, where he excelled in football and track. He went to Princeton, but left to become an actor. A year later he was spotted while working in summer stock theatre, and received a contract offer from 20th Century Fox.
- May 8, 1919
- May 11, 1973
Barker attended the Fessenden School and Phillips-Exeter Academy, where he excelled in football and track. He went to Princeton, but left to become an actor. A year later he was spotted while working in summer stock theatre, and received a contract offer from 20th Century Fox.
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Lex Barker and Rita Moreno- Lex Barker and Warren Stevens in The Price of Fear (1956)
- Lex Barker and Mala Powers in The Yellow Mountain (1954)
- Lex Barker and Terence Hill in Winnetou: The Red Gentleman (1964)
- Lex Barker and Mari Blanchard in Jungle Heat (1957)
- Lex Barker, Mara Corday, and Stephen McNally in The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
- Lex Barker and Mara Corday in The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
- Lex Barker in Son of the Red Corsair (1959)
- Lex Barker and Jocelyn Lane in Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960)
His appearance in the 1939 New York play The Five Kings, directed by Orson Welles, deserves a mention but other than that the young performer hardly advanced. Then came the war, and Lex was drafted into the US-Infantry as a common soldier. He was discharged in 1945 highly decorated as the youngest major of the US-Army.
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Barker attended the Fessenden School and Phillips-Exeter Academy, where he excelled in football and track. He went to Princeton, but left to become an actor. A year later he was spotted while working in summer stock theatre, and...
May 12, 1973 · Lex Barker, the 10th actor to play the role of Tarzan in Hollywood films, collapsed and died yesterday. Mr. Barker, who was 53 years old, was found unconscious on Lexington Avenue near 61st Street ...
